How to Wipe a Hard Drive

Afile recovery programor special hardware often recovers the information. Back up anything you want to keep, such as photos, software product keys, etc. When the hard drive wipe is complete, there will beabsolutely no wayto get anything on the drive back. Back upeverythingyou want to keep; sometimes several virtual drives share space on a single physical hard drive. View the drives (volumes) that sit on a hard drive from theDisk Managementtool in Windows....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 278 words · Joshua Parsons

How to Work With IP Address 192.168.100.1

It may also be assigned as the default, built-inIP addressfor someroutermodels. In a web net web client, go to the navigation bar, enterhttp://192.168.100.1, and pressEnter. jot down the address exactly as shown. A mistake such as192..168.100.1will not fire up the router configuration page. Opening the above address triggers the web web client to prompt for the router admin username and password. Administrators can change the router IP address from another default or custom number to 192....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 167 words · Amanda Washington

How to Work With the 10.1.1.1 IP Address

Some homebroadband routers, including Belkin and D-Link models, have their default IP address set to 10.1.1.1. Routers that use a different default IP address can have their address changed to 10.1.1.1. Administrators might choose 10.1.1.1 if they find this address easier to remember than alternatives. Lifewire / Marina Li Open a web surfing app and enterhttp://10.1.1.1/in the address bar. The page that opens at this address is the portal that accesses the router configs....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 211 words · Brittney Allen

How to Wrap Text and Formulas on Multiple Lines in Excel

Instructions cover Excel 2019 through 2007 and Excel for Microsoft 365. throw in the first line of text. Press and hold theAltkey. The insertion point moves to the line below the text just entered. key in the second line of text. To enter more than two lines of text, pressAlt+Enterat the end of each line. When you’ve entered all the text, pressEnteror select another cell. Use theAlt+Entershortcut key combination to wrap or break longformulasinto multiple lines in the formula bar....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 204 words · Lori Cox

How to Wrap Text in Google Sheets

Instructions apply to any web web client. Select one or more cells containing the text you want to wrap. Select a header to highlight an entire row or column. The cell enlarges to fit the text. This command also makes the cells in the rest of the row larger. The default behavior is to merge all cells. To find other merge types, select theMergedrop-down arrow. Tomake a graph in Google Sheets, select cells and chooseInsert>Chart....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 89 words · Crystal Lawson

How to Zoom in on Snapchat

confirm you’re on the camera screen on Snapchat. Press the camera button to take your zoomed-in picture. How to Zoom While Taking a Video Zooming in during a video on Snapchat is very easy. Take a videoby holding down the record button. Some versions of Android may not show a timer. However, using the typical method to zoom in or out while drawing makes your pen larger or smaller. So here’s how to zoom in while you draw on iOS....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 131 words · Donna Sims

How Touchscreens Make Smartphones Less Durable

This has happened in three major categories: performance, software offerings, and overall design. A lighter phone is less math. It’s going to have less impact when dropped. Pornchai Jaito / EyeEm / Getty Images I don’t think [making a phone] thinner has done it. I think it’s definitely the size of the screens that has made them less durable. With these rounded edges come less materials around the corners to protect the phone....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 191 words · Valerie Swanson

How ToxMod Plans to Fix Toxic Gaming Chat

It was recently announced as an addition to the 7v7 American football gameGridiron,currently in Steam Early Access. Then it finally escalates to the point where it might call for human intervention. “Being able to go in and say, This is not the Wild West. MoMo Productions / Getty Images I think thats really important.” Just mass-report your target with a few sock-puppet accounts and theyll reliably eat a ban. “Its still able to produce solid estimates of what offenses we need [to pay] attention to....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 145 words · Katelyn Miller

How Translation Software Can Break Barriers

But can it measure up to human translators? Webex is introducing a new real-time translationfeature to its conferencing software. The feature will allow you to translate from English to more than 100 languages. Jasmin Merdan / Getty Images The need for translation software is growing as more people spend time on video calls during the pandemic. No longer do participants just need to get by with limited comprehension because of language in meetings....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 224 words · Michael Larsen

How Twitch Streamer LIZZ Became the Platform’s Emerging Singing Gamer

What cant she do? A content creator across platforms,YouTubeand Twitch primarily, LIZZ is brimming with talent. Shes looking to continue capturing audiences' attention and hoping to never wake from this dream come true. LIZZ She retorts there were more cows than people. But life was bittersweet in the German backcountry. Small, tight-knit communities often breed conformity, and the young LIZZ was anything but a conformist. LIZZ “[They] had very conservative, old-fashioned ways to raise my brother and me....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 279 words · John Morrison

How Upgrading VR Headsets Could Make Them Competitive With Apple’s Vision Pro

Newsoftware updatesare coming to existing VR equipment likethe Meta Quest 2and Pro. The manufacturers of the current crop of VR headsets are looking nervously over atApple’s Vision Pro. But experts say operating system tweaks could keep current headsets competitive. Someone using a Meta Quest 3 virtual reality headset.Meta “Existing headsets can rise to the challenge, offering comparable benefits and an irresistible value proposition. “That new performance bump is no joke!!...

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 238 words · Nicole Johnson

How Video Calls Are Affecting the Environment

How big is this increase? The land and water footprints are similarly huge, and this is just for fixed-line internet. But is there anything we can do to stop this trend? Chris Montgomery / Unsplash So big, in fact, that its easier to comprehend smaller, but equally shocking, numbers. For instance, a “common video streaming service” uses 7GB per hour to stream video in 4K. This creates 441 grams (almost a pound) of CO2 per day....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 234 words · Christopher Baker

How Video Game Delays Could Benefit Gamers

Some companies like Paradox Interactive havecanceled projects. A delayed game is eventually good. A bad game is bad forever. Ubisoft Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto is famously cited as saying, “A delayed game is eventually good. A bad game is bad forever.” In 2021, things are more in flux than usual. Amazon Gaming as a medium has never been healthier or more visible. For gamers on the ground, that means 2021 should be easier on their wallets....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 75 words · Susan Watson