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xSP

xSP is the ‘generic’ term for any type of service that is provisioned, accessed, and/or managed via the Internet. Some examples of xSPs are: Application Service Providers (ASPs), Network Service Providers (NSPs), and Internet Service Providers (ISPs).

How-To Geek’s Skype Account Got Hacked, and Skype Support Won’t Help

Late last night, Skype sent me an email letting me know that they had successfully changed my email address to thegeek@cock.li and I should visit my account to review my changes. Except I didn’t change anything. And What?

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How to Quickly Share Your Location Using Messages on Your Apple Watch

Trying to describe where you are and how to get you to a friend or family member? You can quickly and easily send your location to someone when viewing a conversation between you and that person in Messages on your Apple Watch.

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How to Stop Windows 10 From Asking You For Feedback

Windows 10 doesn’t just automatically collect information about your computer usage. It does do that, but it may also pop up from time to time and ask for feedback. Here’s how to disable any Windows Feedback pop-up notifications you may see.

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HTG Explains: Everything You Know About Resolution Is Probably Wrong

As with most things, when you dissect a popular term like “resolution” to an acedemic (or geeky) level, you find that it’s not as simple as you might have been led to believe. Today we’re going to see just how far the concept of “resolution” goes, briefly talk about the implications of the term, and a little bit about what higher resolution means in graphics, printing, and photography.

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What is Actually Happening When a Windows Computer is Shutting Down?

While most of us probably give little thought to all that is happening each time we shut our computers down, what is actually going on ‘under the hood’ during the shutdown process? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answers to a curious reader’s question.

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How to Control Your Philips Hue Lights with the Hue Dimmer Switch

The Philips Hue lighting system is really awesome and easy to control entirely from your smartphone but people love physical switches. The new Hue Dimmer Switch is the perfect way to add a wall switch into your Hue lighting system. Let’s take a look at how it works now.

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How to Reply to Emails on Your Apple Watch

Until watchOS 2, the "Mail" app could only show notifications for and display incoming emails. Now, you can reply to emails messages in Mail using your Apple Watch the same way that you can reply to text messages on your watch.

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How to Change Passwords on Any Device (Windows, Mac, Smartphone)

It may seem like a simple thing, but changing your password is a fact of life, and knowing how to do it is something we here at How-To Geek generally take for granted, but the question is: do you know how to change your password?

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How to Mount and Use an exFAT Drive on Linux

The exFAT file system is ideal for flash drives and SD cards. It’s like FAT32, but without the 4 GB file size limit. You can use exFAT drives on Linux with full read-write support, but you’ll need to install a few packages first.

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