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Microsoft promised to stop installing unstable updates when you click “Check for Updates” and now it’s delivering. Rather than automatically installing such updates, Windows gives you a “Download and install now” button. The button started appearing on PCs today. We previously warned that clicking the “Check for Updates” button would often install unstable updates . Windows Update would normally wait to install big updates like Windows 10’s buggy October 2018 Update and monthly cumulative C and D updates. However, if you clicked “Check for Updates” at the wrong time, Windows would just install those updates immediately. You wouldn’t see any warning this was happening and there was no way to cancel it. In other words, the “Check for Updates” button often meant “Please give me unstable updates that need more testing.” Microsoft actually warned people not to click it in blog posts that no average Windows user would read. Microsoft announced big Windows Update changes on April 4, 201

If you’re getting bored of the default theme in your Office desktop apps, you can change the color and background to give it a more personalized feel. It’s simple and only requires a few simple steps, so let’s get to it. Changing the Office Color Theme via App Options By default, Office uses what it calls the “Colorful” theme. This theme gives the title bar the color of its respective app. For example, Word’s is blue, Excel’s is green, PowerPoint’s is red, and so on. Additionally, it gives you a standard light gray background and ribbon, and a white content area. You can change the theme from inside any Office application, and those changes are made throughout all of your Office apps. First, open any Office application. We’ll be using Word in this example. Click the “File” tab at the top-left of the ribbon. A pane will appear on the left side with several different options. At the very bottom of the pane, select “Options.” Read the remaining 15 paragraphs

If you’re a dedicated user of Gmail or Yahoo! Mail, but you have to use Outlook.com for some reason, you can change Outlook’s keyboard shortcuts to match the ones you know and love from Gmail or Yahoo! Mail. Outlook.com Modern vs. Classic Look Most users of Outlook.com should have the modern look and feel for their email account now, which by default shows an all blue bar. If you’ve still got the classic version, which a lot of enterprise versions (the work email provided by your company) are still using, it’ll show a primarily black bar by default. Either way, the process is generally the same, but the location of the settings is slightly different. Working with Search History in the Modern Outlook.com View In the modern view, click the Settings cog and then click “View all Outlook Settings.” Read the remaining 14 paragraphs

A couple of weeks ago, the New York Times had a piece about how police are using a Google database called “Sensorvault” to track and find witnesses and suspects. Now, Google is going to offer better control of your location and web data. Up until this point, you had two choices: disable location tracking altogether , or deal with your data being stored in Sensorvault. But soon, Google is going to offer another choice with a new auto-delete option for location history and activity data. The feature isn’t available yet (it will be rolling out “in the coming weeks”), but it looks like it’s going to be a pretty simple setup process. Once available, you’ll need to access your Google Account Activity Controls , where there will be a new activity option to “Choose to delete automatically.” The auto-delete schedule will offer two options: 3 or 18 months. That means you can allow your data to be stored for as little as three months if you’d like—which should be long enough to glean any ben

Guest mode for Google Chrome and on Chromebooks is perfect if you need to lend your computer to a friend without giving them complete access to all your personal information stored inside your browser. Here’s how to browse as a Guest. What’s the Difference Between Guest Mode and Incognito Mode? While neither Guest mode nor Incognito mode saves any information while browsing, there are a few differences that separate the two and might have you choosing Guest mode the next time you need to lend out your computer. RELATED: How Private Browsing Works, and Why It Doesn’t Offer Complete Privacy Guest Mode Guest mode is a separate, temporary account in Chrome and on Chromebooks that clears up your digital trail for you after you log out or exit. It’s ideal for when someone wants to borrow your computer to access the internet or if you’re using a public computer, like one in a library or school. Anything you do while browsing as a guest won’t be saved. This includes cookies, passwords,

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  Excel treats dates as integers. This means you can add and subtract them, which can be useful for telling you how many days there are until that next deadline or event of yours. In this article, we will use Excel’s DATE, YEAR, MONTH, DAY, and TODAY functions to show you how to calculate the number of days until your next birthday or any other annual event. Excel stores dates as integers. By default, Excel uses “1” to represent 01/01/1900 and each day after that is one greater. Type in 01/01/2000 and switch the format to “Number” and you’ll see “36526” appear. If you subtract 1 from 36526, you can see that there were 36525 days in the 20th century. Alternatively, you could enter a future date and subtract the result of the TODAY function to see how many days away that date is from today. A Quick Summary of Date-Related Functions Before we dive into some examples, we need to go over several simple date-related functions, including Excel’s TODAY, DATE, YEAR, MONTH, and DAY functions

Yesterday at the keynote for Facebook’s F8 developer conference, several key Facebook leaders took the stage to announce new additions to the product. But it was CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s statements that deserve the most attention. It’s been a rough couple of years for Facebook. Scandal after scandal, leak after leak, and breach after breach, there hasn’t been a lot going for the network that wasn’t, well,  bad . Facebook has compromised user data and broken user trust time and time again—and Zuck says that it’s time for a change. The CEO took the stage yesterday with a backdrop that read “The future is private.” He discussed how the company had failed its users recently, but a privacy shift is coming. And not just in how Facebook works, but in how the company itself is being run. This effort means a dramatic change in Facebook and its apps, like Instagram and WhatsApp. But they’re going to be fighting an uphill battle—he said as much on stage. “I get that a lot of people don’t think w

Gmail lets you customize the signature that appears at the bottom of every email you send out. Adding a link to your Facebook (or Twitter or LinkedIn) account is a useful tool for growing your social network and giving people additional ways to connect with you. Customizing Your Gmail Signature Your email signature is, essentially, your virtual business card. It should contain your name, title and organization, contact information, and links to social channels. Keep it tidy and professional. We’ll leave the content up to you—what we’re here for is to show you how to add social profile links to your Gmail signature. The first thing you need to do is sign to Facebook and navigate to the profile to which you’ll be linking. Note:  For LinkedIn, click the “Me” button on the toolbar and then click “View Profile.” For Twitter, click your profile picture. Both these actions will load your profile, and then you can use the following techniques for either of those sites the same way you w

Google updates Chrome with major new versions every six weeks and security patches more often than that. Chrome normally downloads updates automatically but won’t automatically restart to install them. Here’s how to immediately check for updates and install them. RELATED: How Often Does Google Update Chrome? How to Update Google Chrome While Google Chrome downloads and prepares updates in the background, you still need to restart your browser to perform the installation. Because some people keep Chrome open for days—maybe even weeks—the update could be idly waiting to install, putting your computer at risk. In Chrome, click menu (three dots) > Help > About Google Chrome. You can also type chrome://settings/help into Chrome’s location box and press Enter. Chrome will check for any updates and immediately download them as soon as you open the About Google Chrome page. If Chrome has already downloaded and is waiting to install an update, the menu icon will change to an up

Even if you use the Windows Command Prompt a lot, you might be surprised at the number of useful keyboard shortcuts it supports. You can use them to streamline everything from selecting and manipulating text to repeating commands you’ve already typed. And we’ve got the full list for you. The Command Prompt is a powerful tool in Windows, giving you access to all kinds of useful commands you can’t get any other way. By its very nature, the Windows Command Prompt relies on a lot of keyboard use–and with that comes handy shortcuts. Most of these shortcuts have been around since the Command Prompt’s early days. Some are new with Windows 10 (especially some of those that use the Ctrl key) and you’ll need to enable them before you can use them. When you’ve done that, you’re ready to unleash your full-fingered keyboard fury. Shortcuts for Launching and Closing the Command Prompt Windows actually boasts a number of ways to open the Command Prompt . The following list shows you some of th