As you can imagine, editing the HOSTS file can easily break your internet if it’s modified incorrectly or maliciously. So, it’s not particularly easy for a normal user to edit. This is a good thing. But if you want to change your HOSTS file purposefully, here’s how. Edit Your Windows 10 Host File as an Administrator The HOSTS file is normally stored in a plain text file in the Windows System folder and can be modified for various use cases....

Some programs will want to download an older version of the .NET Framework, but this doesn’t work. You still need to enable it. From the Windows 8 desktop, open the power user menu and select Control Panel. On Windows 10, hit the Windows key, type: control panel, and choose the top result. From the Control Panel, click Programs and Features. When the Programs and Features window comes up, click Turn Windows Features On or Off....

But if you have noticed that your iPad is not backing up to iCloud, you might be looking to create a backup of the device. Our guide below will show you how to enable the iPad backup to iCloud, then immediately create a backup of the device. Create an iCloud Backup of Your iPad The steps in this article were performed on an iPad 2, in iOS 9. These same steps will work for other iPad models that are using the same version of iOS....

Fortunately your iPhone 5 has another way to display the amount of battery charge that you have left, and that is with a numerical percentage. This number is displayed to the left of the battery image, and is far more exact when it comes to letting you know how much charge you have remaining. Do you ever find yourself in situations where you need additional power to charge your phone, but there isn’t an outlet in site?...

But if you only plan to use the watch for notifications or to check the time, then you might like to know how to turn off fitness on Apple Watch. The steps in this article are going to show you where to locate the Fitness Tracking setting in the Watch app on an iPhone. We cover these steps briefly at the beginning of this article, then go more in depth below with additional information and pictures....

One way to do this is by enabling access to the Notification Center from your lock screen. The Notification Center is typically accessed by swiping down from the top of your Home screen, but it can also be added to the lock screen. Our guide below will show you how to enable that functionality. Our lock sound on iPhone guide will show you how to adjust a couple of different sounds that you might be hearing on your device....

By performing a quick search, you can find unread emails in Gmail or have it display all unread messages at the top of the list. The ability to sort through email messages through different criteria makes your inbox more manageable. For example, finding unread emails in Gmail is typically the most important. How to Find Unread Emails in Gmail This first option to find unread Gmail emails works on your PC, Mac, or mobile device....

One element of Super Mario Run that you might be looking to set up is the interaction with others players. By adding friends to Super Mario Run you can compare your own scores on the “Tour” part of the game, as well as see how you rank in the competitive “Rally” portion. One way to add friends is through the use of a 12-character code called a Player ID. But locating this Player ID can be a little confusing if you don’t know where to look, so our guide below will help you to find it....

Whatever the reason, here’s our guide on how to find the full system specs of your Windows computer. Either by using utilities built into Windows 10 or using a third-party app. Find Your Computer Specs Using Windows 10 To get the basic information about your system on Windows 10, head to Settings > System > About. There you will see basic device specs like your CPU, install RAM, system type, and Windows 10 version....

If you’re reading this article, it’s likely a situation that you’re familiar with. Your Chromebook may have power, but it doesn’t mean you’re going to use your Chromebook. You’ll need to start troubleshooting the problem to fix a Chromebook black screen. Don’t jump to any conclusions, as for most users, it’s an easy problem to fix. If you want to know how to fix a Chromebook black screen, follow the steps below....

Thankfully, this can be a very quick fix. If you’re struggling with keyboard issues, here are some tips to resolve Excel keyboard issues. How to Check if Scroll Lock is Enabled in Excel One of the most common reasons for the arrow keys not working in Excel is because the scroll lock has inadvertently been turned on. This causes the arrow keys to scroll the spreadsheet instead of moving between cells....

But if this connection is becoming a problem because you don’t want to connect to the network, then you might be wondering how to forget a WiFi network on an iPhone. Fortunately, this is an option that is available to you, which we discuss in our tutorial below. How to Forget a Network on the iPhone Our guide continues below with additional information on how to forget a WiFi network on the iPhone 7, including pictures of these steps....

Banding Rows in Excel 2010 The act of formatting alternating rows with different fill colors is also referred to as “banding.” If you have ever seen an Excel spreadsheet with this effect, then you know how useful it can be in visually organizing your data. However, you might have tried to do it yourself manually, but found that the entire process can be somewhat tedious. Fortunately there is a simple way to automate it that you will find beneficial....

Fortunately you can adjust how your notifications are grouped in the Notification Center, which can make it much easier to find specific notifications. Our guide below will show you how to find this setting and enable it so that all of your notifications will be grouped by app instead of chronologically. Group Notifications by App in the iOS 9 Notification Center The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 6 Plus, in iOS 9....

If you want to share some of your own content, you can post a 140 character tweet than can also include videos, photos, and GIFs. Your Twitter profile provides consists of all of your tweets and retweets as well as posts you’ve liked and information on who you follow and who follows you. People can also see whether you have mutual friends with you which can make you feel closer....

Shazam identifies the song as well as the artist or band. You don’t need to install the Shazam app to identify songs with your iPhone, however. If you want to know how to quickly identify songs on an iPhone (or an iPad), follow these steps. How to Find and Setup Music Recognition on iPhone and iPad Back in 2018, Apple purchased Shazam for $400 million. With that purchase, Apple went on to say it would provide the ad-free version of Shazam free of charge....

When you’re on the phone with someone, it’s hard to know if they have activated the screen recorder on their phone to record the video conversation. Even though WhatsApp does not have a built-in video call recording option, someone may record your video by simply turning on the screen recorder on their phone, which records your face as well as your voice and stores it to the phone’s memory....

Our article continues below with additional information and pictures of these steps. Some Microsoft Excel 2010 spreadsheets can be more complicated than others. Very involved worksheets can include a combination of formulas and information that is very complex, and even slight changes to certain cells could lead to disastrous occurrences for the rest of the data on the sheet. If you have finalized such a complex worksheet and want to ensure that particularly important data is not altered, then you need to learn how to lock a cell in Excel 2010....

You might have given iTunes all of its defaults when you first installed the program, but program updates, or new program installations, may have switched those default away from iTunes and to a different application. Our guide below will show you how to make iTunes the default player for all of its compatible file types. How to Set iTunes as Default in Windows 7 The steps in this guide are going to show you how to make iTunes the default player for all of the possible file types for which it can be the default....

The cool thing is with a couple of Windows PowerShell commands; you can make them sync up. PowerShell may seem daunting for some, but we’ll show you the code to enter for this task. PowerShell Commands Log in as Administrator to Windows 10 and organize your Start menu the way you want it. Now, hit the Windows key and type: powershell to find it (it should be at the top of the results list)....