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Sadly, it’s all too common for League of Legends to not launch. You may not get any error message to help you understand what went wrong. The good news is that most client launch issues in LoL can be fixed with a short list of solutions. 1. Make Sure LoL Is Really Closed League of Legends might not be launching because it never closed properly. So when you try to start it up, the program detects that a copy is already running and then closes itself....

Duolingo’s popularity means that it’s adding new languages all the time. English-speakers can currently choose from 34 different languages, including common languages like Spanish, Japanese, and Arabic, as well as less-common, constructed languages like Esperanto, Klingon, and even High Valyrian! Although it’s feature-rich, Duolingo can sometimes be confusing. The tips and tricks below will help you get the most out of the language learning app. Enabling Dark Mode in the Duolingo App Make learning a new language easier on your eyes by enabling Dark Mode on iOS devices, Android devices, and in Chrome....

Traditionally, sending text messages or SMS was reserved for devices like a mobile phone that had a SIM card. However, there are different options you can use to send and receive text messages from your computer. For iPhone users, it’s easy to receive text messages on your Mac so that you never miss an important text message no matter what you’re doing. With Android devices though, the Android Messages desktop app makes it easy to send and receive messages from your PC....

Other times you need to capture a screenshot and send it to someone else so that they can help you or see what you were doing. Finally, you may want to capture multiple screenshots over a certain time period so that you can see the activity occurring on the computer. In this article, I’m going to show you how to use a free program to automatically capture screenshots of your computer screen at specified time intervals....

On the other hand, you could have a domain that’s been around for a decade, but has hosted different websites owned by different people over the years. In this article, I’ll show you to check the age of the domain and also check to see if the site has changed over the years. One blog I used to follow over a decade ago is now the corporate site for a startup because the original owner sold off the domain....

Well, the Windows Task Manager can help you out in some of these situations to determine the cause and to kill the problem application. First off, the purpose of the task manger is to provide computer performance information along with details about currently running programs, processes and services. It also provides the ability to monitor your network traffic if you are connected to a network. Opening Task Manager So let’s get started with learning about this very useful tool in Windows 10....

If you’re sick of Tinder, Bumble and the like, there’s one more dating app that you should try: the Hinge dating app. Specifically made for people who want to settle down with someone special, Hinge bills itself as “designed to be deleted.” The app is equally popular with men and women, mostly professionals from the United States between the ages of 24-32. In fact, one of Hinge’s most famous success stories is that of former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg and his husband Chasten, who met on Hinge back in 2015....

With the rise of LCD flat panel screens, the 16:9 widescreen format has become the norm. This coincides with HD resolutions such as 1280×720 and 1920×1080. In recent years there’s been a new computer display format known as Ultra Widescreen. These screens have an aspect ratio of 21:9, which makes them excellent for productivity, watching anamorphic video and playing immersive games. Unfortunately, many older game titles don’t have support for 21:9 aspect ratios....

Luckily, there are plenty of options to choose from, and you can even add your own sounds and customize each app individually. This article will explain how you can change the default notification sound and add your own sounds on your Android device. How to Change the Default Notification Sound on Android The method for changing the default sound depends on your phone model and which version of Android you’re using....

Here’s how you can connect your Windows laptop to a mobile hotspot via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or USB. What Is a Mobile Hotspot? A mobile hotspot lets your phone act like a router, sharing your data connection (either your mobile data plan or whatever Wi-Fi network it’s connected to) to other devices. With this functionality, you can always connect to the internet on your laptop even if your primary internet is down for some reason....

There are a few methods to do this, from simple to advanced. You’ll learn every way to do it in this article. Create a Drop Down List in Excel: Simple Method The easiest way to create a dropdown list in Excel is by entering the list manually. This is ideal for situations where you only need a dropdown list in a single cell and you don’t need to update it frequently....

However, deleting an account might sound like too much of a commitment. Many sites, like Facebook, have made a way you can deactivate your account instead of deleting it forever. This means you’ll still be able to get back into it, and your account data will stay intact just as you left it. What’s the Difference Between Deactivating and Deleting? For other people looking at your account on Facebook, there isn’t much difference between deleting or deactivating it....

Don’t You Already Have a Copy of the Invoice or Receipt? Repeat the steps above to find and print multiple receipts/invoices. From there, you can print the invoice as you normally would. How to Find and Print a Gift Receipt After Purchase Gift receipts are different from regular receipts or invoices. You can choose to send a gift receipt during checkout by selecting the This order contains a gift checkbox. You can also find and print a gift receipt after you’ve made the purchase....

These saved passwords are from your web browsers, WiFi networks, and other services that you use on your computer. Revealing these passwords is fairly easy as there’s a built-in tool on your computer that lets you do it. View Windows Saved Passwords Using The Credentials Manager The feature that saves your login details on your Windows 10 computer is called Windows Credentials Manager. It keeps a track of all of your web as well as other Windows passwords, and lets you access and use them when needed....

This is because password security does not only come at the discretion of the user who has created it but also the server that it’s being stored on. For a website to verify your login credentials, your password must be stored in their database. That means that if the server mishandles it or gets hacked, you pay the price. As we move into an internet where we’ve started pondering replacements for traditional passwords, websites that monitor for password dumps have become increasingly popular....

We will cover three ways to make a business card in Google Docs: So, let’s get down to the simple business of making an eye-catching business card that you can either print or even share as an image. Make a Business Card From a New Document Google Drive is not a graphic tool. But it gives you one or two tools that you can repurpose to design a business card — Google Drawing and Google Slides (or Presentation)....

Some users may notice that if they alt-tab from a video game or swap between heavy-hitting apps such as video editors or 100-tab browser windows, things grind to a halt. This is a sign that you’ve run out of the ultra-fast Random Access Memory installed in your PC, and Windows now has to rely on your much slower secondary storage as an overflow. The slowdown you’re witnessing occurs when Windows swaps information from your RAM chips with an overflow area known as the “page file”....

You can protect private and sensitive information in a Word or PDF document by password-protecting the file. This encrypts the file’s contents so it can’t be accessed by anyone, or read by any program without entering the password first. There are several options to password-protect the contents of a Word or PDF document, and limit access permissions on your Word and PDF documents. Password-Protect a Word Document You can protect a Word document using a password to help keep your content safe and secure, by preventing unauthorized access....

Some GIF websites provide you with a download option which makes saving a GIF simple. However, you might not have this option, or you may be using your mobile device. Here, we’ll show you how to download a GIF on your various devices. Look for a Download Option If you want to save animated images from a popular GIF website like Imgur, you can check for the site’s download option....

Here’s how to set up a Google Home, Mini, or Home Hub. The process is the same for each of the models. How to Set Up Google Home Setting up Google Home is simple. Voila—that’s it. When you’ve finished setting up Google Home, all you have to do is say “Okay Google” or “Hey Google” to activate the assistant and begin giving commands. You can do everything from controlling individual smart home devices to streaming content....