How to Install Windows Media Center on Windows 10

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[Motherboard] How to Convert a Row to a Column in a Microsoft Word Table You've created a table in Word and started to enter your data. Then, you realize that the table should be transposed, meaning the rows should be columns and vice versa. Rather than recreating the table and manually entering the data again, there's an easier way to do this. Read This Article → How to Customize the Galaxy S7 Edge's Edge Display While the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge's curved side panels may seem like a pointless feature to some, it's actually a super useful and versatile tool to have. It makes more sense on the Edge phones than a standard "flat" display, since it basically stays out of the way until you need it. The ability to customize this area is just the icing on the cake, and Samsung has included some really useful tweaks here. Read This Article → How to Install Windows Media Center on Windows 10 Microsoft removed Windows Media Center from Windows 10, and there’s no official way to get it back. While there are great alternatives like Kodi, which can play and record live TV, the community has made Windows Media Center functional on Windows 10. Read This Article → How To Cast Videos from Plex Media Server to Your Chromecast If you’re looking for a frictionless way to to get your movies and TV shows from your PC to your HDTV, Plex Media Center + Chromecast is the most elegant and hassle-free way to get the job done. Read This Article → How to Make Minecraft More Friendly for Small Children Minecraft is a great game for kids, no doubt about it, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a wee bit frustrating for smaller children. If you have a younger player and you’d like to adjust the game to their age and skill level, we’ve got more than a few tweaks to help make Minecraft frustration free for the whole family. Read This Article → How to Add Additional Sensors and Devices to Your SmartThings Setup The SmartThings Home Monitoring Kit comes with a small handful of sensors and an outlet switch, but if you need more than what comes in the starter kit, you can easily add additional sensors and devices to your SmartThings setup. Read This Article → How to Use Natural Language Search in OS X’s Spotlight While you can certainly click around OS X to find whatever you need, there’s nothing easier or more efficient than the time-tested Spotlight. Spotlight is easier to use than you might think, thanks to its new natural language search. Read This Article → How to Change the Location of Microsoft Edge’s Download Folder Most browsers, like Google Chrome and Internet Explorer, let you change the default downloads folder by adjusting settings within the browser. Microsoft Edge doesn’t play that way, though. Like other browsers, it saves downloaded files to your Downloads folder by default. But to change that default, you actually have to dive into the Registry for a quick edit. Here’s how make the change. Read This Article → Take a Time-Restricted Browsing Break with “Take a Five” You sit down at your computer with the best intentions of being productive. Several hours later, you've checked your email, read your RSS feeds, posted your status to Facebook, and tried to find the guy you think wrote "The Phantom loves you" in your junior high school yearbook. Read This Article → How to Control Your Xbox One with Your Smartphone Microsoft’s Xbox SmartGlass app allows you to launch games, browse TV listings, and control apps on your Xbox One. You can even use it to stream live TV from your Xbox One to your phone. It’s available for Android phones, iPhones, Windows 10 and 8, and even Windows phones. Read This Article → How to Send Text Messages From Your PC With Your Android Phone You're sitting at your PC and you receive a text message, so you pick up your phone, unlock it, read the message, and type one back using the tiny touch screen keyboard. Why not use your PC instead? If you're already sitting at your computer, you can easily take advantage of your computer's keyboard to send and receive text messages. Read This Article → Advertisement Download 2016 All-Inclusive IT Security Kit (a $50.00 value) FREE for a limited time! Download this exclusive kit to discover how buffer overflow exploitation, privilege escalation through SQL, stored procedure or trigger abuse, and SQL injection enable hacker access. Use this knowledge to protect yourself and your business, today! Click here to download