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Build Your Safe Senders List Automatically in Outlook While it’s easy to manually add senders and domains to the Safe Senders list in Outlook, Outlook makes it easier. Outlook can automatically add everyone you send an email to and the people in your contacts list to the Safe Senders list. To set this up in Outlook: Automatically Safelist People You Email in Outlook on the Web In Outlook Online, you’ll add a sender to your Safe Senders list from the message they send you....

How to Block Someone on Facebook (Desktop) It’s easy to block someone using Facebook on a Windows, Mac, or Linux desktop. How to Block Someone on the Facebook App It’s also possible to block someone using the Facebook iOS or Android mobile app. Blocking vs. Snoozing, Unfollowing, or Unfriending Blocking is different from unfriending, snoozing, or unfollowing someone. Before you decide to block someone, see if another action might be more appropriate....

How to Block Websites in iOS 12 and Up The iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch include built-in tools that control which websites kids can visit. The feature allows adults to block access to websites, and the settings are protected by a passcode, so a child can’t change them. How to Block Websites in iOS 8 Through iOS 11 In iOS 8 through iOS 11, the feature is located in the Restrictions settings....

How to Cancel a Pending PayPal Payment Follow the below steps to cancel a pending or unclaimed PayPal payment: When Can I Cancel a PayPal Payment? Unfortunately, you can’t reverse or cancel a PayPal transaction that’s been completed. Payment can only be canceled if it’s marked as Pending or Unclaimed on its Transaction details page. What Happens When PayPal Refunds Money? If a PayPal transaction is successfully canceled, the funds are returned to you....

Safari on Mac: With Safari open, choose Safari > Preferences > select General tab. Then, next to Homepage, add a URL or select Set to Current Page.Safari iOS app: Open the page you want > Sharing icon > Add to Home Screen. How to Set the Homepage in Safari on a Mac You can choose any page you want to display when you launch Safari. For example, if you usually begin browsing with a Google search, set the Google homepage as your default....

How Much RAM Does My Android Smartphone Have? It’s useful to know how much RAM your smartphone uses in daily use, but a good starting point is also knowing how much RAM your Android phone has to deal with. Here’s where to look to see how much RAM your phone has. How Can I Tell How Much RAM My Android Is Using? If it feels like your Android phone is a little sluggish, it can be useful to know how much RAM is currently in use by your apps and games....

How Can I Tell What Version of Chrome I Have? It’s pretty easy to find out what version of Google Chrome you’ve got. How to Check Chrome’s Version on Windows and Mac How to Check Chrome’s Version on iPhone and iPad While we used an iPhone for the screenshots below, the same steps apply to an iPad. How to Check Chrome’s Version on Android It’s just as easy to check the version of Chrome installed on your Android-based device....

How to Compress Files to a ZIP Archive in Windows You can compress files in Windows easily using File Explorer. Here’s how: If they are not in a single location, press and hold the left mouse button and drag over all the objects you want to select. The items you’ve selected will have a light-blue box around them, as seen here. If you’re sending all the files in a particular folder, another option is to just select the entire folder....

How to Schedule a Computer to Shut Down With Command Prompt Follow these steps to use the command prompt for a one-time shutdown. That’s it. Your computer will now automatically shut down at the time you specified. You’ll receive a warning a few minutes before shutdown to remind you then, too. How to Set up Automatic Shutdown With the RUN Command Follow these steps to use the command prompt for a one-time shutdown....

How to Delete PS5 Profile From the Console If you have multiple accounts logged in on your PlayStation 5, you may wish to tidy some of these up and delete them. Here’s what to do. How to Delete Your Playstation Profile Permanently If you want to delete your PlayStation 5 profile permanently, the process is a little more complicated and requires you to use use the Playstation official website. Here’s what to do....

