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Setări Windows 10 pentru a dezactiva “actualizările de caracteristici”

Deși toate actualizările de Windows sunt importante pentru a avea cea mai bună experiență de utilizare, pot exista motive întemeiate pentru a configura sistemul de operare să nu instaleze actualizările de caracteristici și să lăsăm active doar actualizările de securitate. Realitatea este că nu putem scăpa definitiv de actualizările de caracteristici, dar putem amâna descărcarea și instalarea lor cu până la 365 zile. Avem mai jos pașii necesari:

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How to Make Your Google Home Quieter at Night

The night has come; you’re winding down. “Hey Google, turn off all the lights” you whisper, and then regret sets in as your Google Home yells confirmation, waking everyone up. Here’s how to make Google speak quietly at night.

You may have experienced this more times than you care to admit. Everyone is asleep, and you’re ready for bed too. You tell your Google Home or Nest Hub to turn off the lights, and it yells, seemingly at the top of its digital lungs, a confirmation that it will turn off the lights. It doesn’t have to be this way.

You can either turn on Night Mode for each Google Home or Nest Hub device you own to make them speak softer and dim the lights or use grouping to prevent the devices from speaking altogether.

Enable Night Mode for a Quiet Night

Night Mode option in Google Home app.

If you need your Google Homes to speak softly during certain hours, Night Mode is the feature for you. You can set Night Mode to turn on and off automatically with a schedule, adjust the maximum volume, and even the maximum brightness of your Google Home’s built-in LEDs.

The downside is, you have to enable and configure Night Mode for every Google Home device you own. So if you miss one, you’ll find out the hard way the next time you use it and expect a quiet response. To turn on Night Mode, open the Google Home app, then tap on the Google Home device you want to adjust. Then tap the gear in the top right corner.

Google Home device dialog with arrow pointing towards settings gear.

Scroll down and tap on Night Mode.

Google Home Device settings dialog with box around Night mode option.

Toggle Night Mode on, and then choose the settings you’d like, including the volume slider. Don’t forget to tap each day you want Night Mode to work for (you can leave it off on weekends for instance). Google Home devices, which have LED lights on top of the speaker, will have an additional LED dimming slider. Nest Hub devices won’t have this option.

Night mode settings dialog, showing a daily schedule from 10pm to 6pm.

Group Devices in Rooms for a Quiet Chime

Google home kitchen room group, showing light and nest hub display.

Another way to avoid a loud response is to group (called Rooms) your Google Home or Nest Hub device in the same room as your lights. When you tell a Google Home to turn off lights in the same room as the voice assistant, it will chime softly instead of replying with a wordy verbal confirmation.

Plus, when a Google Home is in the same room as smart light (for instance the living room), you can say, “Hey Google, turn off the lights” instead of “turn off the living room lights.” It saves you a few words, so you benefit all around. If your Google Home or smart lights aren’t already in groups, open your Google Home app and select the device you want to add to a room. Then tap on the “Add to a room” option.

Magic mirror device with box around "add to a room" option.

Then follow the prompts to choose the room you’d like to add the device too. Do this for all your smart devices and Google Homes. You’ll benefit right away from both quieter chimes and easier to use voice commands.

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5 Ways to Run Windows Software on a Mac

Macs have a thriving ecosystem of software, but some programs still only support Windows. Whether you want to use business software or play Windows PC games, there are many ways to run Windows programs on your Mac.

Some of these methods are similar to the ways you can install Windows software on Linux or run Windows programs on a Chromebook. Virtual machines, dual-booting, the Wine compatibility layer, and remote desktop solutions are all included here.

Virtual Machines

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We recommend using a virtual machine program, ideally Parallels or VMWare Fusion, to run Windows applications on a Mac without rebooting. For maximum performance, which is particularly necessary for gaming, we recommend dual-booting Windows with Boot Camp instead.

A virtual machine is one of the best ways to run Windows desktop software. They allow you to install Windows and other operating systems in a window on your Mac desktop. Windows will think it’s running on a real computer, but it’s actually running inside a piece of software on your Mac.

You don’t have to use your Windows program in the virtual machine window, either—many virtual machine programs allow you to break Windows programs out of your virtual machine window so they can appear on your Mac desktop. However, they’re still running inside the virtual machine in the background.

You’ll need a Windows license to install Windows in a virtual machine. If you already have a product key, you can download Windows installation media for free and install it in a virtual machine program.

RELATED: How to Seamlessly Run Windows Programs on Your Mac with Parallels

Popular virtual machine programs for Mac include Parallels and VMware Fusion. Each of these is a paid program, so you’ll have to buy both a Windows license and a copy of your virtual machine program of choice. You can also use the completely free and open-source VirtualBox for Mac, but its 3D graphics support and Mac operating system integration aren’t as good. Parallels and VMWare Fusion both offer free trials, so you can try all these programs and decide which is best for you.

Note: We don’t often recommend paid software, but in the case of Parallels Desktop, it’s something we use at How-To Geek every single day for testing software and running Windows. The integration with macOS is amazingly well done, and the speed blows away VirtualBox. In the long run, the price is well worth it.

There’s one big downside to virtual machines: 3D graphics performance isn’t amazing, so this isn’t the best way to run Windows games on your Mac. Yes, it can work—especially with older games—but you won’t get the best performance, even in an ideal situation. Many games, especially newer ones, will be unplayable. That’s where the next option comes into play.

