8 Ways To Fix Windows Search Bar Is Missing Issue

That could mean two things. Either the search bar is not active or there is an error. In either case, it’s a chore to search anything without the search bar clearly visible to you. That’s why we will explore both the situations and figure out which of the suggested solutions work for you. Let’s begin. 1. Windows Search Keyboard Shortcut The search bar takes up a lot of space in the Taskbar, and some people don’t like it....

November 1, 2022 · 5 min · 971 words · Edward Badman

9 Best Fixes For Spell Check Is Not Working In Microsoft Word

Reasons could include a change in the settings to some error leading to the spell check failing to do its job. As part of the Office suite, the Word app is part of the Office 2019, Office 2016, Office 2013, and a cloud version called Microsoft 365. The troubleshooting steps shared below will work for all versions because the spell checker feature works consistently across all Word versions. In case it doesn’t, we will let you know....

November 1, 2022 · 5 min · 996 words · Ericka Cooley

9 Best Ways To Fix Steam Games Not Launching On Windows 11

Multiple factors can prevent you from launching your favorite games in Steam, including missing game files, outdated graphics drivers, compatibility issues, and more. However, thanks to these quick and easy solutions, you can fix such issues and resume gaming in no time. 1. Restart the Steam Client If Steam games are not launching on Windows 11, first close the Steam client using the Task Manager before starting it again. Here’s how you can do the same on your computer: Step 1: Press the Escape + Shift + Control keys to open the Task Manager....

November 1, 2022 · 9 min · 1910 words · Kathleen Briggs

A Guide To Uninstall Onedrive Completely From Windows

Microsoft doesn’t want you to uninstall OneDrive, or even Cortana and some other apps, for that matter. The process of disabling OneDrive is pretty simple. However uninstalling it completely will require a deeper look and additional steps. Let’s begin. Why Should You Uninstall OneDrive There are a few reasons why you should consider uninstalling OneDrive completely from your Windows installation if you are not using it: Save system resourcesSave storage spaceNo need to download OneDrive-related updatesFaster boot/reboot time...

November 1, 2022 · 5 min · 878 words · Jerome Jackson

Apple Slashes Icloud Prices 50 Percent Off On 2Tb Storage

iCloud can be used to store backups of your data including images, music files, mail, documents and more. iCloud users get 5GB of free storage upon registration but in order to expand that, they need to sign up from either one fo the (now three) available monthly subscription plans. Alongside slashing the price of its costliest iCloud subscription, Apple has also removed the 1TB cloud storage plan from the list....

November 1, 2022 · 2 min · 327 words · John Gorman

Beautifully Informative See Our Ultimate Guides And Ebooks

Yes, beautifully informative is the apt phrase to describe our new Ultimate Guides and Ebooks section. Top notch content packed in a superb design! We’ve been working hard on this for the past few months, and it has turned out quite well I’d say. The idea behind this new section is to showcase stellar content on a particular topic in a way that will not only benefit the reader immensely but also make him enjoy the reading experience on all devices, be it a laptop, mobile or a tablet....

November 1, 2022 · 2 min · 265 words · Erin Ellison

Best 5 Micro Cut Shredders For Small Business

The good news is that most shredders today easily chew through paper clips, staples, credit cards, and CDs, in no time. Give it its share of cooldown time, and it’ll be as good as new. If you’re looking for micro cut shredders for your business, here are the best shredders that you can consider. But before you do so, let’s have a look at what to check before you invest in one....

November 1, 2022 · 3 min · 565 words · Roberta Jarrett

Block Topics You Hate On Facebook Using These Apps

The browser extensions work as filters. Just type in words or phrases you don’t want to see and posts with them will no longer show up in your Facebook News Feed. If you’re exhausted of hearing political opinions, you might choose to omit “Donald Trump” and “Hillary Clinton.” Maybe you follow a lot of food blogs on Facebook, but just don’t like shrimp, so you can put in “shrimp” to remove those posts as well....

November 1, 2022 · 3 min · 547 words · Michael Johnson

Burn Note Create Share Timer Based Self Destructing Notes

That helps when we have something very confidential to share and wish to leave no trace whatsoever. Stuck for a similar need? Burn Note is what might help. All you need to do is navigate to the service website, type your message and click on the Send button. Well, that’s not just it. If you want you can expand the Options menu and choose the type of note display, enable/disable timer, set expiry time and choose a password....

November 1, 2022 · 1 min · 180 words · Andrew Chang

Check Your Android Device S Security Patch Level In 3 Steps

In the recent past, Google has become quite transparent regarding its efforts to make Android a secure platform and has been constantly providing security patches for Android. Google’s Nexus and Pixel devices are the first ones to receive the latest Android updates. Likewise, these security patches are first released for Nexus and Pixel devices and if you own a device from some other manufacturer, you’re at their mercy. Every company has to customise the security patch update according to their device’s specification after approving it — making the process lengthier....

