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This is usually caused by a badly written program that doesn’t properly uninstall itself. The entry is not removed from the registry and therefore remains in the list. If you try to uninstall it again, you’ll most likely just get an error message. Newer versions of Windows will detect this problem and actually ask you if you want to remove the entry, which is nice. However, if you’re still running Windows 7 or Vista or XP, you’ll still run into this problem....

We spent a few weeks using AnyCubic’s Photon Mono X, and, overall, we found it to be an excellent product with a few notable downsides, mostly related to the challenges inherent to printing with resin and not the printer itself. The Upshot: This Printer Is Amazing It’s big. It’s beautiful. It’s an MSLA printer. What does that mean? MSLA stands for masked stereolithography. As we noted in our article about how 3D printing works, “MSLA printers use lasers to cure a liquid resin into a solid plastic material....

This article will compare the streaming quality, cost, and other factors of both Spotify and Apple Music to help you decide which service is the right choice for you. Spotify Spotify is one of the most popular music streaming services, with more than 40 million songs from more than two million artists. Cost Spotify costs $9.99 per month for the standard plan and $14.99 for the Family Plan, which enables up to six users per account....

Some of the most common accidents to befall them include shattered glass screens, damaged speakers or charging sockets, and ugly scratches. Worse still, it can lead to lags and other performance issues as you use it. While you can buy an extended warranty for your phone, a protective phone case goes a long way towards protecting your investment by helping you avoid the issues that come with a major drop disaster....

We put together a list of the most useful Slack tips and tricks for any user. Whether you’re just getting started with the app, or consider yourself a pro, you’ll find something on this list. Send Private Messages To Users From Anywhere When you want to send a direct message to someone on Slack, you don’t have to jump from one chat to another, or search for their name among your team members....

Photo editing and messaging are two such functions where we’ve seen outside software companies and tech giants swoop in to rescue users from native smartphone capabilities that don’t live up to consumers’ constantly evolving expectations. The smartphone keyboard is yet another area where people are ditching their smartphone defaults for other apps, thereby improving the quality, efficiency and speed with which they type text messages, emails and more. While there is a litany of keyboard apps available for download with Android and iOS, here are three offering unique features and benefits that make them worth investigating first....

On the one hand, Instagram gives you quick and easy access to all the recent searches in case you need to revisit that profile or a hashtag again. On the other hand, if you happen to use your Instagram search bar in front of a friend or a colleague, they’ll see your entire search history. Follow this tutorial to learn how to clear Instagram search suggestions using your mobile and web app....

There are many highly realistic racing simulation applications that make full use of all that power and racing enthusiasts are combining this with a new generation of (relatively) affordable racing sim hardware to create the ultimate hobbyist toy. A full-on home racing simulator setup good enough to train you for the big leagues is now within reach. The Components of a Racing Simulator Setup There’s no one universal rig that counts as a racing simulator....

For scalable images, you’ll want to use a vector image, but what is a vector image? Logos, print designs, and more—these often lack set sizing. Vector images give you the ability to scale images like these up (or down) without losing any quality. Here’s everything you need to know about vector images, including how to make your own. What Is a Vector Image? A vector image is like a map—scalable, with distances between points A and B that remain in proportion, even if the overall image increases in size....

What is Sonic Update Manager? Sonic Update Manager is not even a full software application; it’s a secondary application or service that runs with the Sonic RecordNow software. Sonic RecordNow lets you create CDs and DVDs, so you don’t need to necessarily remove that from your machine. However, you may notice that every time you startup your computer, you get a wonderful message from Sonic Update Manager to enter the Sonic CD, which you don’t have since Dell didn’t give it to you, and then pressing Cancel only seems to infuriate the software more because it keeps popping up over and over again and won’t go away!...

But in the late 90s, one search engine came along to wipe everyone else off the map. Only a few Google competitors remain, and even today, Google holds a whopping 76 percent market share, followed by China’s Baidu at a meager 15 percent. Microsoft is no slouch when it comes to popularity, but the company’s search engine, Bing, still struggles to gain even a small fraction of Google’s popularity. Bing has a 4 percent market share, beating only little-used search engines like Yahoo and Ask....

If you’re in the older group, why not take your kids, nieces or nephews down memory lane with you by introducing them to the following list of the best DOS games. One way or another, they’ll be amazed, Oregon Trail Oregon Trail was one of the best DOS games to happen to classrooms since recess. Believe it or not, it was first created in 1971 in Minnesota. It hit wider distribution through Minnesota in 1974 and then eventually across the world....

There are a number of Google Doc add-ons you can enable that’ll extend the base of features available in Google Docs. The following are ten of the best ones. Highlight Tool When you’re editing a document or collaborating in any other way, the ability to highlight text is invaluable. There is a way to highlight in Google Docs by default. To do so, you need to select the text you want to highlight, select the highlight icon in the ribbon, and choose the highlight color you want to use....

If you’re getting frustrated with YouTube, here are some alternative sites that are each better than YouTube in one way or another. 1. TikTok How it’s better: More suitable for quick entertainment or taking your mind off your work or studies. If you’re just looking for a quick distraction and don’t want to be sucked into “the YouTube hole” for hours, TikTok might be a better video site compared to YouTube for you....

That might be off-putting for some women. However, we’ve found that if you expand your Reddit reach beyond the default subreddits, you’ll find a subreddit for virtually every community you can imagine, including many that women might find both interesting and supportive. What Does “For Women” Mean, Anyway? As you might imagine, people share many interests and use the internet for the same reasons regardless of gender. We search for information....

Why should you listen to my opinion? I’ve been playing PC games, primarily First Person Shooter (FPS) titles, for as long as I can remember. I have played Counter-Strike: Global Offensive semi-competitively and currently create content for high level Apex Legends gameplay. So with my introduction out of the way, here’s what I think about making the switch to a wireless mouse for gaming. The Technical Improvements From Moving To Wireless Let’s first look at the technical improvements and potential downfalls from moving to a wireless mouse....

There are multiple cooling stands on the market that can help fight overheating and prevent any interruptions to your gameplay. Some sit horizontally, while others lean towards a vertical orientation. Something you’ll want to keep in mind is which edition of the PS5 you have and whether the stand will work for it. 1. NexiGo PS5 Cooling Stand The NexiGo PS5 Silent Cooling Stand is designed to hold the PS5 in a vertical configuration and works with both the PS5 Disc Edition and the PS5 Digital Edition....

Below are our favorite movie streaming sites that work from a computer or mobile device, and often directly from smart TVs and TV streaming devices, too. You can be confident that the movies you watch through these sites are 100% legal to stream as often as you want. Vudu Vudu has tons of free movies separated into categories like action, crime and suspense, comedy, anime, sci-fi and fantasy, drama, family and kids, documentary, and horror....

Exporting Your Calibre eBook Library If you’re worried about your eBook collection, or you just want to share it with other users, you can export your Calibre eBook library using Calibre’s own export tool. You can use the same tool to import an existing library, too. With your eBook library exported, you can follow the same steps to import it into another Calibre installation—just press Import previously exported data at the Export/Import all calibre data window and select your data instead....

These days you won’t really see as many images in BMP or Bitmap format because it’s not optimized for colored images that have blends or gradients. BMP is a really old format and was the default file format for Paint in Windows XP. In technical terms, it is lossless, but has pretty much no compression. Lossless means that an image can be made smaller, but without any loss of quality....