If you think someone else has your iPhone passcode, it’s a good idea to change it immediately. To do that, you’ll need to know how to change the passcode on your iPhone. We’ll explain how to do this below. How to Change the Passcode on iPhone Changing the passcode on an iPhone will improve its security, especially if you think it’s been compromised. Luckily, changing your iPhone passcode is easier than you think....

For an easier way to clear the history, you can use a keyboard shortcut in your browser to wipe your browser history. You can use a shortcut in popular browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Edge. If you want an easier and faster way to access and clear your browser history, we’ll show you how. Why Should You Clear Your Browser History? Allowing your browser to keep track of visited sites and saving web data and cookies optimizes performance....

Another great Signal security feature is disappearing messages that allow you to make your messages, well, disappear. It’s quick and easy to set up and can keep your messages away from prying eyes. Learn how to configure message expiration in Signal below. What is Message Expiration in Signal? Signal is one of the most secure and private messaging apps out there. Everything in the app is designed to keep your messaging private and your personal data secure, with end-to-end encryption, and even encryption of the sender’s metadata....

We’ll show you how to convert an Office file to a Google file and work with Office files through Google Drive without converting them when needed. Add Office Files to Google Drive Once you upload a Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file to Google Drive, you can open it in Docs, Sheets, or Slides. Click the New plus sign on the top left and pick File upload. Browse for your file, select it, and click Open....

With Windows Precision Touchpad support, your laptop natively supports custom gestures, allowing you to use them without third-party software solutions. Here’s what you need to know to set up and customize touchpad gestures on Windows 11. Check for Customize Touchpad Gestures Support If you want to use custom touchpad gestures, you’ll need to make sure you have the right driver to support them. Here’s what you’ll need to do to check this:...

Another added recently added feature is a sidebar in Microsoft Edge. It includes shortcuts to Microsoft products like Bing search, Games, Microsoft Office, and productivity tools like a calculator, world clock, and translator. Useful for some, but for many, the Microsoft Edge sidebar is just taking up valuable browsing screen space. We’ll show you how to disable the Microsoft Edge sidebar below. How to Disable the Microsoft Edge Sidebar It’s hard not to notice, but if you haven’t seen the Edge sidebar, check out the image below....

Your Android device remembers your password so you don’t have to—you’ll just need to know how to find it afterward. If you don’t know how to find a Wi-Fi password on Android, you can give these steps a try. These steps work for Android 10 and later, and may not work for other versions of Android. How to Find Wi-Fi Passwords on Android Devices Because of Android fragmentation, no two Android devices will look the same....

Merged cells can cause havoc when you’re trying to sort your data. The trouble is, merged cells aren’t always that easy to spot. The good news is that it’s easy to hunt down any rogue merged cells and get rid of them. Well, it’s easy if you’re using Windows; Mac users have a harder time with things. Here’s how to find merged cells in Excel and remove them. How to Find Merged Cells in Excel on Windows Before removing merged cells from your data, you need to find them all....

Typically, the message appears during the middle of a download. It can also pop up when you click the Download button, continuing to appear no matter how many times you restart the download. While the error assumes a network error, it could be something else. So, here is how to fix a download failed network error in Chrome. Check Internet Connection and Speed If you experience this error in Chrome, your Internet connection and speed are among the first things to check and verify....

The error means your handset can’t connect to your carrier and disables calls, texts, and other data connectivity. There are several different steps you can take to fix it. For example, you can try simple fixes with the phone’s settings, reseating the SIM card, and more. You might need to dig into your carrier settings and reset them. If you’re having trouble with the Not Registered on Network error on Android, follow the steps below to fix it....

If this happens, there’s usually a clear-cut reason why. If you’ve recently updated your PC, a new driver may prove incompatible with your printer. A driver might be missing entirely, making it impossible for your printer to work properly. You can fix this error message in a few different ways—even a quick restart might solve it. If it doesn’t, however, you can give these more complex troubleshooting tips a try....

If your version of PowerPoint is older than PowerPoint 2019, however, then highlighting text isn’t as easy. Luckily, there are some effective workarounds. If you want to learn how to highlight text in PowerPoint, then follow the steps below. How to Highlight Text in PowerPoint 2019 or 365 If you’re using PowerPoint 2019 or you have a Microsoft 365 subscription, then highlighting text is quick and easy. There are two main ways to highlight text in PowerPoint....

Insert an Animated GIF Including an animation GIF into a Word document, especially in documents intended for desktop or online viewing, is a great way to get the point across in a fun, new way. The process is similar to inserting an image into a Word document; it requires performing just a few steps. That’s it! Your GIF is now part of your Microsoft Word document. On the bottom left-hand side of the GIF is the play/pause button....

How to Install 3D Pinball Space Cadet on Windows 11 or Windows 10 3D Pinball Space Cadet works on 32 & 64-bit versions of Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10. I also just tested it on Windows 11, and it works without a hitch! Have fun! Thanks again!! I do remember on the old Pinball Help files for Windows XP you could click on the image of the table and it would tell you what each element of the table was....

Still, there are a couple of ways to pull this off. If you want to learn how to list users in Linux, follow our steps below. Why You Should Check Your Linux User List There are a number of reasons you may want to list users in Linux. It’s a good practice in terms of finding and deleting unused accounts, for one. From a security standpoint, it’s also a good way to make sure you don’t have intruders creating user accounts....

The same is true of your Apple Watch. While being attached to your wrist means it’s far less likely to fall into someone else’s hands, it’s good to know that you can lock your Apple Watch with a passcode to keep it safe from prying eyes. Here’s how to lock an Apple Watch. How to Set a Passcode for Your Apple Watch In order to lock your watch, you need to set up a passcode....

Sure, you can look it up on Google, and you hope to get an answer for what the code means. That typically isn’t the case. Instead, you may find long forum posts with other users with the same code and various fixes that may (or may not) work. The good news is you can look up Windows error codes from the command line. We’ll explain how below. How to Look Up Windows Error Codes from Command Line To get additional information on an error code, you can look it up directly on Windows using the built-in CertUtil utility....

We’re going to create a basic bar graph for this article, but there are other ways to visually represent data like Pie Charts, Line Charts, and Radar Charts. If you haven’t created a chart or graph in Excel before, starting with a bar graph is easy to get started. This article will show you how to create a bar graph in Excel and add some customizations. How to Make a Bar Graph in Excel To start creating your first bar graph in Excel, do the following:...

Instead of broadcasting to the world, you might want to make your Twitter account private. That allows your tweets only to be seen by your followers and can’t be retweeted. In addition, your older tweets will be protected too. If you want to protect your tweets, you can make your Twitter account private to have a modicum of privacy on the social media network. This guide will show you how....

Encryption Features come built into all the Microsoft Office 2010 Suite of applications including Word 2010, Excel 2010, and Powerpoint 2010. This feature is a nice improvement over password protecting documents under Office 2007 since it is also password-protected – but the new process for Office 2010 is consistent across the core Office suite (Word 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010, etc.) I’ll demonstrate the process just once using Microsoft Word 2010....