How to Install Windows on a Chromebook

Did You Know? The first woman to run for President of the United States was Victoria Woodhull in 1872. Geek Trivia Until The Mid-20th Century, It Was Customary For All New York City Residents To Do What On The Same Day? Apply for Jobs → Change Residences → Place a Candle in Their Window → Call the Mayor's Office → Advertisement Download Learning Network Forensics ($40 Value) FREE For a Limited Time In this new age of connected networks, there is network crime. Network forensics is the brave new frontier of digital investigation and information security professionals to extend their abilities to catch miscreants on the network. 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 Open an Explorer Window from the Command Prompt’s Current Directory How to Develop a Better Eye for Taking Good Photos How to Install Windows on a Chromebook Never Lose a Photo Again: The Complete Guide to Bulletproof Photo Backups How to Set Up Google Home How to Clear the Terminal History on Linux or macOS How to Crop and Edit Photos on Android How to Use Android Effectively How to Disable Slide-Over, Split View, and Picture in Picture on an iPad How to Stop Microsoft Edge’s Pop-up Notifications How to Use a Bluetooth Keyboard with Your Android Device How to Prevent Your Computer From Waking Up Accidentally Geek Comic Today's Tech Term Stand-Up Meeting A Stand-Up Meeting (a.k.a. Stand-Up, Daily Stand-Up Meeting, Daily Scrum, Scrum Meeting, and Morning Roll Call) is a team meeting that occurs on a daily basis for the purpose of sharing status updates (issues, concerns, etc.) with all the members of the team. 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. Watch Computer Pros Get Excited About Windows 95...in 1995 In this classic episode of Computer Chronicles, host Stewart Cheifet explores the newly-released Windows 95. [Mental Floss] The Lost Civilization of Dial-Up Bulletin Board Systems A former systems operator logs back in to the original computer-based social network. [The Atlantic] High-Flying NASA Mission Sets New GPS World Record A NASA mission's GPS prowess is now part of the record books: The Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission just broke a Guinness World Record for highest altitude fix of a GPS signal. [Space.com] Why The Heck Do Animals Live In Our Houses? A crash course in the curious history of domestication. [Popular Science] How to Open an Explorer Window from the Command Prompt’s Current Directory There are all kinds of ways to open a Command Prompt window from File Explorer—and you can even run commands right in the File Explorer address bar—but did you know it’s just as easy to open a File Explorer window from the Command Prompt? Read This Article → How to Develop a Better Eye for Taking Good Photos Digital cameras have gotten really good. Most of the time, you can put them in Auto, press the shutter button, and, click, you've a perfectly adequate photo of what's in front of you. It won't be anything special (and it'll be the exact same photo that everyone who was standing nearby took), but you’ll have something to share with your friends on social media. Read This Article → How to Install Windows on a Chromebook Chromebooks don’t officially support Windows. You normally can’t even install Windows—Chromebooks ship with a special type of BIOS designed for Chrome OS. But there are ways to install Windows on many Chromebook models, if you’re willing to get your hands dirty. Read This Article → Never Lose a Photo Again: The Complete Guide to Bulletproof Photo Backups There’s nothing as precious and irreplaceable as your personal photos and, with a little forethought and planning, there’s no reason to ever feel the heartbreak of losing even a single one of them to theft, broken devices, or disaster. Read This Article → How to Set Up Google Home Google Home is a new entrant in the voice assistant device market, where the Amazon Echo has reigned as the unopposed victor for nearly two years. Here’s how to set up your Google Home device and begin issuing voice commands completely hands-free. Read This Article → How to Clear the Terminal History on Linux or macOS Press the “up” arrow in the Mac or Linux command line and you’ll see the last command you ran. Keep pressing “up” and you’ll see more commands; you can go back days, months, or even years. Read This Article → How to Crop and Edit Photos on Android Smartphones are an almost perfect dissemination technology. Snap a picture and a few taps later, it’s on the Internet. Before you do that, however, you can take a few moments to fix up your photos with cropping, color adjustments, and enhancements Read This Article → Android Guide: How to Use Android Effectively This How-To Geek School course aims to teach you how to use Android effectively, showing you the most important settings and methods needed to really become an Android pro and get the most out of your device. Read This Article → How to Disable Slide-Over, Split View, and Picture in Picture on an iPad Multitasking was introduced in iOS 9, allowing you to use multiple apps at once on an iPad. There are three different types of multitasking—Slide-Over, Split View, and Picture in Picture—and they are all on by default. Read This Article → How to Stop Microsoft Edge’s Pop-up Notifications Microsoft is now more aggressively pushing taskbar and action center ads for Microsoft Edge. These are just one of the many types of advertising in Windows 10. Here’s how to make Edge stop nagging you. Read This Article → How to Use a Bluetooth Keyboard with Your Android Device More and more, people are starting to discover that tablets make decent productivity tools. With devices like the Microsoft Surface and iPad Pro becoming more popular, you may be looking to create something similar with your Android device. With a Bluetooth keyboard, it’s simple. Here’s how to connect one, and everything you can do with it. Read This Article → How to Prevent Your Computer From Waking Up Accidentally Putting your PC to sleep is a great way to save energy while still making sure you can resume work quickly. But what can you do if your PC keeps waking up on its own? Here’s how to figure out what’s waking it up, and how to prevent it. Read This Article → Advertisement Download Learning Network Forensics ($40 Value) FREE For a Limited Time In this new age of connected networks, there is network crime. Network forensics is the brave new frontier of digital investigation and information security professionals to extend their abilities to catch miscreants on the network. Click here to download