How to Disable the Windows XP Splash Screen Disabling the Windows XP splash screen can be achieved by following a few simple steps outlined below using the System Configuration Utility (also called msconfig) that’s built-in to Windows XP. Here’s how to use msconfig to disable the Windows XP splash screen: Tips & More Information There are additional options when configuring your Windows XP splash screen. Reenable During Boot To re-enable the Windows XP splash screen during boot, follow the instructions above, but this time choose Normal Startup - load all device drivers and services in the General tab....

Prerequisites Before you get started, you should: Back up your computer Prepare your hard drive for installing Elementary OS — to dual boot, you must segregate some drive space from Windows. We recommend 20 GB, minimum. Create a bootable Elementary OS USB drive How to Boot Into Elementary OS The process to dual-boot Windows and Elementary OS is much like the process for other major distributions. With Elementary OS on a USB drive, plug the drive into your computer....

Configure Mail to Empty the Trash on a Schedule If remembering to empty the trash regularly isn’t high on your priority list, you can instruct the Mail application when and how often to empty the trash for you. To empty the Trash on a schedule, complete the following steps: Empty the Trash Manually If you prefer to control when the Trash is emptied, you can do so manually and quickly. To empty the Trash manually, complete the following steps:...

All instructions in this article use macOS Catalina (10.15), but the basic concepts apply to all later versions of the macOS. How Do You Kill a Task on a Mac? Perhaps the easiest and quickest way to kill a task on a Mac—another way to refer to quitting a program—is to use the macOS Dock. Here’s what to do: How Do You Force Quit an Application on a Mac? If the application you want to quit is frozen up or won’t respond to other commands, try using macOS’s built-in Force Quit menu....

Access Messenger History From Facebook or Messenger on a Desktop Here’s how to search your Facebook message history by keyword or search within a conversation from a browser. Search Message History by Keyword Here’s how to search Messenger’s message history using a specific keyword: Search Within a Messenger Conversation Here’s how to perform a search within a Messenger conversation: Access Messenger History From the Messenger App In the iOS or Android Messenger app on your mobile device, here’s how to search through your message history by keyword or search within a conversation....

How Do I Find Out What My Router Password Is On Windows 10? Look for a sticker on the back or bottom of your router. Most routers list the user name and password alongside the network name (SSID) and network key. If you don’t see a sticker, you can look up your router’s manufacturer and model online to find the default user name and password. Look for the brand and model number on the device, or check the manual....

When your PS4 keeps ejecting discs, it may simply eject them, beep, or provide an error message like this: What Causes PS4 to Keep Ejecting Discs? The main reasons your PS4 might keep ejecting discs are a problem with the eject button, a problem with the eject screw, software issues, and problems with the actual discs. Eject button issues are primarily limited to the original PlayStation 4 and its capacitive eject button, while the other problems affect all three versions of the PlayStation 4 equally....

What Causes the Steam Cloud Error? When you experience this error, you’ll typically one of these messages: Steam Cloud ErrorSteam was unable to Sync your files for (game) with the Steam CloudUnable to Sync These messages appear when Steam checks your local game files and they don’t match with the save data that’s saved in the Steam Cloud. This usually happens when you play games on multiple computers, but it can also happen if you only play on one....

But don’t toss your remote at the wall just yet. Instead, try these troubleshooting tips to get your brand new sound system up and working. Causes of a Stereo Receiver Not Making Sound Silent stereos are usually caused by low power, a wrong source selection, disconnected or faulty speaker wires, broken speakers, or a malfunctioning source component. However, similar to diagnosing a defective speaker channel, troubleshooting a stereo system that’s not producing sound begins by isolating the problem—a problem that usually isn’t revealed until the corresponding fix has been tried....

What is COM Surrogate? COM Surrogate is a catchall name for processes called dllhost.exe that separates Windows Explorer from individual DLL hosts that have the potential to crash. In particular, DLLs that deal with media thumbnails. There are many others, but that’s one of the most common. COM Surrogate makes it so that if any of those DLL files crash, the files don’t crash the entire Windows Explorer. Think of it as a first line of defense for system stability....