Walter Glenn
Contributing since January, 2012
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About Walter Glenn
Walter Glenn is a long time computer geek and tech writer. Though he's mostly a Windows and gadget guy, he has a fondness for anything tech. You can follow him on Facebook and Twitter.
Latest Articles
How to Forward Calls on your iPhone
You'd think call forwarding would be an easy thing to set up on your iPhone.
How to Transfer Contacts Between Google Accounts
Google provides no way to automatically sync contacts between two different Google accounts.
How to Transfer Bookmarks from Safari to Chrome on iOS
Chrome for iOS may never outperform Safari, but it has still become a solid browser alternative with some nice extra features all its own.
How to Change the Location of Safari's Download Folder
By default, when you download something using Safari, it gets saved in your Mac's main Downloads folder.
How to Prevent Windows from Automatically Updating Specific Drivers
Windows--especially Windows 10--has a bad habit of installing new updates for hardware drivers whether you want them or not.
How to Create a Master Installation Flash Drive with Multiple Versions of Windows
You've got your collection of Windows ISOs and maybe you've burned installation DVDs or flash drives for them.
How to Dial Phone Extensions Automatically with Your iPhone
If you have to dial an extension to reach some of your contacts--or a code to join a conference--you know it's a hassle remembering that information or looking it up before placing a call.
How to Use Siri to Search Your Photos by Date or Location
Apple's Photos app is a pretty solid offering, but if you take a lot of photos with your iPhone, you know it can be a hassle scrolling through them all to find photos you took at a certain location or on a certain date.
How to Make Live Tiles on Your Start Menu for Each Account in Windows 10 Mail
The Mail app in Windows 10 is surprisingly robust, supporting multiple accounts and multiple services like Outlook, Gmail, Exchange, and of course POP3 and IMAP.
How to Gain Full Permissions to Edit Protected Registry Keys
We talk about a lot of cool things here at How-To Geek that you can do by editing the Windows Registry.
How to Show the Control Panel and Recycle Bin in the Windows File Explorer Navigation Pane
By default, the Windows File Explorer's sidebar is divided into big categories like Quick Access, This PC, Network, and so on.
How to Delete Text Messages and iMessages in iOS
Whether you got them by iMessage or SMS, sometimes you need to remove messages from your iOS device's message history.
How to Disable the "New App Installed" Notification in Windows 8 and 10
When you install a new app--like, say, a video player--but don't set the new app as the default for file types it supports, when you open a file that app can read--in this example, a video file--Windows will notify you that you have a "new app that can open this type of file", and show a window to choose a new default app for that file type.
How to Create, Manage, and Delete Alarms Using Siri
Siri is actually pretty useful for all kinds of things, from searching for things to identifying songs.
How to See Previous Logon Information on the Windows Sign In Screen
By default, most versions of Windows record an event every time a user tries to log on, whether that log on is successful or not.
How to See a List of Songs You've Identified Using Siri
Siri can make use of the Shazam engine to identify songs it hears, which is pretty useful--especially if you're using Siri hands-free.
How to Make an Emergency Call on an iPhone
There's an emergency and you have to use someone else's locked iPhone to call for help.
How to Change the Location of Microsoft Edge's Download Folder
Most browsers, like Google Chrome and Internet Explorer, let you change the default downloads folder by adjusting settings within the browser.
How to Clear Your Call History on the iPhone
Your iPhone keeps a history of recent calls you've made and received.
How to Make the Windows 10 Taskbar More Transparent
The taskbar in Windows 10 is highly configurable, and Windows 10 already includes an option in its personalization settings to make the taskbar transparent.