November 1, 2022 · 2 min · 279 words · Kenneth Spencer

Connect Outlook 2013 With Facebook To Follow Friend Updates

importing contacts , chatting with Facebook friends etc. Now in Outlook 2013 Preview, we can see an interesting feature using which you can connect Facebook, LinkedIn and other such social accounts and follow your friend’s activity right from the Outlook desktop Interface. So let’s have a look at how it can be implemented. Note: This trick won’t help you importing any of the Facebook or LinkedIn contacts to Outlook 2013....

November 1, 2022 · 2 min · 345 words · Roy Stroud

Delete Pre Installed Bloatware From New Windows 8 Laptop

Real creative. When you turned on your laptop after a fresh Windows 8 install, you were greeted by the beautiful Metro tile based UI – the Start screen. The screen was filled with apps, tiles, that had pictures of people you didn’t even know, telling you the news, sports scores and where to travel next. Pretty? Yes. Useful? No. At first, we were fooled by the appearance. Oh, the Bing app looks so cool with the ever changing background and the sharp typography....

November 1, 2022 · 3 min · 484 words · Mary Droke

Disable 3 Dot Menu On Htc One X Map Menu To Task Switcher Button

On prolonged use, I realized that most of the new apps that now follow the ICS trend have a three dot menu button somewhere on the app screen but the apps which have not been updated yet, the phone introduces a three-button strip at the bottom of the screen to open the menu. The first screenshot above is of an ICS optimized app with integrated three dots menu button. The second screenshot, on the other hand, is of a non-ICS optimized app with the system three button menu at the bottom....

November 1, 2022 · 3 min · 559 words · John Coelho

Download From Filesonic Rapidshare Fileserve For Free

If a user does not have premium access to these services, they can be very annoying. Some of the shortcomings for a free user are waiting time, captcha security, no support for download managers and lack of parallel download. Now with DebridMax you can download files from most of such services (like Megaupload, Rapidshare, Fileserve, Filesonic et al) as a premium user with out paying a single penny. What is DebridMax DebridMax is a downloader that allows you to download files instantly and at the best of your Internet speed....

November 1, 2022 · 3 min · 508 words · Lawrence Ray

Download Web Pages For Offline Use On Ios And Android

Now you can do things like use Pocket to save pages for offline use. But that’s mostly just text and some images and majorly for articles. What about formatted web pages or a complicated website? It falls apart. Yes, you can just take a full page screenshot on your iOS or convert the page to PDF. But if you don’t want to do all that and only want an offline copy of the web page just as it is, read on....

November 1, 2022 · 3 min · 456 words · Timothy Campbell

Easily Search Gmail And Google Docs At The Same Time

Log into your Gmail account and click on the wrench icon to go to the Settings page. Select and display the Labs tab which displays all the experimental apps for Gmail. Scroll down to the Apps Search lab feature which should be somewhere near the top itself. Click Enable and Save. Now, any search that you initiate within Gmail will also search through your Google documents, and the doc results will appear beneath the Gmail results....

November 1, 2022 · 1 min · 137 words · Marla Edwards

Extract Text From Picture With Ocr In Google Drive In Android

Of course, you can scan the document and then use a free online OCR tool to convert the picture to text but chances of finding a scanner nearby could well be bleak. Chances of having a smartphone near, may be an Android, are considerably higher and that’s enough to convert the document to digital format using OCR. We will see how you can use your Android phone’s camera to shoot photos of document and then convert it into plain text using OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology....

November 1, 2022 · 3 min · 464 words · Janell Cooke

Firefox View Web Page Source Code On An Editor Of Choice

The understated steps apply to Firefox. Step 1: On your browser address bar key in about:config and hit Enter. Step 2: Search for view_source.editor.external and change the value to false by double clicking on it. Step 3: Now, search for view_source.editor.path and set its value to the .exe location of the desired editor. I am sure most developers will vouch for it because you will be able to perform actions more easily....

November 1, 2022 · 1 min · 129 words · Donna Kelley

Fluenty The Smart Reply Assistant For Android

Whether it’s an SMS or a text in FB messenger, one would be required to open the app to type in the reply manually. But what if I told you that there is a certain app that can ease up that part for you? And that it can throw in a dash of humor and intelligence as well. Too good to be true, ain’t it? We are living in the era of never-ending tech innovations and trust me, in this age, there’s nothing that can’t be done (almost)....

November 1, 2022 · 4 min · 666 words · Dale Myrick

Fujifilm Instax Link Wide Vs Hp Sprocket 200 Which Printer Is Better

This quirky feature means that the Instax Link Wide printer is slightly expensive. So that brings us to an important question—is the Instax Link Wide better than the HP Sprocket 200? Or, are the extra features on the Instax printer worth the extra dollars? Well, that’s what we will find in this post today as we compare the HP Sprocket 200 to the Fujifilm Instax Link Wide. Since it’s going to be a long post, let’s get started, shall we?...

November 1, 2022 · 5 min · 1033 words · John Anderson