How to Test Your Computer's RAM for Problems

Did You Know? Prescription bottles are, most commonly, orange in color in order to inhibit ultraviolet light from reaching the contents and degrading photosensitive compounds in medicines. Geek Trivia Which Of These Iconic 1980s Movies Theme Song Triggered A Lawsuit? Predator → Ghostbusters → Back To The Future → The Goonies → Advertisement Free eBook: The Data and Internet Security Guide, Vol 2 (FREE eBook!) Regularly $9.95 This eBook takes computing security to the next level. It starts with a quick review of security basics and then delves into advanced topics such as encryption, password recovery, and malware removal – important knowledge for anyone who wants or needs to keep sensitive information truly secure. Click here to download 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. Change my Subscription (or unsubscribe) Today's How-To Geek Articles By popular request, we're including a quick list of the daily articles at the top of the daily email as well as the regular format near the bottom. How to Fix the Missing "Open with" Option on the Windows 10 Right-Click Context Menu How to Set Default Apps on Android How to Test Your Computer’s RAM for Problems How to Choose When Your Mac Hibernates (or “Enters Standby”) How To Use Custom Media Artwork On Your Plex Media Center How to Use SmartThings to Automatically Turn on Lights When Entering a Room How to Disable the Boot Sound (or “Startup Chime”) on a Mac How to Create, Manage, and Delete Alarms Using Siri How to Organize the Apps on the Chrome Apps Page Four Android Wear Apps That Keep You Fit and Healthy How to Record Your PC Gameplay with NVIDIA ShadowPlay How to Get More Meaningful Battery Stats on Your Android Phone Geek Comic Today's Tech Term Hot Spare A Hot Spare is a backup device (i.e. hard disk, controller, network printer, power supply, etc.) that is in standby mode, but is ready to go should the primary device stop or fail for some reason. What We're Reading This section contains what we're reading from around the web, along with commentary from our editors. Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. Cinematographers from Game of Thrones, Jessica Jones, and Better Call Saul on why TV shows are darker than they've ever been. While the content of the shows may have gotten darker, what we're talking about here is the actual production of the show: frame for frame TV has never been so dark and gritty. [Slate] The ultimate Apple I/O death chart All ports must die (except maybe the one) [The Verge] AI bests Air Force combat tactics experts in simulated dogfights ALPHA AI, funded by Air Force Research Lab, may someday power robotic "wingman." [ArsTechnica] How to Fix the Missing "Open with" Option on the Windows 10 Right-Click Context Menu Some Windows 10 users have reported a strange bug. It seems that the "Open With" option on the right-click context menu is missing. If you're experiencing this bug, we have a solution using the registry, and some other options in case that doesn't work for you. Read This Article → How to Set Default Apps on Android When you have multiple applications that do the same thing—like browsers, for example—Android will ask you which one you want to use every time, at least until you set one as the default with the "always" action. In the earlier days of the app picker, you'd have to clear defaults for each one before applying another, but things have changed. Read This Article → How to Test Your Computer’s RAM for Problems Is your computer unstable? There may be a problem with its RAM. To check, you can either use a hidden system tool included with Windows or download and boot a more advanced tool. Read This Article → How to Choose When Your Mac Hibernates (or “Enters Standby”) Macs automatically go into a low power sleep mode when you leave them idle for several minutes, or when you close your laptop’s lid. Some Macs also support “standby mode”, which is basically the same as hibernate on a Windows PC. Here’s how to configure when your Mac hibernates. Read This Article → How To Use Custom Media Artwork On Your Plex Media Center Plex Media Server does a pretty decent job automatically downloading cover art, backgrounds, and other artwork on your behalf, but that doesn’t mean every piece of artwork it picks is the one you want. Fortunately, changing out the artwork is a snap. Read This Article → How to Use SmartThings to Automatically Turn on Lights When Entering a Room If you’re sick of having to find and fumble with the light switch every time you enter a dark room, you can use SmartThings to automate that process and have the lights turn on automatically when you enter. Read This Article → How to Disable the Boot Sound (or “Startup Chime”) on a Mac Boot up or restart your Mac and it’ll make the traditional “startup chime” sound”. This lets you know the Mac is starting up properly, but it isn’t appropriate if you’re booting up your Mac in a quiet location like a library, or if someone is sleeping nearby. Read This Article → How to Create, Manage, and Delete Alarms Using Siri Siri is actually pretty useful for all kinds of things, from searching for things to identifying songs. You can also use her to create, delete, and change alarms in your clock app. Here’s how it works. Read This Article → How to Organize the Apps on the Chrome Apps Page Google Chrome Apps are websites optimized for Chrome, installed in your browser from the Chrome Web Store. When you install a Chrome Web App, an icon for that app is added to the Apps page. All the app icons can be arranged and categorized into pages to suit your needs. Read This Article → Four Android Wear Apps That Keep You Fit and Healthy Android Wear has been around for a couple of years now, and it's honestly one of those things that you don't know how much you'll use it until you actually have it. There are some really good, useful tools available for Wear that will make your life simpler, but we want to highlight a handful of apps that will also help you live a bit healthier. Read This Article → How to Record Your PC Gameplay with NVIDIA ShadowPlay NVIDIA’s ShadowPlay offers easy gameplay recording, live streaming, and even an FPS counter overlay. It can automatically record gameplay in the background–just on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One–or only record gameplay when you tell it to. Read This Article → How to Get More Meaningful Battery Stats on Your Android Phone Android has come a long way in terms of battery life over the last few years, and the built-in tools for monitoring battery usage have gotten significantly more useful. Still, sometimes the stock options just aren’t enough. Thankfully, there are ways to easily gauge your battery usage, remaining time, and even hunt down apps that are stealing your precious juice. Read This Article → Advertisement Download The Database Hacker's Handbook: Defending Database Servers (a $50 value) FREE for a limited time! Learn how to identify vulnerabilities, how attacks are carried out, and how to stop the carnage. Click here to download