How Windows 10’s QoS Packet Scheduler Works This setting has existed since Windows XP, so this bad Windows tweaking tip has now been going around for 20 years. Windows 10 has a feature called the “QoS Packet Scheduler.” It’s found in all versions of Windows, starting with Windows XP. QoS stands for “Quality of Service.” It’s a way of prioritizing certain types of network traffic, which is made up of packets....

RELATED: Apple Won’t Break Face ID on iPhone 13 if You Fix its Screen iFixit discovered the change in the iPhone 13. The iPhone 13 is connected to the screen using a small microcontroller, and if that connection is broken, Face ID stops working. That wouldn’t be that big of a deal if it were easy to pair the screen to the microcontroller again, but iFixit notes that “Apple has not provided a way for owners or independent shops to pair a new screen....

Are you using a different video conference app like Zoom or Microsoft Teams and have no need for Skype anymore? Deleting your old Skype account would prevent people from trying to contact you through Skype. You’re going to hit a snag, though. Unfortunately, because your Skype account is linked to your Microsoft account, you can’t delete one without deleting the other. Your Microsoft account already includes Skype in the list of connected services....

Setting up a web server and hosting your own website can be a fun and challenging learning experience. But if you’re looking to do this, you should check with your ISP first; it might be a violation of their terms of service. In order to set up a web server on your home internet, you’ll need a few things: a dedicated computer for your server, a domain name, and a way to point your domain name to the server....

We’ll show you how to quickly add your signature to any PDF document, saving it as a standard PDF file that can be read anywhere. You can do this on Windows, Mac, iPad, iPhone, Android, Chrome OS, Linux—whatever platform you prefer. Electronic Signatures, Not Digital Signatures First, let’s straighten out some terminology. This article deals with electronic signatures, not digital signatures, which are something else entirely. A digital signature is cryptographically secure and verifies that someone with your private signing key (in other words, you) has seen the document and authorized it....

What Is Stick Drift? Stick drift refers to a problem where an analog control stick registers input without being actuated. The stick may drift in a particular direction (for example, to the left), or it may drift in multiple directions depending on the last direction used. Drift may appear suddenly, over time, or seemingly disappear for a while before coming back again. The Nintendo Switch has a well-documented history with this problem that isn’t necessarily caused by misuse....

If you’re on Cricket Wireless and use an Android phone, there’s a reasonably decent chance you could be having issues receiving MMS messages (aka picture and video messages). Fortunately, there’s a quick and easy fix…now that we’ve actually figured out what’s going on here. What’s the Problem? In short, you can’t receive MMS—the fancy term for picture messages. You’ll get a notification showing that there’s a message to download, but you won’t be able to download it....

How to Force the Windows 11 Upgrade Right Now If you want Windows 11 right now, the fastest way to get it is with Microsoft’s Windows 11 Installation Assistant. To start installing Windows 11, visit Microsoft’s Download Windows 11 website. Click the “Download Now” button under the Windows 11 Installation Assistant heading. Run the downloaded “Windows11InstallationAssistant.exe” file. It will check to see if your computer is compatible with Windows 11 in its current state....

If you try to keep up with the news, you might find it overwhelming to have so many places to look for it. With the Google Clock app on Android, you can get the news read aloud with your alarm. The Google Clock app for Android has Google Assistant integration built in. That means it can be configured to trigger Routines alongside your alarms. It’s a pretty handy feature that can do some cool things....

Many people commonly use tools like Parallels or VMware to set up a virtual machine (VM) on their Macs. VirtualBox is a great, free alternative to do this. Plus, you can install and set it up in just a few minutes. VMs can run any operating system (OS) in your current one. Whether it’s for disaster recovery, code testing, or just some fun experimentation, you can use VirtualBox for free to simulate any Windows OS, including 98, 95, or even 3....

Whether you want an online calendar to share with others, or you just want a physical calendar you can print and use in the office, you have three options for creating a calendar in Google Sheets. Let’s get started. Use a Google Sheets Calendar Template Google Sheets offers an Annual Calendar template that updates to the current year. If you see templates at the top of your main Google Sheet page, select “Template Gallery....

Copying text into Microsoft Excel often results in annoying leftover whitespace, and it’s tedious work to manually remove trailing, leading, and any other extra spaces from the cells in your spreadsheets. Luckily, Excel has two features to remove them with ease. RELATED: How to Copy and Paste Only Visible Cells in Microsoft Excel Ways to Delete Whitespace in Excel In Excel, to remove the leading, trailing, and extra spaces between words in a particular string, use the TRIM function....

If your computer has been hijacked with an obnoxious malware that won’t let you change your home page, there’s a strong chance you’ve been infected with the Trovi Search Protect malware, which used to be known as Conduit. Here’s how to remove it. RELATED: Why We Hate Recommending Software Downloads To Our Readers How do you know this is malware? Instead of installing like it should, as a Google Chrome Extension, you’ll probably see that your extensions list doesn’t mention Trovi or Conduit at all....

Set Up A Group in the Contacts App You can use a workaround in the Contacts app to create a single contact with multiple email addresses. Next time you need to send an email to your entire product team or your book club, you’ll only need to select one contact. To set it up, open the Contacts app and tap on the “+” button. Next, give the contact a distinct group name that you’ll remember....

While collaborating on a spreadsheet can be beneficial, it can also be a bit of a struggle. Something changes and you aren’t sure who did it or when. With Show Changes in Microsoft Excel for the web, wonder no more! With a simple click, you can see who made a change to your workbook or a particular sheet and when. Plus, you can apply a filter to narrow down the exact cells in question....

Starting with iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and macOS Big Sur, Apple rolled out the auto-connect feature for AirPods and AirPods Pro. As long as you’re using the same Apple account on all your devices, the feature is enabled by default. When it comes to the iPhone and iPad, the feature works as advertised. But if you regularly use your iPhone and your Mac together, this feature turns into a bit of a mess....

If you’re using Windows 11 and need to quickly switch between headphones, speakers, or other sound devices, there’s a quick, almost hidden way to manage your audio output from the taskbar. Here’s how to do it. First, click the speaker icon on the far right side of the taskbar. It’s located just to the left of the date and time. It’s actually part of a button, as you’ll see....

Putting Chrome in full-screen mode is a great way to maximize screen space, but that hides the tabs. Annoyingly, moving the mouse to the top of the screen doesn’t show them, either. There are other ways to switch tabs. Unlike Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and other browsers, Google Chrome does not reveal the tabs when you put the mouse at the top of the screen in full-screen mode. This is a strange oversight, but you don’t have to press F11 to leave full-screen mode every time you want to switch tabs....

Emoji first became popular on smartphones, but they’re just as necessary on computers. Chromebooks and Chrome OS tablets have built-in emoji as well. We’ll show you where to find them, and how to use emoji on your device. People might not use emoji as much when typing on a laptop as they would on a smartphone. Still, Windows and Mac include emoji support, and Chromebooks do as well. They’re easy to access whenever you need that little extra touch that only an emoji can provide....

Typing the x̅ symbol in Microsoft Word documents is not as straightforward as typing other symbols. However, you have a couple of not-so-difficult ways to insert this symbol into your document. We’ll show you what those ways are. One way to add the X-bar symbol in Word is to use your keyboard’s numeric pad. If your keyboard doesn’t have that, use Word’s built-in equation editor to add the symbol. We’ll explain both these methods in the guide below....