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Determine if your PC has Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip on W 10

On Windows 10, a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is a piece of hardware, usually (but not always) integrated into the motherboard that offers a secure environment to store and protect the encryption keys when encrypting the hard drive using features like BitLocker.

Although nowadays most computers already come with a TPM version 1.2, 2.0, or higher, it’s not always the case, and in many cases, the chip is available, but disabled in the motherboard’s firmware.

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Allow blocked app or file on Microsoft Defender Antivirus

On Windows 10, Microsoft Defender Antivirus is the default anti-malware solution to protect your device and data against all sorts of threats, including viruses, spyware, ransomware, rootkits, and other types of malware and hackers. Although the antivirus offers a robust real-time protection at the level of most sophisticated anti-malware solutions, sometimes, it can detect some files and applications as threats when you know they are not. However, if this ever happens, the default protection built into Windows 10 includes an option to review and allow the file or application on your device.

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How to Hide Date and Location Info on Google Smart Displays and Chromecast

hide google photos personal photo data

Google Smart Displays and Chromecasts display the dates and location information for Google Photos in Ambient Mode. If this personal information is something you don’t want everyone to be able to see, it can be hidden. Since September 2020, showing the date, location, and other photo information for the Google Photos backdrop became the default setting. This only applies to devices that use Google Photos in Ambient Mode (the screen saver).

To hide this information, open the Google Home app on your iPhoneiPad, or Android device. Tap the Smart Display or Chromecast-enabled device you want to use.

select smart display or chromecast

Next, tap the Gear icon at the top right to open the settings menu for that device.

open the device settings

Scroll down and tap “Ambient Mode.”

select ambient mode

Under “More Settings,” find “Personal Photo Data,” and then tap “Hide.”

hide personal photo data

That’s all there is to it! You can repeat these steps for every Google Assistant-powered smart display or Chromecast that displays your Google Photo’s location, date, and time data.

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How to Export Your Google Drive Files

Visit Google Takeout’s website and sign in with your Google account to get started. By default, this tool exports your data from all of Google services. Click “Deselect All” to only extract an archive of your cloud drive.

Visit Google Takeout

Scroll down until you reach “Drive” and check the box next to it.

Export Google Drive data

There are a few more options underneath it you may find handy. You can pick which folders to back up with the “All Drive data included” option. The “Multiple Formats” button lets you choose in which format the files will be archived, and with “Advanced Settings,” you can ask Google to also include a bunch of additional information.

Edit file formats for Google Drive data export

Once you’re done, click the “Next Step” button present at the bottom of the page.

Click the "Next Step" button on Google Takeout

On the following screen, Google allows you to customize the export. You have the option to specify whether you’d like Google to email you the archive or directly upload it to another cloud storage provider, configure automatic exports, and define the archive’s file type and size.

Customize Google Drive data export

Hit “Create Export” to proceed to confirm the export.

Extract a copy of your Google Drive data

Google will now begin backing up the folders you have selected. This can take hours or even days, depending on the data. If you change your mind or want to edit the export, you can cancel it with the “Cancel Export” option.

Cancel Google Drive data export

When this process is over, you should get an email titled “Your Google data is ready to download.” Inside that message, click the “Download Your Files” button. Sign in again with your Google credentials for authentication.

Download Google Drive data archive

You’ll be redirected to the “Manage Your Exports” page where your archive will begin downloading. In case it doesn’t automatically, you can manually grab it with the “Download” button next to the Drive export entry in the list.

Manually download Google Drive data export

In the downloaded archive, “archive_browser.html” lets you browse the content from a custom web app, and from the “Drive” folder, you can view and open these files individually.

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How to Make a Calendar in Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word is known for being a great word processor, but you can also use it to make your own calendar. You can design one from scratch or choose one from Word’s library of calendar templates. Here’s how.

Create a Calendar From Scratch in Word

Creating a calendar from scratch in Microsoft Word takes a little more time and energy than just using one of the templates, but if you want the complete design credit for your calendar, you’ll want to build it from the ground up.

To do this, open a Word document and insert a table by clicking the “Table” option in the “Tables” group of the “Insert” tab.

Insert table option in Word

A drop-down menu will appear. Hover your mouse over the grid to either increase or decrease the number of rows and columns in the table. For the calendar, you’ll need a 7×7 table, so hover your mouse over the appropriate square in the grid and click it to insert the table.

seven by seven table

With the 7×7 table inserted, it’s time to start formatting the calendar. First, we want to adjust the height of the table’s squares. Hover your mouse over the table and an icon will appear in the top-left corner. Right-click that icon.

Icon in top left corner of the table

Next, select “Table Properties” from the menu.

Table properties option

The “Table Properties” window will appear. Click the “Row” tab, check the box next to “Specify Height,” and enter the desired height in the text box. 2.5 cm is a comfortable height, but you can adjust it to fit your preferences.

Note: Depending on your region, Word may use inches instead of centimeters by default. Be sure to specify cm in the text box.

Press “OK” when done.

Adjust table height

The height of the boxes within your table is now set. However, we’ll also want to make some adjustments to the top two rows. Select the top two rows by clicking and dragging your cursor over them.

Select first two rows in table gif

Next, adjust the height of these two rows (right-click table icon > Table Properties > Row > Specify Height) to make them a bit smaller than the others. 1.5 cm is an ideal height, but you can adjust yours to fit your preferences.

1.5 cm for top two rows

You can also click and drag the row to adjust the height if you decide one is a little too large for your taste.

Manually adjust row height

Now that the height of our table’s boxes is set, it’s time to enter the name of the month in the top row. To do this, we’ll need to combine the cells of the top row. Click and drag your mouse over each cell of the top row and right-click the selected area.

Right click selected row

A drop-down menu will appear. Click “Merge Cells.”

Merge cells option

With the cells of the top row merged, enter the name of the month. Use the alignment and font style that matches your design preference.

Calendar with only month name

Next, enter the days of the week in the second row. Again, format the text to match the style you have in mind.

Days of the week in calendar

Finally, enter the days of the month in each respective box.

Completed calendar

You can repeat the above steps for each month of the year to complete the calendar.

If you want a nice-looking calendar, but don’t have the time to create everything from scratch, you can always choose one of Word’s many templates.

Use a Calendar Template in Word

Word has a nice variety of calendars readily available. To choose one, open Microsoft Word and click the “New” tab in the left-hand pane.

New tab

Next, type “Calendar” in the online templates search box.

Search for calendars in word

Scroll through the library and select a calendar template you like by clicking it.

Calendar templates

A pop-up window will appear showing a preview and a description of the calendar. Click “Create.”

Create button

Once it’s selected, you can fine-tune the calendar using Word’s styling tools. This is just one of the many things you can design using Microsoft Word. You can also create anything from flowcharts to brochures using Microsoft’s design toolset. If you need a simple design and don’t have the time to invest in learning sophisticated design software such as Photoshop, it can probably be done in Word.

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