Microsoft’s Windows 10 only lets you install apps and games on a limited number of devices. It has even stricter limits for subscription music and videos purchased from the Windows Store. Here’s how to ensure you stay within those limits. Think of this like Windows 10’s versions of iTunes computer authorizations. When you hit the limit of devices associated with your Microsoft account, you’ll see a “device limit reached” error message when you go to download apps, music, or videos....

First, open the Discord app and log in to your account (if necessary). Click the gear icon in the lower-left corner of the Discord app window to open User Settings. In User Settings, click “Windows Settings” in the sidebar. On the Windows Settings page, click the switch beside “Open Discord” to turn it off. This will prevent Discord from opening at startup. After that, click the “X” in the upper-right corner or hit Escape to exit User Settings, and you’re good to go....

Notifications are handy when you want to know when a new email or message comes in. But the last time you want to be interrupted is in the middle of a winning streak in your favorite game. I’ve been mildly addicted to Spider-Man Unlimited on my iPad recently, and I’m getting pretty good–if I do say so myself. But whenever a notification comes in, the game stutters, breaking my rhythm and sending me flying into a brick wall, or Dr....

The Security Warning dialog box in Windows displays when you run or open a file that Microsoft doesn’t recognize as a trusted file. The file is blocked unless you specifically tell Windows the file can be run or opened. If you downloaded a file from a trusted source, and you run it often, you can unblock that file so you don’t get the Security Warning dialog box every time you run it....

Apple products come preinstalled with an email client that can, on occasion, be quite smart. Today we want to show you another great feature: suggestions for event and contacts. Apple Mail has a lot of nice things going for it. For example, you can easily markup attachments and send them back to the original recipient, and then there are Smart Mailboxes, which let you sort email into special “smart” mailboxes without actually moving it from its original location....

Vampire Survivors is the latest Steam Early Access hit. This casual yet addictive bullet-hell game has you taking out monsters and collecting upgrades, and you can try it for free in your browser. Want the full version? It’s only $3 on Steam. What Is Vampire Survivors? Vampire Survivors describes itself as a “time survival game with minimalistic gameplay and roguelite elements.” In terms of gameplay, all you need to do is move your character around a large field while passive attacks take out enemies....

Screen brightness is something you probably don’t think about a lot—until it’s annoying. Sometimes looking at your phone at the lowest brightness still seems too bright. For those situations, Android has “Extra Dim.” Introduced in Android 12, “Extra Dim” does exactly what the name implies. It dims the display beyond what regular brightness controls can do. “Extra Dim” can be accessed from the Quick Toggles on Android 12+ devices and there are a few additional options to go along with it....

Reading your smartphone or tablet in the dark is probably bad for you. That’s unlikely to stop you, so beyond quitting cold turkey, what are the easiest ways to fix your bedtime reading device so it doesn’t put so much strain on your eyes? There’s a growing body of research that suggests “peering at brightly lit screens at night disrupts the body’s natural rhythms and raises the risk of medical conditions linked to poor sleep, including obesity, heart disease, strokes and depression....

If you use Safari on your iPhone or iPad, then there are quite a few settings you can adjust to make the experience more suited to you liking. Today, we will show you how to adjust your Safari settings on your iOS device. Safari on iOS has quite a few settings you will want to peruse. Many of these may never need adjusting, but it is still nice to know what they all do in case you ever need to change anything....

If you poke around in your Task Manager, you’ll likely see an process named “Spooler SubSystem App”, “Print Spooler”, or spoolsv.exe. This process is a normal part of Windows and handles printing. If this process consistently using a high amount of CPU resources on your system, there’s a problem. RELATED: What Is This Process and Why Is It Running on My PC? This article is part of our ongoing series explaining various processes found in Task Manager, like Runtime Broker, svchost....

Drones are awesome fun. They can bring out the inner kid in even the most jaded individual, but they can also land people in a lot of trouble. Here are some things every new drone owner should know before taking to the skies. Traditional R/C model airplanes are a time-tested hobby that require patience and dedication. True R/C hobbyists often devote thousands of dollars and hours to their passion. Drones, or Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), on the other hand, are relatively and generally pretty easy to operate and well within the budgets of many people....

Have you ever entered the wrong password on your computer by accident and noticed it takes a few moments to respond in comparison to entering the correct one? Why is that? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a curious reader’s question. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites. Screenshot courtesy of sully213 (Flickr)....

The iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are the first iPhones to feature “3D touch“. 3D Touch allows the iPhone to detect how hard you’re pressing, and you can press harder on the screen in some places to do different things. When you press down on the screen, the glass bends a tiny bit. A capacitive sensor under the glass measures the distance between the sensor and your finger to determine how hard you’re pressing down....

We’re all familiar with plugging in a USB cable or dongle into the external ports on our computers, but is it possible to plug a USB device directly into the motherboard so the device is hidden away and safely contained within the case of the computer? Read on as we show you how you can easily retrofit a computer with this feature. In computing where there’s a will there’s a way, and as far as such matters go your request isn’t particularly outlandish....

Sometimes, through no fault of our own, we may lose the charging cable for our laptop and have to make do with a “less than optimal” substitute. If the “replacement” charging cable is from the same company, but is a different wattage, can it cause the laptop to slow down? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a curious reader’s question. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites....

Google unveiled its Pixel Watch smartwatch today at its Made by Google hardware event, alongside the Pixel 7 series. And it looks like a slick product — even as it’s suffering from some first-gen flaws that Google will need to address in future iterations. The large bezel around the screen has been a point of contention over the past few weeks of leaks, for example. Play Video Let’s talk about the cool things first, though....

The Matter standard officially launched in October, following over two years of development by a large group of tech companies (the Connectivity Standards Alliance), which includes Google. It took a while longer, but Google is now rolling out Matter support to all its smart speakers and displays — the Google Home speaker, Google Home Mini, Nest Mini, Nest Audio, Nest Hub (first and second-gen), Nest Hub Max, and Nest Wifi Pro....

When you set up a network in your office, and depending on the equipment and setup used, just how smart and/or efficient could that network actually be? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a curious reader’s question. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites. Photo courtesy of felixtriller (Flickr). The Question SuperUser reader bizzehdee wants to know just how smart and/or efficient the network in his workplace office really is:...

A good set of fans can keep your computer from overheating, but they can also make your computer sound like a wind tunnel. Here’s how to control your PC’s fans for superior cooling when it’s working hard, and silence when it isn’t. Sure, you could connect a manual fan controller to your PC, with knobs that set fans to different speeds. But there’s nothing quite like automatic fan control, where your PC ramps up the fans when things get hot, and turn them down when it’s business as usual....

Calculating the median is useful in many cases. With its MEDIAN function, Microsoft Excel makes it easy to find the median for any odd or even set of numbers. Here’s how. What Is the Median in Excel? The median is the number in the middle of a sorted set of numbers. For example, if your numbers are 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, your median is 3. Or, if your numbers are 1, 8, and 9, the median is 8....