Perform a Clean Install Using Advanced Recovery Options in Windows 10 The advanced recovery environment is used to resolve problems that might prevent your Windows 10 installation from starting. There are several ways you can boot into it. Option 1: Load the Recovery Environment When You Start Your Computer This is the most common method because it can be used when you can’t boot to the Windows 10 sign-in screen or desktop....

But if you have used a filter on a picture and either find later that you dislike it, or that you simply preferred the original, then you might be looking for a way to remove the filter. Fortunately this can be done in a manner similar to that in which the filter was originally applied, so follow our guide below to learn how. Remove an Applied Filter from a Photo in iOS 9 The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 6 Plus, in iOS 9....

One of the buttons that you probably see is a mic button that opens a new microphone interface in place of the keyboard when tapped. When you tap that button your iPhone’s microphone will turn on so that you can say something and have the device type it. This can be a convenient way to quickly send text messages or compose an email. But if you don’t want to use this dictation tool on your iPhone and you only ever seem to tap that microphone button by mistake, then you might want to take that microphone button off of the keyboard so that you can type more efficiently on your iPhone....

The search button is near the bottom of the home screen (just north of the dock). The button’s purpose is to provide an easy way to search for texts, files, settings, websites, photos, and apps. It makes finding items on your iPhone easier. However, it’s also easy to accidentally tap it while navigating your home screen. If you want to stop seeing this icon, we’ll show you how to remove the search button on the iPhone home screen using the steps below....

Restore Default Home Screen Layout on the iPad 2 One of the biggest concerns of resetting anything on your device is that apps are going to be deleted. Fortunately this is not the case, as the home screen reset will simply restore the first home screen to how it was when the iPad was new. The rest of the icons on your device will be sorted alphabetically starting on the second home screen....

Google Sheets makes it easy for a large team to work on data in a centralized location, so it’s very likely that you will discover incorrect data that is very difficult (or even impossible) to fix. Luckily Google Sheets has an awesome feature that stores your revision history, which means that you can go back to an older version of a file before a mistake occurred. Our guide below will help you to find that revision history so that you can restore an older version of the file....

Using Paint 3D is like migrating to a foreign country, learning the laws of the land and how to communicate. The interface is strikingly different, and there are some minor differences like performance; opening a file and even launching the app which is not instantaneous. For me personally, and possibly some of you, I prefer to have our cake and eat it too. So, although I’ll still play with the new Paint 3D, let me show you how to get back the classic Paint app....

Prepare Your Computer to be Resold or Given Away There are three main concerns when you are giving away or selling an old PC after buying a new PC. First and foremost, you want to make sure you don’t lose any of your personal files or any licensed software you’ve paid for. Second, you want to ensure that none of your personal data is recoverable by the next owner. Even if you delete something, a user with intermediate hacker skills can easily undelete files or scrub an old hard drive for residual data....

What Does “Other” Viewers Mean on Facebook Story People that watch your story but aren’t friends with you on Facebook are referred to as “Other” viewers when you post a public story. On the other hand, a private story can only be seen by the people you’ve chosen to share it with. So if your story is private, then “Other” viewers will not be an option. If your story is public, you will see “Other” viewers beneath it....

When you create a new table in Google Docs, that table is going to have default values for its column and width size. Typically the height of the row will be ideal for a single line of text. But you may need to know how to set Google Docs table row height if you want to use a size that is larger or smaller than the default. While the table formatting options in Google Docs might seem limited, there is a menu that includes some ways to format the table....

But printing in Excel 2013 is often a chore, and what you see in the Normal view isn’t often a good indication of how your spreadsheet will look when it’s printed on paper. If you print almost every spreadsheet that you make and it’s important to you that the printed document looks good and fits on the paper appropriately, then you might prefer to use the Page Layout view by default....

If they are also an Outlook user, then you may be able to make your email stick out by identifying it as being of high importance. Our guide below will show you how to use the tool in Microsoft Outlook that can add tags to an email so that you can identify the importance level of a message. How to Mark an Outlook Email with an Exclamation Point Our guide continues below with additional information on how to set an email’s priority level in Microsoft Outlook, including pictures of these steps....

Why Use a VPN? There are two primary reasons you should use a VPN. The first is to access an internal intranet that your company has created that’s only accessible locally. With a company-sanctioned VPN, you can access important files as if you’re in the office. In this type of situation, your IT department will give you directions to set up the VPN on each of your devices. As part of the setup, you’ll probably need to install a specific app to get the job done....

WhatsApp allows you to either share the video directly or as a status. You can either post the YouTube video link or go a step further to share YouTube Video on WhatsApp status without link. In this article, we have covered the latter. Read on to know how to share YouTube video on WhatsApp status without link. Also Read: How to Send Large Files on WhatsApp in 2021? Simple steps to share video as WhatsApp status without link Before we begin, it is important to note that since mobile devices don’t have the option to set the video length and directly post from the browser, one will have to first download the video....

Since the notch took up space, there wasn’t room to view the exact battery percentage at the top edge of the screen. So, the company cut back on the information shown, like time, cellular and Wi-Fi signal strength, and a rough estimate of power remaining—but not completely. Starting with iOS 16 and above, you can show the battery percentage on an iPhone lock screen. How to Show Battery Percentage on iPhone Previously, you had to swipe down to open the Control Center to find the exact percentage of battery power remaining....

Our steps below will show you the process needed to show formulas in cells instead of their values, and it will show you how to do it with just a few short steps. This is something that you can toggle on or off in a few seconds, which is helpful when you are troubleshooting issues within your spreadsheet. View Formulas Instead of Values in Excel 2013 The steps below are going to adjust the settings in your Excel worksheet so that the formula is visible inside of the cell instead of the value of the formula....

While there are a number of different categories and sorting options available in the Library tab by default, you do have the option to add additional ones or remove some of the default options. Our tutorial below will show you how to do this so that you can start using other options for browsing your iPhone music library. How to Add More Sorting Options to Apple Music on an iPhone Our guide continues below with additional information on adding more categories to the Library of the iPhone Music app, including pictures of these steps....

But there is another label that you can be using, called a “Personal level indicator.” This is either a one or two arrow label that lets you know if the email was sent only to you, or if it was part of a mailing list. Our tutorial below will show you how enable these personal level indicators for your Gmail account. How to Enable the Personal Level Indicators in Your Gmail Inbox The steps in this article will enable a setting in Gmail that places arrows next to your messages....

One of the largest uses of this storage is your pictures and videos. Our tutorial below will show you how to remove these files from your iCloud so that the backup process can complete. How to Remove iCloud Photos from iCloud on an iPhone Our guide continues below with additional information on how to stop including your camera roll in your iPhone backups, including pictures of these steps. Enabling backups on your iPhone is important in the event that your phone is ever damaged or lost....

How to Stop Spotify from Opening on Startup The makers of the Spotify program did not design the application with the intention of upsetting their users. On the contrary, many people will find it helpful to have the program open and ready for use without any interaction on their part. But, since you want to modify your computer’s startup process to prevent Spotify from launching with the rest of your startup programs, you have found this practice to be a nuisance....