It is simple to set up a Nest thermostat without the help of an electrician. In this article, you’ll see all steps required to install your Nest thermostat. But hopefully, before you buy one of these smart thermostats, you’ve followed the step-by-step instructions below to ensure that the latest generation of Nest works with your heating and cooling system. Step 1: Use the Compatibility Checker Google offers a useful online compatibility checker that helps you determine if a Nest thermostat is compatible with your HVAC system....

Adding DLC content can be a great way to enjoy your favorite game even after you’ve completed it. However, you might be stuck asking yourself, “How will I add these DLC to my game?” If that is the case, then you don’t need to look further. In this article, we will show you how to install and play the DLC content for all your favorite games in a step-by-step guide....

You can manage Windows servers from a computer that is running Windows 11,10,8.1,8,7 or Vista. In the Windows 10 version 1803 or earlier, users needed to download the RSAT tools separately from Microsoft and install it. But, starting with the Windows 10 October 2018 update and Windows 11, the RSAT feature is integrated as an optional feature itself. In this article, we will learn some methods to install RSAT on Windows 11....

It’s also important to think about how that device got access to the Wi-Fi in the first place and what further steps you can take to secure your Wi-Fi and ensure this doesn’t happen again. As such, we’ve detailed various ways to kick people off your Wi-Fi, as well as what you should do afterward in this article. Ways to Kick People Off Your Wi-Fi Perhaps your Wi-Fi has gotten very slow because too many devices are connected at once, or perhaps some of the users aren’t supposed to have internet access....

Here’s the fastest, easiest way to make one page landscape in Word. Also, feel free to check out the video we posted to our YouTube channel below, where we walk you through the same steps as in this article, just with an accent! The Point & Click Way To Make One Page Landscape In Word Select the image or text that we want to be on a landscape-oriented page....

However, there are many times when you simply cannot recreate the moment caught in that blurry picture and making it clearer or sharpening the image is worth a shot. Luckily, there are a ton of tools that can be used to fix this problem. Picture enhancement software programs like Adobe Photoshop have excellent tools to help make blurry pictures sharp, but aren’t free. In this post, I am going to talk about a couple of methods in Photoshop that can help you unblur a photograph....

Some users may notice that if they alt-tab from a video game or swap between heavy-hitting apps such as video editors or 100-tab browser windows, things grind to a halt. This is a sign that you’ve run out of the ultra-fast Random Access Memory installed in your PC, and Windows now has to rely on your much slower secondary storage as an overflow. The slowdown you’re witnessing occurs when Windows swaps information from your RAM chips with an overflow area known as the “page file”....

For Mac devices, you can enable password protection for most of its default applications like Pages, Numbers, and Notes. In this article, we will cover the basics of how you can password protect your files on your Mac device. How to Password Protect File on Mac? Mac allows you to easily create passwords on most of its default applications, as we mentioned above. However, if you want to password-protect certain files, you will have to do it through Disk Utility or Terminal....

The game has its quirks. Slither.io is a multiplayer game that does not allow friends to log into the same lobby by default. You have to play in a server lobby with up to 500 random players. But if you want to play with your friends, there is no way of doing it from within the game. Players have to keep starting new games until they get lucky. This is the only real way of two friends playing in the same lobby....

On the other hand, it’s not easy to unfollow a channel so you might find yourself following channels you don’t really care about. This is because you are often automatically subscribed to a channel when you download a demo or install a new game. If you aren’t careful, your News channel can quickly get cluttered with uninteresting irrelevant stuff. While there are multiple ways to unfollow channels, the common advice is to scroll through the extremely long list of all available channels....

So, let’s look at all the possible methods to recover deleted and missing folders on Outlook. How to Recover Deleted Folder in Outlook It’s pretty easy to recover your deleted folders or items in Outlook using several methods. By default, you can find the deleted items in the Deleted Items folder. So, the first method is by retrieving your files from this folder. Another method is by using a server....

Well, there’s no need to look any further. In this article, we will explain in detail the methods you can use to disconnect your computer from a domain. Remove Your Computer From a Domain in Windows There are a few ways to remove your computer from a domain. Unjoining from a domain also deletes the domain account in your computer. Also, please keep in mind that you need the login credentials of your current user to disconnect your computer from a domain....

Or, you simply want to reset the device before gifting or selling it away. Since it will return your device to its default settings, it will prevent others from retrieving your data. But, before you begin resetting the Fire Tablet, it is important to follow these prerequisites: If you’re ready, let’s move on to the actual method for resetting the tablet. From Settings If your Fire Tablet is working fine, you can navigate through the settings and find the default reset menu....

So if something happened to your mouse today, how would you right-click? Heck, how would you left-click? It’s a scary thought, right? But by the end of this article you’ll know exactly how to take keyboard control of your mouse in any emergency and right click with the keyboard like a pro. Also, be sure to check out our YouTube channel where we made a short video explaining the different methods mentioned in this article....

By default, Instagram privacy settings make it impossible for us to see stories without the users knowing. Once you’ve seen it, your username will immediately be in the user’s viewer list. So, is it even possible to watch secretly? I have been through that situation. So, I have finally found ways after experimenting with different tips and tricks myself. Let’s Learn how to secretly view Instagram stories from this article....

But how can you know if someone has downloaded them or clicked the shared link? Or who currently has access to them and if they can edit them? In this article, we explain various ways to know if someone has access to your Google Drive files and if it’s possible to know that they have downloaded them. How to See Who Downloaded Files in Google Drive? Honestly, there isn’t a way to know when someone downloads your files in Google Drive if you are using a personal google account (the free one that comes with every google account)....

This means no passwords such as 12345 or abcde. Or the classic password. If you use them, well, don’t ask yourself or others why you were hacked. Instead you need something utterly mind-blowing like g6J2_a1##@RlQ56..99+*B. But the problem then becomes that you are not a robot that can possibly reel off incomprehensible passwords like that. That is why you need a password manager, and since I absolutely love open-source software, my password manager of choice is KeePass....

Whether it’s your first time doing it, or it’s been so long since you last set up the internet that you forgot where to start – this article will help. Consider this your step by step guide to set up internet at home as quickly as possible. 1. Choose Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) The first step in getting internet access where you live is choosing the right internet service provider (ISP)....

You can ask Cortana questions and it can help you do things on your PC. With each update, Microsoft adds new features and options to Cortana, making it somewhat useful. Since I sit at my computer desk most of the day, I’ve kind of gotten used to asking Cortana random things. In this article, I’ll show you how you can turn on Cortana and go through some of the more useful tasks it can do for you....

In this post, I will try to show you a couple of methods to reduce the size of a PDF file. If you have Adobe Acrobat (which is not free), you can try out methods 4 and 5, which work really well. There is also a way to reduce PDF file size on Mac OS X specifically, which is Method 3. Method 1 – SmallPDF.com The simplest way to shrink your PDF file is to use a free online tool called SmallPDF....