During a meeting, the organizer can create breakout rooms for participants to join. They can manually or automatically assign people to those rooms to hold mini-discussions. Then, everyone rejoins the main meeting after a certain amount of time or via an announcement by the organizer. If you believe your team could benefit from this, we’ll show you how to create breakout rooms in Microsoft Teams. Create Breakout Rooms When your meeting begins and you want to set up the rooms, click the Breakout Rooms icon at the top of the toolbar....

By default, the Roku interface is well laid out and easy to use. However, you might want to customize your Roku interface. Perhaps you want a different look for the UI on your TV, or you might need to change things up for practical reasons. We’ll show you how to customize the home screen and other areas of the UI using the steps below. How to Customize Your Roku Interface The theme is one of the first things you’ll see on Roku when you launch it....

You don’t want to shut down your iPhone, either. Thankfully, the iPhone comes with a built-in switch that allows you to quickly enable or disable silent mode on your iPhone. You can also manage this setting from your phone by changing a few settings. If you’re in silent mode, you won’t hear any ringing, alarms, vibrations, or other types of alerts from your iPhone. If you want to know how to use it, here’s what you’ll need to do to enable or disable silent mode on an iPhone....

BSOD error messages, such as KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED, are tricky to diagnose. This error is usually due to a corrupt driver or memory-related conflicts between apps. Fixing the error is generally straightforward, but it might require additional troubleshooting steps depending on the system you have. To help you, here’s what you’ll need to do to fix a Kmode Exception Not Handled BSOD on Windows 11. Disable Fast Start Up The Fast Startup feature, introduced on Windows 8....

One solution to this problem is to make the image transparent, allowing text and other elements of your presentation to show through it. This can be used to incorporate images into the presentation design, create a more cohesive look, or highlight certain elements of the slide. If you’re unsure how to make an image transparent in Google Slides, follow the steps below. How to Change the Transparency of an Image in Google Slides Google Slides allows you to make small changes to images....

By default, Windows will configure the mouse for a right-handed person. It does this by making a left-click the primary button. However, if you’re a lefty and need a better mouse experience, you can change the primary button. You can change it using the Settings app or via the Control Panel. If you or another user need to change the primary left and right buttons, here’s how to make the mouse left-handed in Windows....

If this happens, the fix isn’t too difficult. You can use your Linux distribution’s terminal app or use GUI tools to fix the problem. By following the steps below, you should have your disk mounted in Linux in no time. If you have an unmounted disk that you need to use, then here’s how to mount a disk in Linux. How to Mount a Disk in Linux Using the Disks Utility If your disk hasn’t been mounted, you can use the GNOME Disks utility to mount or unmount it (if your distribution has it installed)....

The Apple app store has plenty of great games that can be played directly within the popular messaging app, allowing you to play everything from Hangman and Boggle to Chess and Air Hockey. If there’s a game you want to play, the chances are that there’s an app for it. Are you ready to take on your friends at some great games right through your phone? If so, here’s how to play iMessage games on iPhone....

Everything looks fine, except for one thing—your cells show the time and the data, which your boss simply doesn’t want. Most of the time (and that isn’t a pun), the time isn’t important, but the data value is. Since the timestamp contains both, Excel will display both, until you decide to remove the time manually. If you want to remove the time from a date in Excel, here’s what you’ll need to do....

However, there are times when the graphics card doesn’t work the way it should. For example, you might get an Error 43, a BSOD error, or Windows may just freeze up because your GPU is struggling under load. If this happens, you may need to know how to reset a graphics card on Windows 11 or 10. How to Reset a Graphics Card on Windows If Windows is starting to freeze, a good troubleshooting step you may want to try first is a restart....

Since the notch took up space, there wasn’t room to view the exact battery percentage at the top edge of the screen. So, the company cut back on the information shown, like time, cellular and Wi-Fi signal strength, and a rough estimate of power remaining—but not completely. Starting with iOS 16 and above, you can show the battery percentage on an iPhone lock screen. How to Show Battery Percentage on iPhone Previously, you had to swipe down to open the Control Center to find the exact percentage of battery power remaining....

While the option to bring these legacy icons back isn’t as simple as it was on previous versions of Windows, you can restore them using the Desktop Icon Settings menu. You can also customize the appearance of these icons to make them fit in with your chosen Windows 11 theme. If you want to make these classic desktop icons visible on your Windows 11 desktop, you’ll need to follow these steps....

Enabling the Spotlight feature for yourself or a participant is simple. And disabling it, if needed, during the meeting is just as easy. Let’s take a look at how to spotlight someone in Microsoft Teams. How to Spotlight a Participant in Microsoft Teams To spotlight a participant’s video, either right-click their video or click the three dots next to their name in the Participant’s list. From the options, press Spotlight....

However, one setting everyone can agree isn’t ideal is the default behavior of the widgets board. You don’t have to click the Widgets icon for it to launch. Instead, it’s set to open when the cursor hovers over the icon. That makes it annoying as it disrupts your workflow. The good news is you can change it. Here’s how to stop the popup Widgets board from launching on Windows 11 via hover....

Here’s how to tell if Spotify playlists are fake. How to Tell if Spotify Playlists are Fake by Comparing the Number of Followers to the Number of Streams One way to check that a Spotify playlist may be fake is to compare the number of followers to the number of streams. If a playlist has a large number of followers, but the songs on it only have a small number of streams, then it’s likely that the playlist is fake....

Thankfully, Spotify Blend can help. You can build a curated playlist based on the musical preferences of up to ten people in a matter of seconds. Here’s how to use Spotify Blend to create shared playlists with friends. What is Spotify Blend? Spotify Blend is a feature that allows you to automatically create a playlist with up to ten other people. The playlist is based on the listening history of all of the people who you add to it....

What Is It? I’m not quite sure! You roll a marble down a spiraling ramp trying to keep it on the track. If it falls off the track, you can “cheat” and pick it up further down the strip. The soundtrack and color themes add some fun to what I thought was an utterly boring game. I assumed you could move the ball by tilting your phone or iPad. Nope. You need to either use 3D Touch (which I didn’t test) or arrows on the screen....

Use Parental Controls to Manage Kids Computer Usage and Activities on Your Windows 10 Device Before you configure your kid’s screen time and start generating reports, review our previous article on how to set up Family Safety. Once you have that setup, open Start > Settings > Accounts > Family & other people. Click the link Manage family settings online (you can also sign in from here). This will open the dedicated Family settings web page in your browser....

Which messaging app should you use, however? WhatsApp was the app of choice for many, but concerns over privacy have seen people jump ship in recent years. Two of the most popular alternatives are Signal and Telegram but which of the three apps is better? Read on as we go head-to-head with Signal vs WhatsApp vs Telegram in this review. Messaging Some of the biggest issues that will affect your decision when choosing the right messaging app for your needs are security and privacy, so it’s easy to overlook how well each app works as a messaging app in its own right....

Track All Your Serial Numbers, Keep a Copy at Home Things like laptops, tablets, and phones get lost or stolen all the time at college. The first thing the police will ask for is the serial number of the device so they can track it. The problem is that you, the parent, usually bought the computer, and you have the box and receipt at home. During a crisis, you won’t always be able to track this information down in time....