How to Add a Laptop as a Monitor With Miracast Windows 10 systems come with a feature called Miracast that lets you project your present computer’s display to a different computer. The only requirement is that both computers are running a modern enough version of Windows 10 that includes Miracast. If you can use this option to use your laptop as a monitor, it’s the easiest method. Project to Your Laptop Screen With a Third-Party App If both computers aren’t running Windows 10, you can cast your screen to your laptop display using a third-party app instead....

How to Format C From a System Repair Disc You’ll need access to a working Windows computer with an optical disc drive to create a System Repair Disc. Follow these steps to format your C drive: After the drive is finished formatting, you’ll be prompted to enter a volume label, or name, for the drive. You can skip this step by pressing Enter. When you’re back at the Command Prompt, remove the System Repair Disc and turn off your computer by holding down the power button....

What Is an Absolute Cell Reference in Excel? There are two types of ways to reference a cell inside a formula in Excel. You can use a relative cell reference or an absolute cell reference. Relative cell reference: A cell address which doesn’t contain the $ symbol in front of the row or column coordinates. This reference will automatically update the column or cell relative to the original cell when you fill either down or across....

How to Use AirPods Pro Transparency Mode Transparency Mode is maybe the coolest feature of the AirPods Pro since it reduces background noise but still lets you hear essential things. There are three ways to use it, and which one you choose will depend on your situation. Here are the step-by-step instructions for all three ways to turn on Transparency Mode. Turn On AirPods Transparency Mode Using Control Center The easiest method is to enable transparency mode via the Control Center....

Once connected, you can view and select songs through the head unit controls. This is one of the most streamlined ways to listen to an iOS device in your car—be it an iPhone, iPad, or iPod. Some head units can even read media from a USB flash drive, but most simply have a standard USB output. You will need to supply the cord that works with your device. Bluetooth is increasingly common in vehicle head units....

How to Turn on Voice Guidance for Google Maps To enable voice guidance for Google Maps: How to Use Google Maps With Voice Directions With voice guidance enabled, open Google Maps to request walking directions. For example, you can say things like: “Google, navigate to the library by walking.““Google, navigate to 1313 Mockingbird Lane by foot.““Google, navigate to the Apple Store on Duke Street by walking.” It’s also possible to add pit stops along the way....

How to Open Google Sheets To get started with Google Sheets, you’ll need to sign up for a free Google account, and access Google Drive, where you can create and organize your spreadsheets. Google Drive is where you create, store, and organize all of the Google Sheets spreadsheets that you work with. How to Create a Spreadsheet in Google Sheets You can create a new spreadsheet in Google Sheets in two ways: Either create a blank spreadsheet, or start with a template to save time....

Overview of Photoshop’s Dodge, Burn, and Sponge Tools Adobe Photoshop’s Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools are great ways to shift the focal point of a photograph that didn’t turn out the way you’d hoped. They are based on classic darkroom techniques used to remedy under-exposed or over-exposed parts of a photograph. Put simply, the Sponge tool saturates or desaturates the color in an area, while the Burn tool darkens, and the Dodge tool lightens....

How to Set up a Slack Workspace for Your Team Slack can be used on a computer via your web browser of choice or through a mobile app, but the setup process is complicated enough that you may want to consider using a web browser. For the purposes of these instructions, we will show you exactly how to set up your first Slack workspace from scratch. Here’s how to set up your first Slack workspace:...

How to Enable Two Step Verification in WhatsApp It only takes a few minutes to enable WhatsApp 2-step verification, provided you know how, but it’s important to do so. Here’s what to do. How to Change Your WhatsApp Pin or Email Address If you want to change your WhatsApp PIN or email address, it’s easy to do so. Here’s what to do. Why Should I Use WhatsApp Two Factor Authentication? Two-factor authentication is an important method of adding an extra layer of protection to your online accounts....

How to Verify File Integrity in Windows With FCIV Follow the easy steps below to verify a file’s integrity with FCIV, a free checksum calculator: Do the Checksums Match? Now that you’ve generated a checksum value, you need to see if it equals the checksum value the download source provided for comparison. FCIV is a command-line tool but don’t let that scare you away. It’s very easy to use, especially if you follow the tutorial outlined below....

All the major broadcasters carry the event, and it’s easy to live stream State of the Union. When a new president takes office, their first address to a joint session of Congress is not called The State of the Union, though it serves a similar purpose. Time: 6 p.m. PT/ 9 p.m. ET Location: U.S. House of Representatives (joint session of Congress) Channels: ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC Streams: YouTube, ABC....

How to Make a Zip File on Mac for a Single File or Folder Compress and decompress a single file or folder using Finder to access the Archive Utility built into Macs. Zip Multiple Files and Folders Compressing multiple files and folders works about the same as compressing a single item. The main difference is the name of the zip file. The Archive Utility zips the selected file and leaves the original file or folder intact....

At Allina Health’s Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute in Minnesota, patients strap on headsets as part of their therapy. They play games like Fruit Ninja to help work muscles even when they are paralyzed. The program is an example of the growing use of VR to treat ailments ranging from PTSD to spinal cord injuries. “VR technology typically helps by allowing individuals to experience environments that may ordinarily cause discomfort, pain, anxiety or trauma in a way that is non-threatening or graded so that the viewer can more gently be introduced to the experience,” Dr....

Yann LeCun, the chief AI scientist at Meta, recently said that machine learning models could be trained without human-labeled examples. His remarks have given new life to the debate over whether machines as intelligent as humans are possible or even a worthy goal. “Human-level intelligence in AI is something that will remain to be seen in the near future,” EY’s global chief technology officer Nicola Morini Bianzino told Lifewire in an email interview....

There are lots of new features and bug fixes in iOS 9. Plus, ​the upgrade supports more devices than in any previous release.​​​​​ iOS 9 Compatible Devices The Apple devices that are compatible with iOS 9 are: Among the major features introduced with iOS 9 were: Features designed to understand the user’s behaviors and proactively suggest tasks and features Support for the 3D Touch screen on iPhone 6S series​ Night Shift (in iOS 9....

The iPad’s storage settings can tell you what apps are taking up the most storage space and show you how much space photos and videos are using. Then, it’s easier to clear storage on your device. How to View and Clear Storage on Your iPad It’s easy to check out how your iPad storage is allocated and then clear up some space. More Tips to Free up Storage Space One easy way to free up storage space is to install Dropbox, Google Drive, or another cloud storage service....

What to Do When You Can’t Get Connected to CenturyLink No luck in finding others who share your woes? That’s your clue that the problem is most likely on your end. These troubleshooting tips can help you uncover what’s going on. Are all wires and cables properly plugged in between devices? Is anything blocking internet signals? Is your Wi-Fi connection working properly? Is the internet modem displaying any error messages? Is your home or neighborhood electrical service working?...

Electronics giant LG is helping this along by adding support for the popular teleconferencing app RemoteMeeting to its line of smart TVs. This allows modern workers to participate in a remote work meeting without having to boot up a PC or laptop. This service is only available on 2021 and 2022 LG smart TVs for now, but downloading and installing RemoteMeeting only requires a simple trip to the app store and some light hurdle jumping....

Then enter admin as the default username and admin as the default password (the password is case sensitive). If the EA4500 Default Password Doesn’t Work A default password fails because someone changed it. Changing a password to something more secure (especially when it’s really simple, such as admin) is important for the security of your network. If the default Linksys EA4500 password doesn’t work, reset the router to its factory defaults:...