If you ever face any issues with Outlook on your computer, your best bet is to try using Outlook safe mode. You’ll be familiar with this type of mode if you’ve used any Microsoft products since most of them come equipped with safe mode. There are multiple ways to open Outlook in safe mode and you can use that mode to launch your Outlook in a more controlled environment. What Is Outlook Safe Mode Outlook safe mode isn’t a standalone app, tool, or anything like that....

WhatsApp allows you to easily change the registered phone number while retaining your chat history, call records, and account information. This tutorial will walk you through the entire process on iPhone and Android. Did you recently change your phone number? If so, it’s a good idea to update your registered WhatsApp number so new contacts can message or call you on the world’s most popular messaging app . We’ll show you how to find and change your WhatsApp account number on iPhone and Android, including what it takes to switch WhatsApp numbers on a new phone....

When you encounter an “A device attached to the system is not functioning” error, there’s a good chance your device isn’t properly plugged-in or Microsoft Windows has problems. You can try a few fixes to resolve the issue, but if those don’t work, replacing the device might be your only option. Common causes of this error include problematic device drivers, corrupt Windows files, malicious apps, and minor system glitches. We’ll offer methods to fix these issues, so your device works with your computer....

Roblox displays “Error Code: 279” if your web browser, the Roblox Player, or the Roblox app has trouble establishing a connection to the game servers. You’ll see “ID = 17: Connection attempt failed” appear within the error confirming that connectivity-related issues are what causes the problem to crop up on your computer. Thankfully, you can fix an “ID = 17” induced Roblox “Error Code: 279” on a Windows 10 PC by working your way through the solutions below....

Microsoft Word’s built-in spell checker ensures your documents don’t contain any spelling or grammar errors. If this feature ever stops working, errors in your document won’t be highlighted. Thus, you risk ending up with documents containing grammar issues. Various items can cause Word’s spell checker not to work . You might have manually disabled the spell checker, an incorrect language may be specified in Word’s settings, or your current document may be an exception for the spell checker....

Adobe Illustrator is a great graphic design program to use when you want to create editable vector graphics. A vector graphic can be scaled up without losing any detail, so you can make an illustration, including typography, that will look as good on a billboard as a business card. Imagine creating a round badge or logo, and you want to type text around a circular path. You might want the text at the bottom of the circle to flip to the opposite side of the path, so it’s easily legible....

Instagram is a popular social media platform that allows you to share photos and videos with your friends and followers. While many users enjoy showcasing their posts to the world, there are times when you might want to hide certain posts from public view. Instead of deleting them permanently, Instagram offers a convenient feature that allows you to archive your posts. In this tutorial, we’ll explore why you might want to hide Instagram posts, show you how to hide Instagram posts, how to view your archived posts, and make them public again if you change your mind....

Providing a reference for your readers or adding one for yourself is a convenient way to link related documents together. Luckily, you can insert a Microsoft Word document into another Word document in a few different ways. Depending on how you want to display your referenced document, you can link to it using an object or an icon, or simply embed the content from the other Word document. We’ll show you how to do each one, so you can use whichever works best for you....

Monitoring your electricity usage can help you keep track of how much you are spending on your energy. With this information, you can learn what appliances should be used less often to save on your energy bill. There are many different methods available that can be used to track your electricity usage, but we will be focusing on three methods in this article. Two of these methods are available to everybody, but one method is limited to those that use an energy supplier that supports it....

Computer games take up a massive amount of storage space. Some titles even reach 200 GB for a single game. With sizes that large (and if you have limited bandwidth), you don’t want to waste time and data re-downloading a game. Thankfully, Steam makes it easy to move a game from one drive to another. While this process was more complicated in the past, Steam has now integrated Steam Library folders directly into the client....

Did you just download a file with no extension? You probably noticed Windows couldn’t open this file and prompted you to choose a program to open it. If you already know the file type based on the source, you can just select a program you want to open the file with and set it as the default for the future. This article will show you how to open a file with no extension if you don’t know the file type....

When you’re working with lots of open browser tabs, switching between them can be a pain. The “Pin Tab” feature helps solve this problem. It’s a long-time feature in many popular web browsers—Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Safari, etc. Pinning tabs helps to locate essential web pages in your browser. Pinned tabs take up less space than a regular tab, and they also survive a browser restart (assuming they’re on the last browser window you close)....

If you’ve ever tried to uninstall programs from your Windows PC , you’ve probably noticed that its built-in Add/Remove Programs often fails to properly uninstall and scrub away any trace of residual registry entries and files. Such stubborn and unwanted programs clutter your system registry, crud up your hard drives, and tend to pop up with irritating notifications every now and then. The best uninstaller software for Windows lets you properly uninstall several programs on Windows 10 all at once, automatically remove widowed files and registry entries, and enjoy a clean and fast PC....

Smart home devices fall in a strange gray area between computers and home appliances. No one thinks of cybersecurity when they look at their coffee pot, but in this brave new world it might be time to consider the security of your home Wi-Fi network while you brew your morning cup of joe. It seems like more reports crop up each day about new ways of breaking into once-secure networks, like this one from the New York Times about using a laser to hack a voice assistant....

In Windows 10, the Windows Firewall hasn’t changed very much since Vista. Overall, it’s pretty much the same. Inbound connections to programs are blocked unless they are on the allowed list. Outbound connections are not blocked if they do not match a rule. You also have a Public and Private network profile for the firewall and can control exactly which program can communicate on the private network as opposed to the Internet....

Microsoft PowerPoint has a built-in recording tool that allows you to narrate your presentations using recorded audio. You can export and share recorded presentations as video files. This tutorial covers everything about recording PowerPoint presentations on Windows and Mac computers. Record PowerPoint Presentation with Narration Open the PowerPoint file/presentation you want to record and follow the steps below. Record PowerPoint Presentation on Windows Select the slide you want to start recording from on the slide thumbnail pane....

It’s not uncommon to lose hours of work in PowerPoint because of an unexpected system crash, shutdown, or power failure. Microsoft knows that, which is why the program comes with AutoRecover. It’s a feature that helps you retrieve unsaved PowerPoint presentations. This tutorial will teach you how to use Microsoft PowerPoint’s AutoRecover feature in Windows and macOS, including other tips to recover lost or deleted PowerPoint presentations. Recover Unsaved PowerPoint Presentations on Windows Whenever you work on a presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 10 and 11, the program’s built-in AutoRecover functionality makes periodic backups to a temporary file once every 10 minutes....

That old computer taking up space and collecting dust has become an eyesore. You’ve long since moved on to a bigger, better, more technologically advanced computer and no longer have any use for such a relic. Programs run smoother, games look more vibrant, what possible reason could you have for keeping it around any longer? One word – refurbishment. To refurbish is to make the computer great again. That’s not to say you need to soup it up to play the latest and greatest games, although you could....

Whenever you have internet problems, the cause could be a multitude of things. However, sometimes, the fix is a simple release and renew of your IP address. What does it mean to release and renew your IP address? In this article, you’ll learn how this process works, and how you can do it on Windows 10. Why Release & Renew An IP Address? When your home router connects to the internet, your Internet Service Provider (ISP) assigns an IP address to your router....

When you’re composing an email in Microsoft Outlook , you may sometimes want to use a hyperlink to direct the recipient of the email to a certain destination. However, raw URLs can be lengthy, uninformative, and distracting. To help with the clarity of your email, you can rename these hyperlinks to something useful for the recipient. This not only improves the readability of the email, but makes for a more targeted message delivery, as well....