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I got Waydroid working but couldn’t get Google apps to install. Here is what I did. To get Waydroid to work with Google apps, open up the terminal and type the following: sudo waydroid init -s GAPPS -f It downloaded and installed the GAPPS version […]
Microsoft is sending out millions of email messages to Outlook.com users informing them that as of 16th September 2024, they will no longer be able to access their accounts via non-Microsoft apps using standard (basic) authentication methods. This email message from Microsoft has caused a
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Do you want to use Android apps on your Linux computer? Waydroid may be the answer. If you are using Linux Mint with the Cinnamon desktop this might not work. You’ll need to install a desktop version called “Plasma (Wayland)“. Open up “Terminal” and type
Is Edge Better Than Chrome? Chrome and Google’s giant market share can lead you to believe Chrome is the best browser and there is a reason for that. Google frankly created the best search engine on the market, quickly becoming the most used and trusted
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You can do a lot with shapes! Luckily, Microsoft Word provides you with a very large selection of shapes from which you can choose. You may not be aware of it, but shapes are also known as vector graphics. Vector graphics are actually made up
Snip & Sketch is a useful tool native to Windows 10 for taking screenshots and simple editing. First off, full disclosure: I’ve been using the professional Snagit screen capture and editing software for years so when I decided to write this guide I was working
For the past few weeks, I’ve been tasked with upgrading six computers at a customer’s office; a challenge that I was more than happy to undertake until a Lenovo laptop with Windows 11 Home Edition entered the loop. The scenario was five desktop PCs with
Getting The Most From OneDrive Assuming you have Microsoft Office 365 and the free 1TB of storage it can be a great tool when saving your photos or videos. 1TB can hold thousands of photos, videos, and documents letting you reduce your phone and computer’s
I have Linux Mint on an HP 15-bs023ca and I started to use the touchscreen capabilities of the laptop only to have my system go crazy on me opening and closing windows and screens and moving things around. I was going to call an exorcist
Now I know that there is not a huge demand for OneNote information, but there are still some folks out there who use it regularly, and so I want to be able to help them as well. Follow the steps below to learn how: Open
No More Android? In a surprising move, to me anyway, the recent introduction of the Windows Android Subsystem (WSA) is now being deprecated starting in March 2025. The ability to download the subsystem actually ended this month. Being a Beta tester I was pleasantly surprised
Windows Subsystem For Android Bids Farewell To Users Read More »
App History and Startup Apps App History, the third tab in Task Manager uses the same column format to organize data. A brief description of the column titles is below: Name: The application or process’s name CPU Time: Indicates the total CPU time consumed by
Unveiling the Magic: Decoding App History In Task Manager! Read More »
Remember the hoo-hah when Windows 8 was released? We hope you enjoy reading this Blast From The Past article by Marc Thomas originally published in July 2014 Let’s face it, Windows 8 is a hybrid operating system which, by definition, is something that is
If you know the word and character counts in your document it can assist by helping you better understand things like the readability of your document. It can also show you how much space you are using in your document. Perhaps you did not know
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