Netflix is easy to share. Maybe your ex still has your password, or perhaps you signed into Netflix on a TV at an Airbnb and everyone who stays there now streams on your account.
Once you’ve given someone your Wi-FI password, they have unlimited access to your Wi-Fi, and they can join your network on all their devices. That’s how it usually works, anyway.
The hosts file is the first place Windows checks when connecting to a website. You can edit it manually to block access to specific websites. Find out what and where it is, and how to edit it.
Windows 10 has a hidden video editor that works a bit like Windows Movie Maker or Apple iMovie. You can use it to trim videos or create your own home movies and slideshows. You can even have it create videos automatically.
When your active status is enabled on Facebook, your contacts can see that you are currently or recently have been online. If you do not want them to know your online presence, turn off your active status on Facebook.
If you need to troubleshoot Google Chrome—or just want a leaner, faster experience—it can be helpful to temporarily run the browser with all of your extensions disabled. There’s an easy way to do it in Windows 10 or Windows 11, but it’s not obvious.
If you’re presenting a slideshow to others who speak a different language, you can use subtitles in Microsoft PowerPoint. This helpful feature lets you talk to your audience without doing the work of translation yourself.
If you are not ready to upgrade to Windows 11 yet, you can block release updates and manually allow only the updates you want to make sure Windows 11 doesn’t get installed on your Windows 10 PC.
“Google Cast” is a protocol that allows you to send things like videos and music to smart TVs and speakers. Google Cast is also built into Google Chrome, and since Microsoft Edge is built on Chromium too, it works there as well. You can share your desktop with any Chromecast-enabled display.