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However, if you want to squeeze out as much gaming as you possibly can, what are the consequences of putting your laptop in a battery-saving mode? One Tom’s Guide forum user asked us to help them out. ghost.freak.user writes, “I play games on my laptop. Is [turning on battery saver] a good option? I [know] it saves battery, but [does] it really affect performance?” To test this, we took MSI’s GT63 Titan 8RG (Core i7-8750H, 32GB of RAM, GTX 1080) and ran three gaming benchmarks on battery settings such as Best Performance (plugged and unplugged), Windows 10 Battery Saver, Nvidia’s Battery Boost and MSI’s Eco Mode....

Given that the year just started, it’s clear that Avalanche Software still has a lot of work to do — that is, at least another 11 months worth. See the best PC games and best Xbox Game Pass PC games to play nowCheck out the Xbox Series X games and PS5 games confirmed so farSee our reviews of the Xbox Series X and PS5 Hogwarts Legacy delay: What we know Portkey Games, the label behind Hogwarts Legacy, released a statement on Twitter about the delay....

Horror games have a lot in common, with one of the more obvious ideas revolving around the utilization of darkness to instill uncertainty and fear of the unknown in the player. Memorable creature designs are equally expected, whether they be spooky ghost children, the iconic Xenomorph, or a big white dude patrolling a farmhouse. Eerie music and panicked sound design can be more than enough to spook a player, especially if they’re carefully patrolling every hallway in anticipation of a jumpscare....

Zuckerberg, of course, had his own business’s best interests at heart when he penned it down. After all, Facebook owns the two most-popular messaging apps: Messenger and WhatsApp. But the social giant’s privacy-first vision for communications may already have a major competitor in the company it’s been in a constant tussle with over the last few months: Apple. Yes, the iPhone maker might beat Facebook to the finish line. At its 2021 WWDC developer conference, Apple laid the groundwork for the kind of private social network Mark Zuckerberg expects to become the future of communications....

How to insert rows and columns in Excel Open a blank Excel workbook. Enter data, or choose an existing workbook with data already pre-filled. Here we’re going to use a listed of alphabetized names. If we forget one, we can quickly add the space we need to add the name without moving anything else around. Right-click the cell you’d like to add blank space above or below and select Insert 1 row above....

When changing a PowerPoint from landscape to portrait, you’ll be presented with the options to either maximize content to best fill space or adjust to ensure fit. In our testing, we found it best to select Ensure Fit, as Maximize enlarged photos to the point where they fall off the page and make you do more work. MORE: The Best Laptops for Business and Productivity Here’s how to adjust a PowerPoint presentation to the portrait orientation....

For those who need a quick reminder, your browser’s history is a log of the website that you’ve visited, cookies are small pieces of data tracked by individual websites to remember things like saved preferences and customizations and cache is data that consists of small pieces of websites that are saved on your system to reduce bandwidth requirements and help speed up browsing. MORE: Windows 10: Full Review Other stored data that can be cleared includes passwords, form data (addresses, phone numbers, etc....

Whether you are making the first call or are trying to bring someone into an existing call, you can follow these simple steps and you’ll have your conference call running smoothly in seconds. Phones with the best battery life in 2021Nothing ear (1) review: First-generation product with promiseThe best phone deals in July 2021 How to start a conference call from an iPhone If you are putting together the conference call and making all of the calls yourself, you first need to make your initial call as normal....

Deal-buying do’s and don’ts So you’ve picked up a sales flier, clicked on an online ad or seen a post about deals on a site you trust. How can you make sure you’re actually getting a bargain? How to watch for deals You’ll see a lot of online ads and get a lot of marketing emails, but the best deals usually don’t fall into your lap; you need to look for them by doing the following:...

While you can already view those eating up CPU, Memory, or Disk resources (among other things), the option to sort apps into which are responsible for the majority of your GPU drain can prove beneficial in ending tasks that may be responsible for degradation in GPU-intensive processes like gaming or video editing. How to Use Microsoft Excel Like a ProHow to Use Microsoft Word Like a ProHow to Use Windows 10

I discovered this method after being dissatisfied with my photo collection missing years and years of snapshots. The process makes sense, as you’re simply adding images to the overall library, because turning off sync on your laptop doesn’t mean you’re removing any photos. MORE: How to Download Your Photos From iCloud First off, check out your iCloud usage by opening Settings and looking at the meter at the bottom of the screen....

Normally, .key files are only opened using Keynote. However, Powerpoint, Windows’ own presentation software application, can open these types of files, too. How to open a .key file on windows Open PowerPoint. From the navigation bar on the side of PowerPoint, click Open. This should show you a list of your PowerPoint files and other options. Under “Other locations,” click Browse. This action will open a navigation window. On the file types dropdown, change “All PowerPoint Presentations” to “All Files....

This Web-based interface connects to the desk printer at home and the executive laser printer at work – and lets you choose which device prints the file. Your printing – no matter how seldom – gets done fast and easy. Here’s how to set it up. Set Up a Classic Network-Attached Printer If your printer is connected to your computer via USB or a local access network, these are the instructions you’ll need to set up access via Google Print....

You can’t even read the text without tilting your head or turning your display on its side. Fortunately, there is a quick and easy way to rotate the screen in Windows 10 or 11. How to rotate your screen in Windows 10 or 11 Right click on the desktop and select Display settings. Choose a screen to fix if you have multiple monitors attached. (Skip this step if you have only one....

Double-click to open the email with attachments. Click on the drive icon in the top right corner of the email. All the attachments will be downloaded to the drive. In Google Drive search for the file or manually look through the list of files. Right-click the file to open the context menu. In the menu that opens up, click Move to. Select the folder where you would like to move the file....

Once inside, you can text or video chat with a single click. Virtual meetings, which are what Teams is commonly used for, can feature audio, video, or even screen sharing to better collaborate with team members. Sending an invitation is as easy as a few clicks. From there, you can share it via email, or copy and paste the URL into any chat or messaging app, like Slack, or Discord....

Screen Sharing on Your Local Network We’ll start with local screen sharing, because there are so many ways to share using Internet-based tools (see below) and it’s relatively easy. But, if you and your viewers are on the same local network, it doesn’t make sense for you to all go onto the Internet and you may not have the bandwidth to do so. For example, a reader recently asked how to share their screen with several people who are all connected to the same hotspot....

Here’s how to enable swipe-based multi-window view in Android Nougat: In Settings, under System, tap System UI Tuner. 2. Tap Other. 3. Turn on the “Enable split-screen swipe up gesture” switch. 4. While using an app in portrait mode, swipe up from the Overview button. If you try doing this in landscape mode, it won’t do anything, and you’ll have to hold down on the Overview button to regain functionality....

Fortunately, it’s still just a couple of button presses away and the good news is that Apple has dramatically improved its screenshot tool so you can do a lot more with a screenshot once you have it. Here’s a quick rundown on how to take a screenshot on an iPhone from the latest iPhone 12 to earlier iPhones with a home button. Best smartphones in 2021iOS 15: Release date, new features, how to download it early and moreBest mobile phone deals in April 2021...

Also, the Touch Bar tool lets you pick the kind of screenshot you want to take, as well as where you save them to. Here’s how to take screenshots with the MacBook Pro Touch Bar. Click the Apple logo. Select System Preferences. 3. Click Keyboard. 4. Click Customize Control Strip. 5. Click and drag Screenshot down, off the screen to the Touch Bar. 6. Release the Screenshot icon in the Touch Bar....