One of the first things Web Developers using ASP.NET will want to install on Windows is Internet Information Services (IIS). Windows 8, Windows 10, and Windows 11 shipped with different versions of IIS. Let’s take a look at how to install them. Installing IIS Keeping with Microsoft’s modular design, IIS in Windows is still an optional “Windows Feature” on modern versions of Windows. To install it, press Windows+r, type appwiz....
So you have the document all created and have decided which background color you would like to include. Now we just need to go in and make a few option changes to get the background color to print out. Click on the Office Button and go to Word Options. Then go to Display and scroll down to Printing Options and place a check next to “Print background colors and images” and click OK....
Taking photos with your Android phone is great, but there comes a time when you need to get those photos onto your computer. A little while back we took a look at SnapPea, a handy tool for managing phones and tablets from Windows; SnapPea Photos is a Chrome extension designed specifically with photo management in mind. Forget trying to hunt down that elusive USB cable – the one that always disappears when you need it – with SnapPea Photos you just need a copy of the app installed on your phone and the extension installed in Chrome on your computer....
There is a little known feature that has been available in Word since the DOS days. Suppose you want to move some content from one location in your Word document to another, but you want to preserve something else you copied onto the clipboard. Rather than using “Ctrl + X” to cut (or “Ctrl + C” to copy) the information and then “Ctrl + V” to paste it, there are a couple of keyboard and mouse combinations that make it very quick and easy to do this....
Printing documents is easy enough – fire up the appropriate app, load the file and hit Print. But when it comes to Android, you probably find that you email or copy files from your phone or tablet so you can print from your PC. Things are a great deal easier if you turn to Cloud Print. Cloud Print is a service from Google which can be used in a couple of ways....
Your Mac’s menu bar can start to look a lot like the Windows system tray after you install a few programs. Here’s how to declutter the menu bar and get those icons under control. In older versions of OS X, could only move Apple’s first-party icons, for things like battery and Wi-Fi, and only within the right side of the menu bar, where other first-party icons lived. You couldn’t move icons for third-party apps....
Do you have an old desktop PC sitting in a closet somewhere? Put it to use by installing FreeNAS. FreeNAS is a free, open-source operating system that will convert old PCs into network-attached storage devices. Use your NAS as a central file storage or backup location for every PC on your network. FreeNAS also supports plug-ins, so you could even run a BitTorrent client or media server on it....
If you are an Outlook.com user, you may be interested to know that setting up rules to manage your incoming and outgoing emails can make your life a whole lot simpler. What are rules? In their simplest form, Outlook rules are actions that your email account will automatically perform based on the guidelines that you have specified. There are two main categories of rules that you can create. These are organizational rules and notification based rules....
If you’re in the market for a router upgrade, the next generation of home routers offers features unheard of even a few years ago: dual-core processors, blazing fast Wi-Fi, USB 3.0 mounting for NAS storage, and more. Read on as we take the Netgear Nighthawk for a test drive. What is the Nighthawk? The Nighthawk, formally the Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 Smart WiFi Router (model R7000), is the latest router in the Netgear router lineup....
“MagSafe” was introduced with the iPhone 12 series in 2020. Not to be confused with the old MagSafe, it’s essentially just a magnetic ring built-in to the back iPhone. That ring allows you to attach all sorts of things to the back of the phone with perfect alignment. Pretty neat. At the time of writing, there have been three series of iPhones with MagSafe. There are now thousands of MagSafe chargers, battery packs, wallets, and mounts on the market....
Chrome has built up quite a loyal following over the years, but while it is an adept web browser it does suffer from problems when it comes to tab management. It does not take long for Chrome’s memory usage to creep up as you load up more and more tabs, and start times can be extremely slow. Using the The Great Suspender extension you can get things back under control....
The feud between Google and Roku has been going for some time, with YouTube TV already being removed from Roku’s platform. Now, it looks like the regular YouTube app, which is extremely popular on Roku, will be removed from the platform as well, as reported by Axios. This would be a rather unfortunate blow for Roku users in the future. Thankfully, the app will be available for existing Roku users until December 9, 2021, and the company will continue to update the app for existing users....
The Echo Dot (4th Gen) is relatively small, making it easy to place just about anywhere you’d need a smart speaker to be. It has a headphone jack, so you can plug it into even bigger speakers if you’d like, but the built-in one will suffice for most users. You can also tether multiple Dots together all throughout your home, creating a network of connected smart speakers that can interact with Alexa or play music from your favorite services, including Spotify and Apple Music....
One of the great things about time-shifting your television viewing is that you are able to watch the shows you love at a time that suits you. Just because you have an appointment on Wednesday evening there’s no need to miss out on your favorite program, particularly if you have a TV card installed – just record and watch at your leisure. But there’s still a little problem: record a TV show and you also record the commercials that are littered throughout it....
First and foremost, you have to settle on display panel technology. Most modern TVs use one of the two major display types—LED-backlit LCD and OLED. While OLED TVs provide superior picture quality because of their near-infinite contrast ratio and perfect blacks, they are expensive and can suffer from permanent burn-in. On the other hand, LED-backlit LCD TVs (or LED TVs) are relatively cheaper and aren’t susceptible to burn-in. But they fall short of reaching OLED-level picture quality, even with newer technologies like quantum dot and full-array local dimming....
Following the release of a free Tech Preview back in July, VMware 13 Pro and Player are now officially available — the first major update since 2020. The new version supports older Intel-based Macs, and for the first time, Mac computers with M1 and M2 chips. No matter which Mac you have, VMware 13 Pro adds a Virtual Trusted Platform Module, allowing Windows 11 to be installed without any hacks or workarounds....
What Is Echo Auto? Echo Auto is one of the smallest Alexa-powered devices around, weighing less than two ounces and measuring only 3.3 by 1.9 by 0.5 inches, making it the perfect size for your dashboard. It contains an Action button, a mute button, and eight microphone holes that can listen to voice commands and enable surround sound reception from anywhere in the vehicle, working against background and engine noise....
What Is Data Roaming? Data roaming is actually a very simple concept. You have a mobile carrier that provides data to your smartphone when it’s not connected to Wi-Fi. However, as you know, your carrier’s network is not limitless. So what happens when you go somewhere not covered by your carrier’s network? That’s where data roaming comes in. Roaming allows you to hop on another network so you can still make calls, send texts, and use wireless data when your carrier’s network is disconnected....
Sometimes when you are looking for an answer to one thing, you end up finding something else rather surprising. Case in point, Google’s statement that Mozilla Thunderbird is less secure, but why do they say that? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a confused reader’s question. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites....
Connecting a PC to your TV is dead simple. All you’ll usually need is an HDMI cable, and then you can access every media service, streaming site, and PC game — on your TV. Simple streaming boxes like the Roku, Chromecast, Fire TV, Apple TV, and others are still slick and convenient. But not every app is on every box — a PC gives you access to everything, plus web pages, plus PC games....
