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How to Fix “Windows Cannot Find the Microsoft Software License Terms”
While trying to install Windows 10 into a virtual machine so that I could upgrade that virtual machine to Windows 11, I was stopped by the useless error message “Windows cannot find the Microsoft Software License Terms. Make sure the installation sources are valid and restart the installation.” After fiddling around for a while, I was able to find a solution that worked. → Read More
How to Fix “Windows Upgrade Failed” Error Code 0x80070005
After buying a brand-new Windows laptop a few days ago, I was just about ready to return it and buy a new Linux laptop instead. Infuriatingly, the Microsoft Store kept giving me an error while upgrading to Windows 10 or 11 Pro—but I finally found an obscure fix that actually works. → Read More
Announcing LifeSavvy: It’s Like How-To Geek for Everything Else
Today we’re thrilled to finally announce something we’ve been working on for a while: a new site to help us expand our coverage beyond simply tech and gadgets, into the things that matter for everyday life. → Read More
Free Download: Winamp 5.8 Beta Is Official, Now Llama-Friendly
The tech world got really excited the other day with the news that Winamp was supposedly returning with an all-new version that would solve all of our music-listening problems. And now the official Winamp 5.8 is available for download. Great, right? → Read More
How to Find Out if You Were Affected by the Recent Facebook Hack
A few weeks ago, Facebook had to admit that up to 50 million accounts were accessed by hackers, and after an investigation, they’ve created a tool to let you know if you were affected. → Read More
Facebook Announces a Camera for Your House. Didn’t They Just Get Hacked?
Today Facebook announced their new Portal smart video calling device, complete with Alexa built-in, to help reinvent video chatting… but with their privacy track record, is this something you want? → Read More
Microsoft Pulls the Windows 10 October 2018 Update for Deleting Files
We previously warned you that the October 2018 update for Windows 10 was deleting people’s files, and now Microsoft has basically confirmed the issue by pulling the update for now. → Read More
Amazon Stops Giving a Free Month of Prime if Your Order Arrives Late
Amazon’s Prime has an awful lot of great benefits, but now one of the lesser-known ones is going away. Before, if your guaranteed shipment arrived late and you contacted Amazon, you could get a free month of Prime. But now that policy has quietly gone missing. → Read More
How to Play Google’s New Secret Easter Egg: a Text Adventure Game
Google has always had fun putting little easter eggs and hidden tricks and games into their products, and now somebody found a text adventure game hidden inside of Google.com if you’re using Chrome. Here’s how to play it. → Read More
No, Google Doesn’t Just Let Apps Read Your Email
There’s a story spreading in the news today that Google is letting companies scan through your email and sell the data, but this is really misleading. So what’s actually going on? → Read More
iOS 12 is Out Now, But Should You Upgrade?
Apple releases a new major version of iOS every single year, but they also have minor bugfix releases regularly. This time, it’s a big update to a major version. So should you upgrade? → Read More
Apple Announced New iPhones and Watches Today, Here’s Everything You Need to Know
Today Apple announced new Apple Watches and a handful of new iPhones that all have edge-to-edge, curved displays just like the iPhone X does. Here’s everything you need to know. → Read More
Here’s How to Watch Apple’s 2018 iPhone Announcement if You Missed It
It’s the biggest day of the year for tech announcements, with Apple’s regular September event where they unveil the new iPhones, and anything else. It’s already come and went, but here’s how to watch, and what you missed. → Read More
How-To Geek Has Switched to Disqus for Comments (If You Didn’t Already Notice)
After many years of people complaining that we don’t use Disqus, we’ve finally decided to make the switch. So now you can give us your opinions directly on the article page using a much simpler system. → Read More
How to Block Messages from Annoying People in Gmail
Raise your hand if you ever had someone that just won’t stop bugging you and keeps sending you unwanted emails. Sure, you could change your phone number and move 3,000 miles away, but changing your email is out of the question! Today we’ll learn how to auto-delete their annoying emails from ever reaching your inbox. → Read More
Will MoviePass Please Die So People Stop Complaining About It
For months now, the tech nerd community won’t stop talking about MoviePass, and I’m sick and tired of hearing about it. Can MoviePass just die already? → Read More
Geek Trivia: How Fast Was The CPU In The Original IBM PC?
Think you know the answer? Click through to see if you're right! → Read More
Geek Trivia: What Was The Secret Code Name For Windows 95?
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Is Google Replacing Android with Fuchsia? Maybe, But Not for a Long Time
Today Bloomberg is reporting that Google’s new Project Fuchsia operating system might actually be a successor to Android. Since this will likely fuel speculation, we thought we’d weigh in with our completely uninformed educated guesses as well. → Read More
The Best Prime Day Deals Are 50% Off Amazon Devices (Echo, Cameras, Fire, Kindle)
Amazon’s Prime Day officially starts at 3PM EST today, but as always, the real deals are deeply discounted Amazon products, and this year that includes smarthome devices like Ring, cloud camera, and security systems. → Read More