How to Create a Master Installation Flash Drive with Multiple Versions of Windows

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[Mental Floss] How to Share Notes and Notebooks in Microsoft OneNote 2016 Microsoft OneNote 2016 is a great free note-taking tool, not just for yourself, but also if you want to collaborate on notes and projects with others, such as colleagues or family members. We'll show you a few different ways you can share your OneNote notes and notebooks. Read This Article → How to Simplify the LG G5 for Your Tech-Unsavvy Relatives with “EasyHome” If you're the "tech guy" (or girl!) in your family, you know what it's like to deal with a constant barrage of questions every single time your tech challenged family members get a new gadget. While we can't really help you simplify everything in their lives, we can tell you how to simplify their LG G5 with LG's "EasyHome" launcher. Here's how to enable it. Read This Article → How to Create a Master Installation Flash Drive with Multiple Versions of Windows You’ve got your collection of Windows ISOs and maybe you’ve burned installation DVDs or flash drives for them. But why not make yourself a master installation drive that you can use to install any version of Windows? Read This Article → How to Locate, Back Up, and Delete Your iTunes Backups When you sync your iPhone or iPad with iTunes, it creates a backup on your computer in case you lose your device–or get a new one. The problem is, they take up a lot of space. If you need to purge some old iTunes backups of your iOS devices to free up disk space, transfer the backups to a new computer, or put them in deep storage, you can–as long as you know where to look. Read This Article → How to Uninstall Alexa Skills from Your Amazon Echo One of the best ways to extend the features of the Amazon Echo is by installing third-party Alexa Skills. However, if you installed a Skill that you’re not particularly fond of, here’s how to uninstall it from your Amazon Echo. Read This Article → How to Customize or Disable Sound Effects in macOS Your Mac comes with a unique set of sound effects that you can assign as the default system alert. Some of these sounds are actually fairly ancient and may elicit feelings of nostalgia. However, you can change your system alert to any other sound effects your Mac comes with, or you can add custom sounds yourself–as well as turn them off completely. Read This Article → How to Make Microsoft Office’s Spell Check Ignore URLs If you write documents containing a lot of URLs, it can get annoying when the spell check in Word questions almost every one. You can save yourself a bit of time and frustration by telling Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to ignore URLs in your documents when performing a spell check. Read This Article → How to Dial Phone Extensions Automatically with Your iPhone If you have to dial an extension to reach some of your contacts–or a code to join a conference–you know it’s a hassle remembering that information or looking it up before placing a call. Instead, why not have your iPhone automatically dial those extra digits for you? Read This Article → How to Connect an External Monitor to a Chromebook Chromebooks include ports that allow you to connect them to a computer monitor, television, or other display. You can mirror your desktop across multiple displays, or use the additional displays as separate desktops to gain additional screen space. Read This Article → How to Take Better Pictures with Your Phone's Camera They say the best camera is the one you have with you, and most smartphone cameras can now easily replace a point-and-shoot. For users who have experience taking pictures, the move from a "real" camera to a smartphone can be an easy one, but for users with no photography experience, it can be a real challenge to get a decent looking shot from your phone. Fortunately, smartphone cameras are often more intuitive than more traditional cameras, and landing the best possible shot just take a few considerations. Read This Article → Advertisement Download Security Intelligence: A Practitioner's Guide to Solving Enterprise Security Challenges (a $48.99 value!) Solve enterprise security challenges by translating security goals into sets of security variables. Click here to download