How "Reset This PC" Works in Windows 8 and 10

Did You Know? If you’re a fan of the Marvel comics universe, you might have noticed that a lot of the Marvel icons have alliterative names–Peter Parker, Bruce Banner, Matt Murdock, and so on–this is a direct result of comic book legend Stan Lee, who claims he created so many alliterative character names in a bid to help himself recall them correctly while working. Geek Trivia The Phenomenon Wherein Trying To Hide Information Makes It More Public Is Known As? Sherlocking → Beewaxing → The Streisand Effect → Echo Chamber Feedback → Advertisement Download Leadership for Dummies (Valued at $19.99) FREE for a limited time Whether you're a teacher, preacher, coach or project leader, this book will provide you with a solid foundation on which to build. 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 Watch Any Video on Your Oculus Rift or HTC Vive How to Calculate Your Pokémon's Exact IVs with Pokémon GO's New Appraisal System Everything You Need to Know About “Reset This PC” in Windows 8 and 10 Is There a Way to Force-Enable Reader View in Mozilla Firefox? How to Find a Style You Don’t See on the Home Tab in Microsoft Word How to Tweak and Rearrange Android’s Quick Settings Dropdown Steam In-Home Streaming vs. NVIDIA GameStream: What’s the Difference? I Got Scammed by a Counterfeiter on Amazon. Here’s How You Can Avoid Them Geek Comic Today's Tech Term Bug Compatible Bug Compatible (a.k.a. Bug-For-Bug Compatible) refers to new software or hardware that has the same bugs, glitches, and/or design flaws that a prior version does. 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. All the Ways Your Wi-Fi Router Can Spy on You It's not just the data that flows through it that can be compromised--Wi-Fi routers can actually be used to monitor the physical space around them, right down to identifying people by their body shapes. [The Atlantic] Just how dangerous is it to travel at 20% the speed of light? Breakthrough Starshot has examined the impact of stray atoms, cosmic dust. [ArsTechnica] Beyond Terminator: Squishy "Octobot" Heralds New Era of Soft Robotics Ditching conventional electronics and power sources, the pliable robot operates without rigid parts [Scientific American] You Need To Update Your iPhone Right Now iOS 9.3.5 is an emergency update to patch a recently revealed and very malicious software exploit. [Popular Science] How to Watch Any Video on Your Oculus Rift or HTC Vive You probably got that Oculus Rift or HTC Vive to play games, but VR can also offer a seriously immersive video-watching experience. Here’s how to watch a movie on your headset, whether it’s a regular 2D movie, a 3D movie, or a full 360-degree VR production. Read This Article → How to Calculate Your Pokémon's Exact IVs with Pokémon GO's New Appraisal System If you play Pokémon GO, then you of course want the best possible Pokémon you can get. The thing is, knowing how good an individual Pokémon is goes far beyond just looking at its CP and move set. Each Pokémon has its own IVs—Individual Values—that define how it will actually perform in battle. Read This Article → Everything You Need to Know About “Reset This PC” in Windows 8 and 10 Windows 10 includes a “Reset your PC” option that quickly restores Windows to its factory default configuration. It’s faster and more convenient than reinstalling Windows from scratch or using your manufacturer’s recovery partition. Read This Article → Is There a Way to Force-Enable Reader View in Mozilla Firefox? The Reader View feature in Mozilla Firefox can vastly improve the readability of a webpage, but is there anything that you can do if a particular webpage does not appear to support the feature? Today’s SuperUser Q&A has some helpful suggestions for a frustrated reader. Read This Article → How to Find a Style You Don’t See on the Home Tab in Microsoft Word By default, Microsoft Word does not display all the built-in styles on the Home tab or on the Styles pane. So, what if you want to use a style that you don't see? Read This Article → How to Tweak and Rearrange Android’s Quick Settings Dropdown If you swipe down from Android’s menu bar twice, you’ll get a nice panel of quick settings you can toggle with one tap. Want to hide some of these settings, move them around, or add new ones? You have a few choices. Read This Article → Steam In-Home Streaming vs. NVIDIA GameStream: What’s the Difference? Both Steam In-Home Streaming and NVIDIA GameStream allow you to stream games from a powerful gaming PC and play them on another device, bringing the power of your gaming PC to your living room or a slower laptop or tablet. But what’s the difference between them? Read This Article → I Got Scammed by a Counterfeiter on Amazon. Here’s How You Can Avoid Them Amazon, for all its conveniences, isn’t like walking into a traditional retail store. Amazon is a full marketplace that connects you not only to their own store, but to third-party sellers. This was driven home for me when I recently bought one of the top mini PCs on Amazon and found it came with a pirated Windows license. 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