If you’re running a lot of different processes at the same time, you may forget which ones are running with escalated (admin) privileges. You can use Task Manager in Windows 11 to quickly find out. To find out which processes you’re running with administrative privileges, you’ll need to display a special column in Task Manager that’s hidden by default. To display this column, go ahead and open Task Manager. You can do this by pressing the Ctrl+Shift+Esc keyboard shortcut, or by clicking the Search icon in the Windows taskbar, typing “Task Manager” in the Search box, and then clicking the Task Manager app in the search results....

A typical USB port sends around 2.5W of power to the connected device. Fast charging bumps this up to 15W on the low end, while some go all the way up to 100W. If you want to take advantage of these faster charging speeds, you’ll need to make sure you have compatible accessories. It’s Not Just the Cable First, we need to point out that the USB-C cable is only one part of the fast charging equation....

If you’re tired of seeing tips, tricks, and messages on your Windows 11 lock screen, it’s easy to turn them off completely thanks to Settings. Here’s how to do it. First, open Windows Settings by pressing Windows+i. Or you can right-click the Start button and select “Settings” in the menu. In Settings, click “Personalization” in the sidebar, then select “Lock Screen.” In Lock Screen settings, click the drop-down menu beside “Personalize your lock screen” and select either “Picture” or “Slideshow....

When you type a search query in Mozilla Firefox’s address bar, you see various search suggestions appear beneath your query. If you don’t find these suggestions helpful, you can turn them off. We’ll show you how. Firefox Gives You Options In Firefox, you can disable address bar search suggestions for any search engine that you use. This includes Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, and any other search engines you may have added....

Steam synchronizes many save files to its servers. They’re automatically downloaded via Steam when you install a game, but that’s not the only way you can get them. You can download them directly from Valve’s website in your browser, too. Enable Steam Cloud Sync in Steam If Steam isn’t automatically downloading your old save games after you install a game, ensure Steam Cloud is enabled for that game within Steam....

Unlike a desktop computer’s trash system, Android doesn’t offer a universal recycle bin that stores your deleted files. Instead, most Android apps manage their own trash, which you have to individually empty to free up your phone’s storage. Here’s how to do that. In this guide, we’ll cover how to empty the trash for Google Photos and Files by Google, which are two of the popular gallery and file manager apps for this operating system....

Google Chrome has had a built-in dark theme like Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge since Chrome 74. You can even apply a dark theme to every web page you visit using third-party themes or an extension. Here’s how. Chrome now offers a built-in dark mode on Windows 10, Windows 11, and macOS. It even makes all of Chrome’s context menus dark, too. How to Enable Chrome’s Dark Mode on Windows 11 Google Chrome’s built-in dark theme respects your system theme on Windows 11, too....

Why Your iPhone Is Asking for a Password Whenever you try to erase your iPhone using Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone > Erase All Content and Settings, you’ll be prompted for your Apple ID password to disable Find My (and by extension, Activation Lock). Activation Lock is a safeguard put in place to prevent a stolen iPhone from being reactivated without the previous owner’s express consent. Entering your Apple ID password as part of the reset process removes the device from your account, disables the Find My service which allows you to track missing devices, and makes it possible for a new owner to activate the iPhone....

A circular reference in Excel happens when a cell containing a formula is dependent on its own result in some way, creating a loop that can’t be resolved. If you want to stop this error, you’ll need to find and remove these references to allow Excel to complete the calculation. Here’s how. What Are Circular References in Excel? To explain Excel circular references in more depth, let’s imagine a scenario....

When you want a logo or another transparent image as your document background, you can use a watermark. In Google Docs, you can insert an image watermark easily and have it automatically appear on each page of the document. Insert a Watermark in Google Docs Head to the Google Docs site, open your document, and click Insert > Watermark from the menu. This displays the Watermark sidebar to work with your image....

Microsoft Word is known for being a great word processor, but you can also use it to make your own calendar. You can design one from scratch or choose one from Word’s library of calendar templates. Here’s how. Create a Calendar From Scratch in Word Creating a calendar from scratch in Microsoft Word takes a little more time and energy than just using one of the templates, but if you want the complete design credit for your calendar, you’ll want to build it from the ground up....

Starting with Firefox version 94, you no longer get a warning when you attempt to close a Firefox window with multiple tabs open. Luckily, the feature is not fully removed, and you can enable it from Firefox’s settings menu. RELATED: How to Close All Firefox Windows at Once Get a Warning When You Close Multiple Tabs in Firefox To re-enable the missing prompt in Firefox, first, open Firefox on your Windows, Mac, Linux, or Chromebook computer....

What Do I Need to Use Alexa’s Grocery Ordering Feature? How to Order Your Next Groceries Using Alexa After each entry, Alexa will recite “What else?” until you finish placing all items in your cart. Note that Alexa’s Grocery Ordering Feature can’t make a definitive product selection using a broad term. For example, saying “Alexa, please add chicken to my cart” won’t automatically add a specific brand, size, and type of chicken to your shopping cart....

Google Chrome’s secret offline dinosaur game is a fun little easter egg—and you don’t actually need to be offline to play it. In honor of the 2020 Summer Olympics, which perhaps should be called the 2021 Summer Olympics, the dinosaur has been given new obstacles to jump over. If you’re not familiar with Chrome’s dinosaur game, it’s just a very simple game that appears in the browser window when you’re not connected to the internet....

Google Drive is a great free service, but it has limited storage. You might notice that your account is filling up quicker than it should. That might be thanks to hidden “orphaned” files. We’ll show you how to remove them. What Is an “Orphaned” File? An “orphaned” file was originally included in a folder somewhere. Usually, it’s a file that you’ve added to a folder on someone else’s account. But the folder has been deleted, and that can leave the file “orphaned” on your account....

When it comes to controlling smarthome devices using Alexa, you need to make sure those devices are named correctly. Here’s how to rename your smarthome gadgets so that voice commands sound a bit more natural. First off, there are a couple of ways you can rename smarthome devices. The first way is by using a device’s own app. So with a Belkin WeMo smart plug, for instance, you can go into the WeMo app and rename your smart plugs to whatever you want, like “space heater”, “bedside lamp”, or whatever the smart plug is controlling....

RELATED: How to Use Google Translate Directly in Google Sheets Ways to Translate Images With Google Translate On your iPhone, iPad, or Android phone, you can use the Google Translate app in two ways to translate pictures. One way to translate a picture is to point your camera towards the picture and let the app scan it. You’ll get a live, in-image translation. Use this if you do not already have the picture in your gallery....

Why Would I Want To Do This? In addition, members of the household share purchased content across accounts: if you’ve bought a ton of books and your spouse has bought a ton of books, those books are no longer hostage on your separate accounts. You can share them with one another without having to buy them again. The same goes for audiobooks, movies, television shows, apps, and games. What You Need and Special Considerations Adding an Adult After selecting “Add an Adult”, you’ll be prompted to enter their name and email address, as seen below....

An out-of-office (OOO) reply for your emails is a convenient way to let others know when you’re away. We’ll show you how to set up an out-of-office reply in Microsoft Outlook on Windows and Mac. Whether you’re going to be away for a few hours, a day, or a week, you can create an automatic reply using your own words. This lets others know you’re gone and will reply to their email when you return....

Sharing Data from the iPhone Health App You can share iPhone Health app data, provided that the other party is in your contacts and also has an iPhone that’s running iOS 15 or later. If neither of you has iOS 15 yet, you can update your iPhone to install it. For this feature to be useful, you’ll also need some health data to share. To share health data, launch the Health app and tap on the Sharing tab....