How (and When) to Use System Restore in Windows 7, 8, and 10

Did You Know? Bug zappers aren’t just a tacky backyard decoration, they’re extremely unhygienic too–researchers found that microscopic particles of the vaporized insects, along with the bacteria and viruses on their bodies, were ejected in a roughly six foot circle around the devices, coating any nearby people or food in the process. Geek Trivia The Largest Artery In The Human Body Is The? Brachial → Aorta → Cartoid → Femoral → Advertisement Download 10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings Like everyone, appearing smart during meetings is my top priority. Sometimes this can be difficult if you start daydreaming about your next vacation, your next nap, or bacon. When this happens, it's good to have some fallback tricks to fall back on. Here are my ten favorite tricks for quickly appearing smart during meetings. Click here to download Want to Change Your Email Preferences? 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How to Customize the Status Bar on Android (Without Rooting) The Difference Between Basic, Enhanced, and Full Usage Data in Windows 10 Geek Comic Today's Tech Term Propeller Head Propeller Head (a.k.a. Propellor Head, Prop Head, and Prophead) is a slang term used to refer to an individual who is exceptionally bright or knowledgeable, especially in a technical field. 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. Inside the 'Wire Center' That Connected Manhattan to the World The internet might not be a series of tubes, but it's certainly a big bundle of cables. [Wired] EFF calls on HP to disable printer ink self-destruct sequence HP firmware update rejected cheaper third-party ink cartridges. [ArsTechnica] Elon Musk says it would take 40 to 100 years to build a self-sustaining civilization on Mars At his company SpaceX's event yesterday, Musk laid out how a fleet of ships that could carry a minimum of 100 people, flying every two years, could populate a Martian cit. [The Verge] How to Make a New Directory and Change to It with a Single Command in Linux If you spend any time in the Terminal at all, you probably use the mkdir command to create a directory, and then the cd command to change to that directory right after. However, there is a way to do both of those actions with one command. Read This Article → How to Install and Use ZFS on Ubuntu (and Why You’d Want To) Official support for the ZFS file system is one of Ubuntu 16.04’s big features. It’s not installed and enabled by default, but it’s officially supported and offered in Ubuntu’s software repositories. Read This Article → How to Use System Restore in Windows 7, 8, and 10 System Restore is a Windows feature that can help fix certain types of crashes and other computer problems. Here’s how it works, how to set it up, and how to use it when things go awry. Read This Article → What Is the Difference Between Three- and Four-Pin CPU Fans? Once you have the opportunity to start looking inside multiple computer cases, you may notice that some CPU cooling fans have an extra wire compared to others. What is the difference between three and four wire fans? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a curious reader’s question. Read This Article → How to Enable the Apple TV’s Dark Mode Many people are big fans of late night television, but the all-white user interface of the Apple TV can be blinding to look at right after you watched The Dark Knight. Here’s how to enable dark mode on the Apple TV to make your light-night TV escapades more enjoyable. Read This Article → How to Access the Hidden ~/Library Folder on Your Mac A lot of Mac tutorials mention the Library folder, which is where your macOS applications store things like settings and caches. Some settings can only be changed by editing files in the Library. But the Library is hidden by default. Read This Article → How to Filter Mail on iOS 10 iOS 10 finally adds the ability to filter your email based on a number of preset criteria. The pickings are slim right now, but it’s a promising start. Read This Article → How to Trim and Cut Videos on Your Android Device They say that the best camera is the one you have with you, and more often than not, that camera is attached to your smartphone. Grabbing quick images and videos is easier than it's ever been, but sometimes you hit that record button a little too early and get 34 seconds of fluff before the good stuff. Here's how to fix that. Read This Article → How to Format the Numbers or Bullets in a List in Microsoft Word Changing the type of numbers used in a numbered list is easy, but what if you want to change the formatting on just the numbers–say, make the numbers bold, but not the text? It's not obvious how to do that, but it can be done. Read This Article → What Is “Windows Audio Device Graph Isolation” and Why Is It Running on My PC? If you spend any time in Task Manager, you may have noticed something called “Windows Audio Device Graph Isolation”, and wondered why it sometimes goes a bit nuts with system resource usage. Here’s what it does and what you can do if that happens. Read This Article → How to Customize the Status Bar on Android (Without Rooting) Have you ever wanted to change the status bar on your Android phone or tablet? Maybe you wanted to change the position of the clock, add a battery percentage, or just get a different look. Read This Article → The Difference Between Basic, Enhanced, and Full Usage Data in Windows 10 Windows 10 includes a telemetry service that automatically sends diagnostic and usage data about your computer to Microsoft. These settings have caused a lot of controversy since Windows 10’s release, but what do they actually do? Read This Article → Advertisement Download 10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings Like everyone, appearing smart during meetings is my top priority. Sometimes this can be difficult if you start daydreaming about your next vacation, your next nap, or bacon. When this happens, it's good to have some fallback tricks to fall back on. Here are my ten favorite tricks for quickly appearing smart during meetings. Click here to download