How to Free Over 10GB of Disk Space After Installing Windows 10's Anniversary Update

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[Digital Trends] Moon Express becomes first private company to get US approval for lunar mission Paving the way for private missions beyond Earth orbit [The Verge] How to Change the Default “Insert Picture” Location in Microsoft Word When you insert a picture into a document, Word always defaults to the Pictures Library folder for selecting your picture file. However, you can specify a different folder as the default picture location that displays when you insert pictures in Word. Read This Article → How to Sync Android Notifications with Windows 10’s Anniversary Update With the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft included a simple way to see your Android phone’s notifications on your PC. It's not as robust as some of the third-party options out there, but it's extremely easy to set up, and even easier to use. Read This Article → You Can Still Get Windows 10 for Free With a Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 Key Microsoft’s free Windows 10 upgrade offer is over–or is it? There’s still a way to activate Windows 10 with a Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 key, in addition to Microsoft’s accessibility offer. Read This Article → How to Free Over 10GB of Disk Space After Installing Windows 10’s Anniversary Update Did you just install the Anniversary update? If so, there’s more than 10 GB of data wasting space on your hard drive. On a laptop or tablet with a limited amount of storage, this can fill up your device quite a bit. Read This Article → How to Watch the 2016 Olympics Without a Cable Subscription Despite advances in streaming technology over the years, watching the Olympics on anything but a TV with a cable subscription is still a hassle. Read on as we show you how to get your Olympics fix without resorting to signing up for a cable plan. Read This Article → How to Adjust the Motion Sensitivity on the Ring Doorbell While the Ring Doorbell can send you alerts if anyone actually rings it by pressing the button, you can also receive alerts whenever motion is detected. Unfortunately, it isn’t perfect. Here’s how to adjust the sensitivity of that motion. Read This Article → How to Remap the Search Key on Your Chromebook Chromebooks have a slightly different key layout than most keyboards. If you're the type of person who likes to yell on the internet, the search key—which is in the same spot where you'd normally find a Caps Lock key—can really throw you off your game. Nothing quite like hitting a Google search mid-rant. Read This Article → How to Restore Recently Closed Tabs in Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Edge You accidentally closed a tab, then realized you weren't done with that webpage. Or, you want to open that elusive webpage you visited last week, but you forgot to bookmark it. No worries, you can get your closed tabs back. Read This Article → How to Prioritize Notifications in the Windows 10 Action Center Windows 10’s Action Center finally brought you a central location for all your notifications to Windows. With the Anniversary Update of Windows 10, you can now set priorities for applications so they are grouped in the Action Center just the way you want. Read This Article → How to Control Your Mac From Your iPhone or iPad Need to adjust something on your Mac, but it’s all the way on the other side of the house? You don’t need to get off the couch: your Mac’s built-in screen sharing works great with your iPhone or iPad, and it’s a snap to set up. Read This Article → Advertisement Download Ransomware Hostage Rescue Manual Being in IT I'm sure you know someone who's been hit with ransomware or you have been though it yourself. Wouldn't it be great to have a manual of what to do when you get hit and how to prevent it in the future? Now you do! 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