Boot Camp

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RELATED: How to Install Windows on a Mac With Boot Camp

Apple’s Boot Camp allows you to install Windows alongside macOS on your Mac. Only one operating system can be running at a time, so you’ll have to restart your Mac to switch between macOS and Windows. If you’ve ever dual-booted Linux on your Windows PC, it’s just like that.

Installing Windows as a real operating system on your Mac is the best idea if you want to play Windows games or use demanding applications that need all the performance they can get. When you install Windows on your Mac, you’ll be able to use Windows and Windows applications with the maximum possible performance. Your Mac will perform as well as a Windows PC with the same specifications.

The downside here is that you can’t run macOS applications and Windows applications side-by-side at the same time. If you just want to run a Windows desktop application alongside your Mac applications, a virtual machine will probably be ideal. On the other hand, if you want to play the latest Windows games on your Mac, Boot Camp will be ideal.

As with virtual machines, you’ll need a Windows license to install Windows on your Mac.

Wine

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RELATED: How to Run Windows Programs on a Mac With Wine

Wine originated on Linux. It’s a compatibility layer that allows Windows applications to run on other operating systems. Essentially, Wine is an attempt to rewrite the Windows code that applications depend on so they can run on other operating systems. This means that Wine is nowhere near perfect. It won’t run every Windows application, and will have bugs with many of them. The Wine AppDB can give you some idea of which applications are supported, although it focuses on Linux support.

Nevertheless, Wine is one way to try running Windows applications on a Mac. Because it doesn’t require you actually use Windows, you don’t need a Windows license to use Wine. It’s completely free. Just download Wine or WineBottler for macOS and see how well it works for your application.

CrossOver Mac

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CodeWeavers’ CrossOver Mac is a paid application that will run Windows programs on Mac. It uses the open-source Wine code to accomplish this, but CrossOver provides a nice graphical interface and focuses on officially supporting popular programs. If an officially supported program doesn’t work, you can contact CodeWeavers and expect them to make it work for you. CodeWeavers contributes their improvements back to the open-source Wine project, so paying for CrossOver Mac also helps the Wine project itself.

CrossOver offers a free trial it you want to try it out first. You can also view a list of which programs run well on CrossOver before buying. While CrossOver focuses on compatibility, it’s still based on Wine, and won’t work with everything.

Most people will probably be happiest going for a virtual machine program and a Windows license. With CrossOver, you don’t need to run a Windows virtual machine—but, if you do run a Windows virtual machine, you’ll be able to run almost any Windows program with less risk of bugs. CrossOver does theoretically allow you to run Windows PC games on a Mac with better performance than you’d get in a virtual machine, but you’ll risk running into bugs and unsupported programs. Boot Camp may still be a better solution for that.

Remote Desktop

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RELATED: How to Access Windows Remote Desktop Over the Internet

If you already have a Windows system, you could skip running Windows software on your Mac completely and use remote desktop software to access the Windows machine from your Mac’s desktop. Organizations with business software that runs on Windows can host Windows servers and make their applications available to Macs, Chromebooks, Linux PCs, iPads, Android tablet, and other devices. If you’re just a home user who also has a Windows PC, you could configure that Windows PC for remote access and connect to it whenever you need a Windows application. Bear in mind that this isn’t ideal for visually intensive applications like PC games.

If you’re a Chrome user, you can even use Chrome Remote Desktop to connect to a Windows PC running Chrome from your Mac running Chrome. All these tricks obviously require more work than simply installing a Windows program on a Windows PC. If you have a Mac, you should focus on using Mac software when possible. Windows programs won’t be as integrated or work as well.

You may have to buy a Windows license for your Mac to get the best compatibility, whether you’re using a virtual machine or installing Windows in Boot Camp. Wine and CrossOver are nice ideas, but they aren’t perfect.

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Remedierea erorilor de pornire din Windows 10 și Windows 8

În cazul în care calculatorul sau dispozitivul tău cu Windows 10 / Windows 8.1 nu reușește să încarce sistemul de operare sau Windows raportează că lipsesc fișiere de sistem / sunt corupte fișiere, tot ce trebuie să faci este să folosești instrumentul Startup Repair, urmărind acest tutorial.Acest instrument te ajută în a repara erorile fără a fi necesar să reinstalezi sistemul de operare.

Startup Repair este singurul utilitar care te poate ajuta în repararea calculatorului sau a dispozitivului și care te poate scăpa de necesitatea de a reinstala Windows.Ce face Startup Repair (Reparare pornire)?

Acest instrument este util doar atunci când Windows nu reușește să pornească.

Startup Repair (Reparare pornire) este creat să rezolve problemele cu fișiere de sistem lipsă sau corupte, care sunt folosite pentru pornirea sistemului de operare Windows.Nu poate detecta sau repara probleme legate de componente hardware care nu funcționează corespunzător și nici nu te poate ajuta în cazul atacurilor virușilor și a distrugerilor cauzate de aceștia.

Acesta îți scanează calculatorul sau dispozitivul după probleme de sistem (filiere de sistem corupte, fișiere de boot invalide) și apoi încearcă să le repare.

  • Cum lansezi Startup Repair (Reparare pornire) în Windows 10 și Windows 8.1

Pentru a putea folosi acest instrument, trebuie să îți pornești calculatorul de pe un mediu de recuperare. Mediu pe care îl poți crea pe un calculator funcțional cu Windows 10 sau Windows 8.1.

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