The Advanced Options Menu, sometimes called the Boot Menu, contains tools and configuration options you can use to troubleshoot or repair your PC. Here’s how to use it on Windows 11. What Does the Advanced Options Menu Do? The Advanced Startup Options Menu offers you a handful of utilities. Some of them are as simple as left-clicking the option and you’re done, while others require extensive user interaction. Here is a brief rundown on what the utilities are and what they do....

Although there is something to be said for starting with a fresh map, it’s easy (and fun) to upload an entire world to your Minecraft Realms server–whether it’s a world you created yourself or downloaded online. Why Would I Want to Do This? Minecraft Realms is the official server platform from Mojang, the company behind Minecraft. It’s a great user-friendly way to host a remote server for you and your friends (or your child and their friends) to play Minecraft together....

Pretty much every Chromebook out there has speakers built in, and almost all of them have at least one other audio output as well—be it a 3.5mm headphone jack, or Bluetooth. Sometimes, however, you may need to let your Chromebook know where you want the audio to come from. For example, some game controllers have an audio output, and there’s a chance Chrome OS may see this as an actual audio device....

The browsing history in Google Chrome for iOS and iPadOS helps you easily get back to your favorite sites. But if you need to clear out a portion of the history on your iPhone or iPad, it’s easy. Here’s how to do it. How to Clear Your Chrome Browsing History Clearing the browsing history in Safari, the browser for iPhone and iPad, is relatively simple, but it isn’t exactly intuitive....

Notifications are great, and Android’s notification system is arguably the best out there. But if there comes a time when you don’t need all those notifications, here’s how to shut them up. Since Android is freely available for manufacturers to download and customize, tweaking your notification settings may be slightly different across various versions and manufacturer builds of the OS. As such, we’ll break our discussion of disabling notifications down into several categories based on the most popular devices and builds out there....

While you can easily insert a table with any number of columns and rows into your document, you may need a table that’s unconventional in structure. Using the Draw Table feature in Microsoft Word, you can create a custom table. Draw a Table in Word The Draw Table feature is available in Microsoft Word on both Windows and Mac. It works the same way and allows you to create a table exactly as you want....

What is a Bluetooth Codec? The word “codec” is short for “coder-decoder,” which is precisely what a codec does. In this case, the codec is used to compress the audio file on one end (code) and decompress it on the other (decode). This allows the file to be transmitted quickly. Some codecs are better than others at compressing audio without reducing its quality, which is why choosing the right one is essential....

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition is now available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and for the first time, “mods” are available to console gamers. If you’re not familiar with the term, mods are player-created (and in this case, officially sanctioned) modifications to the core game. They can do anything from add new costumes to whole new quest branches complete with items, spells and perks. Mods have always been one of the big advantages PC gamers have had over console gamers, especially with games like the Elder Scrolls seires....

Install Windows 3.1 in DOSBox to run old 16-bit Windows games on 64-bit versions of Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and anywhere else DOSBox runs. This is particularly useful as only 32-bit versions of Windows can run those 16-bit applications. Windows 3.1 was actually just an application that ran on DOS, and DOSBox is an emulator designed to run DOS and DOS applications. Windows 3.1 in DOSBox is an ideal combination for running old Windows 3....

Recently, we showed you how to only use the main dictionary (not any custom dictionaries) when performing a spell check or automatically checking spelling as you type. You can do the same in Outlook, but it’s a slightly different procedure to change this setting in Outlook. To have Outlook only use the main dictionary, click the “File” tab. On the backstage screen, click “Options” in the list of items on the left....

The watch face on your Apple Watch displays when you raise your wrist and hides again when you lower your wrist. You can also wake the screen by tapping on it, which displays the watch face for 15 seconds by default, but this can be extended to 70 seconds. If you’re using your watch as a simple flashlight or if you need to refer to something on your watch for longer than 15 seconds, this new wake screen time can be useful....

Note: Hibernate mode is not an option on systems with 4GB of RAM or more. Enable or Disable Hibernate Through Command Prompt Using the Command Prompt might be the easiest way to enable or disable Hibernation. Click on Start and type CMD into the search box and it will be listed under programs. Right-click on the icon and select Run as administrator. The Command Prompt opens and you will use the following to enable Hibernation....

The newest Apple TV box comes with its own integrated storage so you can download apps and games. Of course, this space is limited and you may find yourself running low after awhile, so today we’ll explain how to free up space. Apple’s latest Apple TV come with 32 GB and 64 GB of space retailing for $149 and $199, respectively. This isn’t upgradeable and you can’t attach storage so as time goes on, you’ll probably end up facing a low storage warning....

Gmail’s tabbed inbox system is a handy way to organize your emails into categories, but tweaking which emails go to which categories isn’t a trick that’s immediately obvious. Google introduced the tabbed inbox system back in 2013 and millions of people got a new inbox where all emails were automatically sorted into default categories like “Primary”, “Social”, and “Promotions”. The change worked decently well, but occasionally you’ll get an email show up in the wrong tab....

All modern computers, smartphones, and tablets can now easily print web pages and other documents to PDF files without any extra software. Microsoft added this to Windows 10, and Apple added it to iOS 9. PDF is a standard, portable document format that works across all devices. It’s ideal for archiving and sharing web pages and other documents. It’s just more compatible than other types of documents, like Microsoft’s XPS document format....

The ConnectSense is a great smart outlet, but if you want to factory reset it in order to give it away–or if you just need to connect it to a new Wi-Fi network–here’s how to reset the device and start over from scratch. RELATED: How to Set Up the ConnectSense Smart Outlet The ConnectSense Smart Outlet doesn’t allow users to easily change the Wi-Fi network that it’s connected to, and requires that the device be reset in order to make it happen....

While it is possible to export objects like images or slides from a Google Slides presentation, you might need to use a few workarounds to do it. Of course, the process changes depending on the type of object you’re trying to save. Here’s how. Saving Slides as Images in Google Slides If you’re looking to save and export an individual slide from a Google Slides presentation as an image, start by opening your Google Slides presentation and selecting the slide you want to save in the slides menu on the left....

If you regularly search for certain files in Windows, saving searches is a great way to access them more quickly than retyping the search every time. Saving searches is especially useful if you often perform more advanced searches, or search by combinations of date range, file type, or keywords. RELATED: How to Use Windows’ Advanced Search Features: Everything You Need to Know Saving a search in Windows is pretty straightforward....

In Windows, you can turn the Recycle Bin into a trash dump by holding the “Shift” key to permanently delete a file. Mac users haven’t been so lucky, until the release of OS X 10.11 El Capitan. Deleting files on OS X has never been a particularly convenient process. Up until the most recent release, Mac users have had to move files to the trash, then empty the trash to permanently delete it....

Update Your Game Before you launch Animal Crossing: New Horizons on your Nintendo Switch, be sure you are connected to the internet to download the latest software update, Version 1.3.0. Without updating, you will not be able to access the new summer update content. RELATED: How to Update Nintendo Switch Games So as long as you’re connected to the internet before launching the game for the first time, the application launcher will automatically notify you that a new software update is available....