Windows has never made it that easy to find out this information, but it’s a little easier to do it in Windows 11. Whether you’re upgrading your system or building a custom computer, you’re going to need RAM to run multiple apps at once—especially games. Luckily, Windows 11 gives you access to detailed information about your hardware, giving you information on RAM speed, type, and amount. We’ve shown you how to find Windows 11 system specs, but this guide will focus specifically on RAM....

For example, without the proper amount of power, the PC isn’t going to work. Instead, the components in your PC, like the GPU, CPU, and sound card, need a proper balance of power. So, if you want to add a high-power graphics card, you must ensure the PSU is powerful enough for the task. You need to check the power supply on a PC before adding energy-draining components which may not run....

Unless you opt-out, Google records a lot of information about you, from where you’ve been to what you’ve searched for. This isn’t just big tech overreach—it can be a useful way to find locations you’ve been to or searched for in the past. There are obvious privacy concerns, however. If you want to clear your Google Maps search history, follow the steps below. How to Clear Google Maps Search History on PC and Mac The quickest way to clear your Google Maps search history is to access the location history for your Google account....

But you might find that you don’t want other people being able to see the videos that you have watched, or that the presence of the history is negatively impacting your watching experience on your iPhone. Fortunately it is possible to clear your play history from the iPhone’s TV app so that you can start over fresh. How to Clear the TV Play History in iOS 10 The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus in iOS 10....

But occasionally you might find that an app is running when it shouldn’t be, and that it is consuming resources that you would prefer to allocate to something else. In this case you may be looking for a way to close an app that is open on the phone. Our guide below will show you how to close an app in Android Marshmallow. How to Close a Running App on a Samsung Galaxy On5 The steps in this guide were performed on a Samsung Galaxy On5, using the Android Marshmallow operating system....

Fortunately Adobe Acrobat has a handy utility that can combine all of these separate PDFs into one big file. You can then perform actions on that file, such as printing or attaching to an email, in a manner that is much more manageable. Our tutorial below will walk you through the PDF combination process in Adobe Acrobat XI Pro. How to Make One PDF Out of Multiple With Adobe Acrobat XI Pro The steps in this article were performed using the Adobe Acrobat XI program in Windows 7....

Excel 2013 has a formula, called concatenate, that allows you to automate this process, and will permit you to quickly complete a task that you might have previously thought would require a lot of typing, or a large amount of copy and paste. If you would like to learn more about using this formula, then visit our how to combine three columns in Excel article. Combining Two Text Columns in Excel 2013 The steps in this article will assume that you have two columns that each contain a bit of text, and that you would like to combine that text into one column with out retying it, or doing a lot of copying and pasting....

Here’s how. Connect Your Chromebook via a Physical Cable The most straightforward method of connecting your Chromebook to an external display is to use a physical cable. The type of cable you use will depend on the model of the Chromebook. Once you have the cable from the Chromebook to the external display connected, you need to head to Settings > Device > Displays. There you have some different options, including choosing to mirror or extend your display....

Converting .MOV files to a more universal format like .MP4, .M4V or .MKV can be very handy because .mov is the default format for most Apple products like the iPad, iPhone, and Canon Cameras. Today I’ll show you how to convert .mov to .mp4 easily. using a free tool called Handbrake. To start, download Handbrake and install it using the defaults. After installing, launch it and set the default output path when prompted....

Our tutorial below will show you the steps that you need to follow in order to make a copy of a worksheet in an old Excel workbook and move it to a new workbook. Creating a new Workbook from an Existing Worksheet in Excel 2010 The steps in this article will show you how to copy a worksheet from an existing workbook to its’ own, new workbook in Excel 2010....

Open Command Prompt, right click on the title bar and select Properties. Alternatively, you can search for Command Prompt from Start Menu and go to its Properties from the shortcut icon. Under Options tab, check the box that says Quick Edit Mode and click Ok. Now when you’re working in the Command Prompt, highlight what you need to copy and press Ctrl + C on your keyboard. It will copy the path and you can paste it anywhere you want....

When you need to do that multiple times, it can seem like an insurmountable task. Luckily Excel has a formula that you can use to count the number of characters in one of your cells. Summary – How to count characters in cells in Excel Our guide continues below with additional information on how to count characters in Excel, including pictures of these steps. Excel 2013 has a lot of formulas that can help you to analyze your data....

Note: To enable the option to create a custom theme, you need to make sure you’re running Chrome 77. To verify you’re running the latest version, click the Menu (three dots) and head to Help > About Google Chrome. Create a Custom Theme for Chrome Browser Similar to adding the hidden Extensions Toolbar menu, you will need to enable two “hidden” flags under the hood to enable the customization option....

After using your Windows 7 computer for a significant amount of time, it is likely that you will have accumulated a large number of files. These can be scattered throughout various locations on your computer, such as your Document, Pictures, and Videos folders, as well as your Desktop. But as the number of files grows, it can be difficult to find what you are looking for. When you have a large number of files in one location, especially the desktop, it can start to get very difficult to find the things you need....

Today, we’ll show you how to customize Quick Access by pinning folders and how to unpin folders, hide Quick Access, and permanently remove the Quick Access feature from File Explorer. How to Pin Quick Access Folders in Windows 11 To pin a folder to Quick Access in File Explorer, here’s what you’ll need to do. How to Unpin Quick Access Folders in Windows 11 If you have a folder you’ve previously pinned to Quick Access and you don’t want it there anymore, you can unpin it....

Excel provides a way to delete page breaks that is very similar to the way in which the page breaks were originally inserted. So continue reading below to learn how to delete your unwanted breaks. Removing Page Breaks in Excel 2013 The steps below will show you how to delete a page break that is affecting the way that your spreadsheet prints. You will have the option of removing a specific page break, or removing all of the page breaks in the document....

Fortunately you can accomplish this in Excel by making sure to select all of the cells in your worksheet, then using the tool to delete a comment. Excel will then delete every comment from one of the selected cells. If you need to delete an entire tab from one of your workbooks, then our guide on how to delete a sheet in Excel will show you how. How to Remove All of the Comments from an Excel 2013 Spreadsheet The steps in this guide are going to delete every comment in the worksheet that is currently active in your spreadsheet....

But you may not want other people with access to your iPhone to see which Web pages you have been visiting, so you may decide to delete your history. Continue reading below to learn how to do this in the iOS 9 Chrome Web browser. Deleting History in the Chrome Browser on an iPhone in iOS 9 The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 6 , in iOS 9....

Step 1 – Logging In If you’re not logged in to your iTunes account already, do it by clicking the Sign In button at the upper right corner of the screen. Step 2 – Viewing Your Account Settings Online Now that you’ve logged in, simply go to Store > View My Account to view your account settings. (you may be prompted for your account password.) Step 3 – Turning Ping Off From your settings page, find the part with your Ping settings and click the Turn Off button....

Turn Off Restrictions That You Enabled on Your iPad 2 Note that the method outline below is going to require that you know the passcode that you initially used to set up the restrictions. If you do not remember the passcode, then you are going to need to restore your iPad from the computer with which it was last synced. You can read this article to learn how to perform that operation....