While you can change your single-player settings at any time, it’s good to start with a good setup that will offer you an enjoyable experience on the map you’ve selected. How Do I Choose the Best ARK Settings for Single Player? Choosing settings for a single-player session of ARK is all about personal preference and time management. Think about the kind of experience you want to have before you start adjusting settings and moving sliders around....

In this article, I’m going to show you a couple of methods for quickly hiding your applications and windows, some of which will be more obvious than others. Depending on who you are trying to hide the windows from (boss, kids, wife, etc), your optimal method may be different. CTRL + ALT + DEL My favorite method by far is to simply press CTRL + ALT + DEL and then press Enter....

To nail your home theater, you need to focus on center channel speakers. Read on to learn what a center channel speaker is and why you really need good ones. You’ll also find a few recommendations from us by the end of the article. What Is a Center Channel Speaker? Those who enjoy home cinema argue that the center channel speaker is the most important one in the whole surround sound system....

An example of a MAC address is 1F-2E-3D-4C-5B-6A and it falls into the Layer 2 networking protocol of the OSI model. In today’s networks, ARP, or Address Resolution Protocol converts a MAC address to a Layer 3 protocol address, such as an IP address. A MAC address can also be called a Physical Address. Read my post on how to find your MAC address if you don’t know it....

On the other hand, you could have a domain that’s been around for a decade, but has hosted different websites owned by different people over the years. In this article, I’ll show you to check the age of the domain and also check to see if the site has changed over the years. One blog I used to follow over a decade ago is now the corporate site for a startup because the original owner sold off the domain....

For instance, you may get calls unexpectedly in the middle of a meeting even though you have enabled the DND mode. Or, your DND mode is disabled automatically because you forgot to sneak the DND schedule. If your DND mode is not working while it’s enabled, we will see the possible causes behind this issue, and above all, we will show the methods to fix this issue. Why Do Not Disturb Not Working on Your Phone How to Fix Do Not Disturb Not Working on Your Phone Here you will find different methods to resolve your DND mode....

However, if you’re someone who owns a lot of expensive tech, don’t feel immune to power surges just because it hasn’t happened to you yet. I recently had my NAS fried during a thunderstorm and it was a cool $1000. I never had a problem with this before and I had my NAS plugged into a power strip with surge protection. As you can imagine, I was quite upset that my NAS still got fried by the power surge....

Sometimes the fix is easy and sometimes it is a bit more complicated. In this article, I’ll try to go through the different solutions on Mac and Windows for fixing this issue. How the drive is formatted and what file system is being used is the most common reason why drive is not recognized. Assign Drive Letter The other main reason is that the drive simply is not being recognized by Windows or Mac and therefore won’t even show up on your system at all....

After our recent article about fingerprints not working on Mobile, a lot of you’ve requested the fixes on Windows and Mac as well. You can also apply some of the preliminary fixes mentioned there in the case of laptops. But there is a lot more to cover. As always, we’ve done all the hard work for you and listed all of the troubleshooting methods if your fingerprint isn’t working on your laptop....

It results in a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error if this crash affects some important system processes. However, you may also get a non-fatal (that doesn’t cause a shutdown) error while opening certain applications with the same code. The solutions in both scenarios are similar but in this article, we focus more on the BSOD. There are two potential causes of this Blue Screen error, corruption of DLL files and bugs in the application and system processes that call those DLL files....

To make your data more visually appealing. To make your spreadsheets easier to understand at a glance. To identify certain types of numbers for help in problem solving. To assist you in drawing conclusions from your data. To visually display to the user what is “good” or “bad” by using green and red. Now, you can use conditional formatting to format every cell in a range based on your own criteria (and there are a lot of formatting options to choose from)....

If you’ve been hearing about GeForce Now, that’s because the service is finally out of the beta phase and offers quite a few neat features you won’t find with the competition. So, what is GeForce Now and how does it work? You’ll know exactly what’s up by the end of this article! What is Game Streaming? Game streaming works in a similar way, but has many special challenges to overcome....

Whether you’re tech proficient or not, you’ve likely peeked into the back panel of a monitor and noticed a number of ports. Basically, each of them has a different function – one provides power to the monitor, while others are responsible for audio and video connections. Although most modern monitors come with HDMI, Displayport, USB Type-C, and other interfaces, this can vary depending on the models. Regarding the same, this article guides you through the twelve different monitor connection types....

Undoubtedly, you’re bored using the same font in Windows. Or, you probably want to have a unique interface of your own. Thus, in this article, we have explained the easiest way of changing the font style, color, and size in Windows 11. How Can I Change the Font Style in Windows 11? There’s no direct method to change the font style in Windows 11. So, this will be a bit tricky if you’ve never tried customizing it....

From ball mice that use mechanical precision, optical mice that use light sensing technology, to wireless mice that use radio frequency. The computer mouse may look plain and unassuming, but it is not so simple. There’s an interesting insight into how it actually works. So, in this article, we explain the different types of mice and how each of them works. What is a Computer Mouse? A computer mouse is a pointing device for easy navigation of any a PC’s graphical user interface....

The run-time that a battery can provide, once fully charged, is based more on how it is being used and what components it’s powering. New laptops, with normal day-to-day usage, can provide 4-8 hrs of battery life. Whereas the time period decreases as the laptop ages and usage intensifies. Battery draining more than normal, sudden turn-offs, percentage shifts, etc., are some indicators of the degraded battery condition. Nevertheless, this article will help you get a clearer picture of the condition and age of your laptop battery, additionally addressing methods to improve laptop battery health status....

In this guide, we’ll show you how to insert a table and adjust its properties as well as how to edit a table in Google Docs, sort the table data, and remove a table you no longer want. Insert a Table in Google Docs You can add a table to Google Docs by simply selecting the number of rows and columns you want. Note: You can also select Table templates and pick a premade option if you prefer....

As a free discord user, you can use the sticker made by the owner even when you are not allowed to create one. For people with Nitro, you can send stickers from all different servers. Are Stickers Free in Discord? By default, you can create up to 5 custom stickers for a server. There are three types of sticker packs, depending on your level. You need to upgrade your level to use or make stickers here....

Readers may remember when adding weather to Google Calendar was as simple as checking a box in the calendar settings. Why Google removed this feature remains a mystery, but hope is not lost. There are still a few ways to display weather information on your GCal. Weather Calendars You Can Subscribe to in Google Calendar The easiest way to add weather to your Google Calendar is by subscribing to one or more of several available weather calendars....

Sometimes the program will give you a false positive, labeling harmless networks as dangerous. This false positive can prevent you from accessing many important websites and servers. Still, there’s no need to worry. You don’t have to disable your firewall or antivirus just to access these sites. How To Allow Network Access for Chrome Each operating systems have their own mechanics to allow network access. So, there is no one shoe fits all solution....