Computer Act!ve - UK (2022-01-19)

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WhyIst oppedusing...

Tell us whyyou stoppedusing awebsite,app

or program: [email protected]

Tweak chippowertofixcracklyaudio

then‘Changeadvanced

powersettings’.Inthebox

thatappears,youshouldsee

‘Processorpowermanagement’.

Openthis,thenexpandthe

‘Minimumprocessorstate’

menuandchooseahigher

percentagethanthecurrent

one(seescreenshot).

Myprocessorwassetto

20 percent,anditwasonlyby

increasingthisto70percentthatIwas

abletosolvemycomputer’s audio

problems.Increasingthissettingtellsthe

Forages,Icouldn’tworkoutwhythe

audiofrommyDelllaptopwas

cracklingandpopping.Ifiddledwith

audiosettings,andwonderedwhether

Bluetoothwastoblame.Itdidn’toccur

tomethatmyprocessormightbeat

fault,butthat’swhatmyson(a

computerprogrammer)suggested.

HesaidIshouldtryforcingmy

processortousemorepower.Youcan

accessthissettinginWindows1 0 by

openingControlPanel,thenclicking

PowerOptions.Clickthesmallblue

‘Changeplansettings’linkontheright,

processortodevotemorepowerto

tasksthatneedit,such

asplayingaudio.

NigelDryden

BROWSERS

Removesearchbar from Firefox

InIssue 622 youwrotethatGoogle

wasdeactivatingitsinternet

toolbarafter 2 1years,pointingoutthatit

becameobsoletewhenbrowsersstarted

lettingyousearchbytypingintothe

addressbar.ThenIlookedatmyFirefox

addressbarandwonderedwhyIneeded

aseparatesearchboxontheright.‘That’s

awasteofspace,’ Ithought,soIduginto

Firefox’ssettingstoremoveit.Iclicked

thetop-rightmenubutton(three

horizontallines),thenselectedSettings

andclickedSearch

ontheleft(^1 in

ourscree nshot

left ). Then, in the

middle,Inoticed

‘Add search barin

toolba r’ was

selected.Iclicked

theoption aboveit

instead (‘Usethe

addressbar for

searchandnavigation’^2 ), andhey pres to,

thesearchbar vanished.

David Winters

OFFICE

Usekeyboar dshort cut to

openPasteSpeci al box

ThanksforthetipinIssue 622

(page 47 )onskippingemptycells

whenpastingdatainExcelspreadsheets.

Youmentionright-clickingtoopenthe

PasteSpecialbox,butthere’s alsoa

keyboardshortcuttodothis: press

Alt+E+S.LibreOfficeCalchasonetoo:

Ctrl+Shift+V.Thesearealittleawkwardto

usebecausetheyinvolvepressingthree

keys,soyou’llneeddexterousfingers.

AnneBunton

MailStoreHome

I

read your recommendation of

MailStoreHome(www.snipca.

com/40233)inI ssue 621(page 19),

andIagree that it’s thebestsoftware

forbackingupemails.Ineeded

something simpler, however.

And whatIuse instead...

MailStoreHomewas essentialwhenI

wasmanagingseveral emailaccounts,

butsince then I’ve condensedthem

into asingleGmail account.This makes

lifemucheasier, andnow when Iwant

to save amessage,Iusethe Chrome

extensionSave Emails to Google Drive

(install fromwww.snipca.com/40496).

The name says it all. When youwantto

back upan email, tickits box(^1 in our

screenshot)thenclick theGoogleDrive

icon above^2 followed by ‘Saveselected

conversations...’. Youcan then choose

whichDrive foldertosaveiti n. It’s no

substitute forafullprogram,but it ’s

finefor quickemail saving on thego.

Jeremy Potter

Nigelwinsacopyofour 2020Back IssueCD BuyitonAmazon http://www.snipca.com/38164

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