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Before starting, make sure you have an external drive connected, network location, or go old school with a blank DVD available. Create a Windows 8.1 System Image Now System Image is located in File History. So open the Control Panel on the desktop – not the metro version – and click File History. Go to File History control panel, lower-left corner click “System Image Back Up.” If you want to use the modern interface, hit Windows Key + W to set up Setting search and type in file history, and select it under the results....

Most professional websites feature one of these images in the browser tab where the site is displayed. If it doesn’t, then you’ll just see a plain document icon. This is a sign of an unprofessional website or one created by someone who knows very little about designing websites. If you want to portray a professional image with your WordPress website, then you really need to create and publish a WordPress favicon....

You can see a banner or alert, hear a sound, show a badge icon, view notifications on your lock screen, and more. Plus, you can tailor these notifications for the various apps and services on your Mac. If you haven’t taken the time to customize the notifications on macOS, we’ll walk you through the options. This way, you can receive alerts only for what you want and how you want them....

Update 5/19/2010 – Outlook 2010 Users – Please see the latest update here: – How-to Delay or Schedule Email Delivery for Outlook 2010 Anyway, after I wrote the How-To for GMAIL, I almost instantly looked to see if I could defer/delay the delivery of emails using Outlook…??? Guess what; YOU CAN! The feature is available for both Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007. Very groovy indeed. Being that it only took me 15 seconds to find the Outlook Rule I guess I’m a bit late to the party (sorry groovyReaders!...

Click the Firefox button and click Options. Next click on Privacy and click Remove Individual Cookies. In the window that pops up, type the name (or part of the name) of the website whose cookies you want to remove. Select the ones you want deleted by holding Ctrl and clicking or with the Shift key + cursor keys and click Remove Cookie. Or you can click Remove All Cookies for a specific site if you want....

Does your Facebook account have installed applications? If so, due to recent privacy changes over at Facebook you might want to consider just how much personal information (including photos) you have stored on your facebook account. While applications already had full access to all of your personal data, now they will be able to store it. Forever. During the recent Facebook F8 Developer conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated: The audience (mostly developers) cheered....

If you don’t set up those Microsoft services, you’ll get a message reminding you to finish setting it up every few days. You can click Continue or Remind me in 3 days. Both options are annoying, and there’s no option to decline. Instead, you’ll need to try a workaround. Here’s what you’ll need to do to disable the “Let’s finish setting up your device” message on Windows. Disable Let’s Finish Setting Up Your Device Message on Windows However, you may not have set those features up during installation....

The first thing we need to do is open up the Group Policy Editor. To do this press Windows Key + R to open the Run dialog. Type gpedit.msc into the Open box and then click OK. In the Policy Editor browse to: User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Edge UI Double-click on the setting labeled Disable help tips. This is where it seems a little backward....

Download Your Twitter Archive Launch a browser on your computer and log in to your Twitter account if you’re not already. Then click on More from the menu on the left-hand side. Then from the menu that pops up click on Settings and privacy. Next, on the Settings page, click on Your account and then Download an archive of your data. On the next page, you will need to confirm your password....

Add 2FA to Your eBay Account To get started launch eBay on your desktop browser and sign in to your account. Once you’re logged in click your username in the upper-left corner of the screen and choose Account Settings. Then under the “My eBay” section click on the “Sign in and security” link under the “Personal Info” section. On the following screen, click the Edit link next to the “2-step verification” section....

We always preach that you need to enable 2FA on all sites that offer it. Whether it’s called 2FA, 2-Step Verification, Muti-Factor Authentication, or something else, do it. Check out our 2FA Guide for setting up that extra layer of security on your other online accounts. Facebook doesn’t make it the most obvious setting, you’ll need to dig through a few options, but we’ll walk you through the steps....

Huh? What is a Quick Style? In case you are wondering what the blazes we are talking about, a Quick Style is a custom-set image or tool preference in Snagit. They appear below the presets, and you can make as many of them as you like in just about any fashion. Now that we have that out of the way let’s look at backing them up and sharing them. Exporting Snagit Quick Styles Step 1 – Completely Exit Snagit Before we get started, you should complete close out of all Snagit programs....

Unless you have the original manual or know the secret buttons to push to cycle through the display’s menu setting, it can be a pain to find the advanced details you need. But just like with finding your PC’s local drive or RAM details, Windows 10 makes finding the make or model and other specific details about the display a fairly painless process. You just need to know where to look....

Microsoft Apps for Android To make it easier for Android users to find its apps, the company recently released Microsoft Apps, which provides a central location for all of its apps available on Android. In addition to being a one-stop shop for Microsoft’s mobile apps, it’s an easy way to find what’s popular. It also helps you find the apps you need in different categories like productivity, entertainment, education, and others....

It uses your past viewing behaviors and the services you are subscribed to and makes the recommendations. But it’s not perfect and you’ll want to tweak it to show better results. Here’s how to improve the results you get for recommendations on Google TV. Get Better Movie and Show Recommendations on Google TV To get started head to the “For You” section at the top of the home screen....

Here’s a look at how you can restore the Windows 10 context menu in Windows 11 Home or Pro. Get the Old Context Menu Back on Windows 11 Here is an example of the new Context Menu on Windows 11. You can still get the classic menu you’re looking for, but you need to do an extra click of “Show more options” or use the keyboard shortcut Shift+F10. To get started hit the Windows key on your keyboard or click the Start button....

If you think your Apple TV interface is getting too cluttered with useless apps, you can hide the ones you don’t use via Parental Controls. Here’s how. Hide Apple TV Channels From the Apple TV interface go to Settings > General > Parental Controls. To hide channels you actually don’t even need to turn on the Parental Controls feature. Just scroll down until you get to the list of channel names....

This is Google’s controlled marketplace for apps, but it doesn’t mean that it’s perfect. Rogue apps often fall through the cracks, making it hard to trust the apps you’re installing. It doesn’t have every app, either, with some developers choosing to bypass the store (and Google’s control) entirely. An alternative is to install the app files (called APK files) directly. If you’re installing an app from a trusted developer that isn’t in the app store, you might want to do this....

The Windows 8.1 update was made available on Thursday this week, and for most Windows 8 users, the easiest way to install it is via the Windows Store. But if you have more than one system to update, it’s easier to create physical media to install it. This helps because you don’t have to worry about downloading a 3.5 GB file each time you update a different machine. Install Windows 8....

Last year I showed you how to Jailbreak your iDevice running iOS 5.1 with Greenp0ison, but the Evasi0n Jailbreak is even easier. It’s basically a one button Jailbreak process. And it’s untethered, meaning you don’t need to connect your device to a computer all the time to use it. Back Up iOS Device First Before you begin the jailbreak, make sure to back up your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch first....