The Last Windows 7 ISO You’ll Ever Need: How to Slipstream the Convenience Rollup

Did You Know? If you stretch a regular Slinky out to its maximum length, modern Slinky toys are 65 feet long (the Slinky JR is 29.3 feet long and the original Slinky from the 1940s is 80 feet long). Geek Trivia The Creators Of Which TV Show Apologized For Making Serialization Commonplace? Days of Our Lives → Cheers → Dallas → Buffy The Vampire Slayer → Advertisement 72-hour Giveaway! 4K Video Converter, BoostSpeed and Partition Master Digiarty Software founded in May 2006 is celebrating its anticipated 10-year anniversary on the official website. The company is offering an unlimited giveaway of a hardware-accelerated 4K video downloader and HD video converter, and free solutions of PC speedup, partition managing from its partners. Get your free copy before the giveaway ends Want to Change Your Email Preferences? At some point in the past you subscribed to the How-To Geek newsletter, but if you'd like to change the frequency or unsubscribe, you can do so by clicking the button. 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A Secret Tunnel Found in Mexico May Finally Solve the Mysteries of Teotihuacán The chance discovery beneath a nearly 2,000-year-old pyramid leads to the heart of a lost civilization [The Smithsonian] Apple made it harder for the feds to force you to unlock your iPhone Feds will have a harder time skirting the Fifth Amendment with a new fingerprint unlock rule. [ZDNet] Why esports commentary is so difficult Sports commentators talking about traditional sports have an easier time of it, because we all grew up learning the rules and patterns of traditional sports. [Kill Screen] OneCore to rule them all: How Windows Everywhere finally happened Microsoft promised developers that Windows would run anywhere. This summer, it finally will. [ArsTechnica] Why Google's Allo messaging app is a big step backwards Parallel development with other Google chat apps, encryption that only works if both parties opt in, and other issues plague Google's newly announced chat solution. [The Verge] How to Find Your Chrome Profile Folder on Windows, Mac, and Linux Your Chrome profile stores your browser settings, bookmarks, extensions, apps, and saved passwords. Your profile is stored in a separate folder on your computer, so if anything goes wrong with Chrome, your information is saved. Read This Article → How to Change Sounds and Vibration on Google Keyboard for Android Tactile feedback from a touch screen keyboard is crucial, in my opinion, but I don't like sounds when I tap keys. You may not be like me—maybe sounds are your thing, but vibration is annoying. Or maybe you dislike both (you rebel!). The good news is that you not only enable or disable both of these features in Google Keyboard, but you can also adjust each of them. Here's how. Read This Article → Should You Use “Rest Mode” on Your PlayStation 4, or Turn It Off? Sony encourages you to use “Rest Mode” on your PlayStation 4 instead of completely powering it off. Rest Mode is a bit like sleep mode on your PC–it goes into a low-power mode instead of turning off entirely, so you can get to your games faster when you wake it up. The only downside to using Rest Mode is that it uses more energy than turning your PS4 off–but how much more, and how much does it cost? Read This Article → The Last Windows 7 ISO You'll Ever Need: How to Slipstream the Convenience Rollup Microsoft has finally released a “Convenience Rollup” for Windows 7 that combines updates from the past few years into one package (like a service pack). Microsoft doesn’t offer ISO images with these updates integrated, but you can create your own in a few simple steps. Read This Article → Is It Safe to Unplug a Laptop While It’s Running, Then Plug It Back In? Our laptops allow us to be more mobile than ever before, but still always in search of convenient outlets to charge them. If you are in the middle of charging a laptop and need to move to a different outlet while it is still running, will it damage it? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a curious reader’s question. Read This Article → How to Listen to Audiobooks on the Amazon Echo If you enjoy reading, you likely also enjoy audiobooks, since they allow you to “read” a book while you do other things. Here’s how to listen to audiobooks on the Amazon Echo using just your voice. Read This Article → How to Find Your Firefox Profile Folder on Windows, Mac, and Linux Your Firefox profile stores your settings and personal information, such as your home page, bookmarks, extensions (add-ons), toolbars, and saved passwords. All this information is stored in a profile folder that keeps your data separate from the Firefox program, so if anything goes wrong with Firefox, your information is preserved. Read This Article → How to Reduce the Size of Microsoft Office Documents That Contain Images Even in these times of fast internet connections, huge hard drives, and loads of free cloud storage, file size sometimes matters. You might have a limit to the size of files you can send or receive via email, or you might be running low on thumb drive space. Whatever the reason, if you have Office documents that include images, you might be able to significantly reduce the size of those files. Read This Article → How to Erase and Format a USB Drive on Your Mac Macs support a variety of file systems. By default, they format disks with the Mac-only OS X Extended file system. But, if you plan on using an external drive with both Macs and PCs, you should format the disk with the exFAT file system instead. Read This Article → How to Update Windows 7 All at Once with Microsoft’s Convenience Rollup When you install Windows 7 on a new system, you traditionally have to go through a long process of downloading years of updates and constantly rebooting. Not anymore: Microsoft now offers a “Windows 7 SP1 Convenience Rollup” that essentially functions as Windows 7 Service Pack 2. With a single download, you can install the hundreds of updates at once. But there’s a catch. Read This Article → Advertisement Download Web Hosting for Dummies (Valued at $16.99) FREE for a limited time If you'd like to make the leap from a hosted environment to a self-hosted service, this book is for you. You may be making the move from casual blogging to professional blogging. Or, you might already be self-hosting, but want a good guide to show you how to get more out of your plan. Click here to download