Windows personalization out of the box generally boils down to being able to change your desktop wallpaper, the Aero stuff, and various fonts. But you can’t theme the entire Windows experience, such as the start menu color, or anything to do with explorer.exe frames – not without installing shell themes , which is what this guide will walk you through. Installing shell themes is generally quite safe, it just involves modifying some Windows ....

Streaming has become more popular than ever. More and more people are trying to venture into the world of streaming – building their community and slowly transitioning it into their job. This has become way more generic in the current times because who wouldn’t love to play games or stream something that they’re passionate about for a living? There are various different tools and bots available that are used by almost all the different streamers to take care and moderate the streams as they can’t do both at the same time themselves....

VLC is one of the most used media players for supporting all kinds of formats. It is a necessary media player for everyone to have in the operating system. It comes with many different kinds of features to optimize the videos in the media player. One of the features that we are going to talk about in this article is repeatedly playing the videos in VLC. We will teach different ways for the loop feature of the VLC media player....

The various different color gradients on Instagram Direct Instagram has traditionally been more inclined towards being a media sharing platform, but over the past few years, it has turned to a messaging platform, too. The messages on Instagram were plain and simple, but now, thanks to Meta, they have added some colors— purple and blue . In this article, we’ll explain what these colors mean and why they are important....

Many Android forum users ask questions like “ how to change the Android notification panel color? ”, “ how to change Android quick settings icons?”, and other similar questions related to the Android UI. Some brands allow this through theme stores, but mileage may vary as to what exactly themes can change. What this all boils down to, however, is SystemUI.apk – and I am going to show you step-by-step on editing the resources inside of this ....

Whenever you dive into the world of networks, you will find Cisco everywhere. The popularity of Cisco in the networking field is unravelled and many network administrators tend to prefer them for the features they come with. Cisco network, or networks in general, monitoring is very important which includes Cisco Routers, Firewalls, and other access points especially in the case of large networks as one fault can result in the entire network being down for quite some time....

iTunes is an application for creating a library of your favorite music, shows, and more. You can sync your library across multiple devices, but it comes at an annual cost. However, if you do not want to pay the yearly fee, you can still manage to move your iTunes library elsewhere. The process may not be automated as syncing your devices, but there are still several ways of doing it....

When it comes to muting someone on Instagram , there are several different options that can be muted. You can mute messages, call notifications, posts, and stories of any person you follow on Instagram. You can also unmute them back anytime you want. The mute option only works if a user is following that person. In this article, we will show you methods through which you can easily mute and unmute anyone on Instagram ....

An EPS file (a file that has the .EPS extension at the end) is an Encapsulated PostScript file. EPS files are special kinds of image files that contain PostScript programs – these PostScript programs describe how a vector image is to be drawn to a computer. EPS files can contain both text and graphics, and also almost always have a bitmap preview image “encapsulated” inside them. Files with .EPSI and ....

With Microsoft releasing the new Xbox One S, there are a lot of users who bought it and would like to also use their new controller with their PC. Some of them have previously used an Xbox One controller with the wireless dongle, and some of them would like to use the Bluetooth functionality. Fortunately, you can use both, and you can use more than one controller with a single receiver (up to four, to be exact)....

Protecting your digital world from prying eyes is always a good idea, especially if you have some private information stored in your files. Microsoft Excel is a great tool to store and organize your data. From a simple to-do list to invoices and customer lists. If you have any sensitive data in your Excel file, I highly recommend that you encrypt your Excel file. Although Excel 2010 and above have better encryption, it is still not enough to protect your highly sensitive data....

If you want to play a game that only supports LAN or have a copy that doesn’t allow online multiplayer, you can use this method to create a virtual server and play with your friends without needing them to connect over the same LAN (local area network). In this guide, we will walk you through the step-by-step process to simulate a local area network (LAN), allowing your friends to play with you as if you were in the same gaming arena....

The ‘ Stereo Mix ‘ option, used for recording sound directly from your computer, sometimes disappears from Windows recording devices, causing recording issues. This usually means the feature is either hidden or turned off in your sound settings. The most common reason for this is ‘Stereo Mix’ being turned off by default. Windows 10 Stereo Mix Missing Other reasons could include outdated or incompatible audio drivers, hardware limitations, or restrictions in settings....

There are a lot of CS:GO players around the world that are currently playing the game, with approximately 32 million people active in the last month. Many of them are constantly asking if it is possible to show an FPS counter while playing the game. If you are one of them and ask the same question, fortunately for you it is possible to show an FPS counter while playing the game....

Microsoft has recently made Windows Subsystem for Android available to the Windows 11 Beta channel users. Windows Subsystem for Android is essentially the infrastructure that will allow everyone, hopefully in the near future, to run Android apps natively on the operating system. This will get rid of any third party emulators that you might have been using to run Android apps on your Windows machine. This feature is currently only available in the Windows Insider Program, however, it won’t be long before everyone gets to enjoy running the apps natively....

Safe mode was a feature that was introduced with the launch of the PS3. When you start your PS4 in Safe Mode, the console boots up with the most basic function active. This feature helps you to solve issues by rebuilding the console storage database, changing your resolution, in other words, “Hard” resetting your console to factory settings. This feature is perfect for resolving issues in your PS4. Safe Mode...

After a Windows computer starts up, each member of a specific group of programs on the computer is launched as soon as the user logs in to Windows. These “startup items” range from third-party programs installed by the user that are configured to launch at startup to built-in Windows programs that the system needs to be running when it boots up. Windows is an Operating System that hands over complete control of a computer to its user....

If you buy a smartphone on a monthly plan from some mobile carrier like T-mobile and AT&T, you would probably get a carrier-locked device . The story is not much different when we talk about iPhone 8/8 Plus and iPhone X. And, you are probably wondering why your iPhone would be locked in the first plan, and how would you be able to use it, if it comes locked. Well, let me explain....

To download and install major Windows updates (the upgrade from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 to Windows 10, for example), you need to not only have all other Windows updates available for your computer installed but also need to have the latest version of the Windows Update Agent. The Windows Update Agent is the Windows utility that handles every operation about Windows Updates – from checking for them to downloading and installing them....

If you consider yourself an advanced Chrome user, you should know that Google lets you enable a series of experimental features (referred to as flags). These are ‘hidden’ experimental features that will allow you to customize and adjust your browsing experience. This article will show you how to enable Chrome Flags, how to use them, and what are the best flags to deploy to make your Chrome Browser better without making it unstable....