How to Troubleshoot Printer Problems on a Windows PC

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At some point in the past you subscribed to the How-To Geek newsletter, but if you'd like to change the frequency or unsubscribe, you can do so by clicking the button. Change my Subscription (or unsubscribe) Today's How-To Geek Articles By popular request, we're including a quick list of the daily articles at the top of the daily email as well as the regular format near the bottom. How to Enable Handoff on Your Apple Watch How to Troubleshoot Printer Problems on a Windows PC How to Troubleshoot Printer Problems on a Mac How to Rename Any Computer, Smartphone, or Tablet How to Play Multiplayer Party Games on Your Chromecast How to Force Quit an App on Apple Watch How to Use Parental Controls and Child Profiles on an Amazon Fire Tablet Geek Comic Today's Tech Term Always On Always On refers to systems that are continuously available, connected to networks, continually operational, online, and/or plugged in (powered) 24/7. What We're Reading This section contains what we're reading from around the web, along with commentary from our editors. Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. Remembering the beautifully boring MMO Star Wars Galaxies In the early 2000s there was a Star Wars multiplayer game where not everyone was a Jedi Knight or bounty hunter (and lots of people were chefs, dancers, mayors, and other classic roles usually filled by NPCs). Fascinating read. [Kill Screen] Star Wars: Linguists Explain the Way Yoda Speaks Most of us can imitate Yoda, but it takes a linguist to explain exactly what is going on with Yoda's curious speaking style. [The Atlantic] How 'Star Wars' changed the way we think about toys Star Wars changed not only the way we play with toys but the way we collect them as well. [The Daily Dot] The Year We Started Buying Phones Like We Buy Cars This year marked the biggest shift in how consumers purchase their cellphones: the extended contract is almost completely dead. [Wired] You May Own Apple's Phone, but You're using Google's Apps The popularity of apps like Gmail and Google Calendar persist across phone operating systems. [Recode] D&D in Virtual Reality Is Better than the Real Thing AltSpaceVR partnered with Wizards of the Coast to bring an official Dungeons & Dragons experience to virtual reality. [Motherboard] How to Enable Handoff on Your Apple Watch Handoff is the feature on Apple Watch and iPhone that allows you to start a task on one device and finish it on another. For example, you might check email on your watch and then switch to your phone to compose a reply. Read This Article → How to Troubleshoot Printer Problems on a Windows PC The paperless office isn’t yet here for many of us, and printers are still a fact of life. If your printer isn’t working quite right on a Windows PC, here are some simple troubleshooting tips that can fix it. Read This Article → How to Troubleshoot Printer Problems on a Mac Printers come in all shapes and sizes, but they have similar problems. Troubleshooting a printer on a Mac is similar to troubleshooting it on a Windows PC, but the options you’ll need to check are in different places on Mac OS X than they are on Windows. Read This Article → How to Rename Any Computer, Smartphone, or Tablet It’s a good idea to give each of the devices you use a meaningful name. This is especially important on Windows 10, as Microsoft has removed the computer name option from the first-time setup process. Windows 10 PCs will just receive random, meaningless names by default. Read This Article → How to Play Multiplayer Party Games on Your Chromecast Google’s Chromecast offers a way to play games on your TV, too. You won’t find the same ecosystem of games you will for the Apple TV or Amazon’s Fire TV, but you will find some fun party games people can gather around the TV and play, using their smartphones as controllers. Read This Article → How to Force Quit an App on Apple Watch If an app on your Apple Watch stops responding, or you just want to fully quit an app, there is a way to force the app to quit rather than rebooting the entire watch. The procedure is pretty simple. Read This Article → How to Use Parental Controls and Child Profiles on an Amazon Fire Tablet Amazon’s Fire Tablet offers both parental controls for quickly locking down a device as well as fine-grained “child profiles”. These child (or teen) profiles use the Kindle FreeTime feature, which is perhaps the most sophisticated parental-control solution for a tablet operating system Read This Article → Advertisement Download The Essentials of IT Operations Management Kit - Includes a Free $11.95 Value eBook! 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