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How to remove red eye?

One of the most common problems in photography regardless of which digital camera you use is what’s called ‘red eye’. No doubt you’ve seen this effect in your own or other people’s photos – the pupils of the person in the photo glow a bright red, which can prove a major distraction. The red-eye effect is caused when a flash is used too close to a lens (and with compact cameras, this will always be the case) in low-light conditions. Never fear, though. There’s a very easy way to correct this annoying effect – here’s how. Before you can begin, you’ll need a photo software program. In this guide, I’ve used the free Windows Live Photo Gallery .However, you’ll find that other programs such as Photoscape and Paint.net follow a very similar process. You’ll need: a computer with Windows Live Photo Gallery installed any photos you would like to edit saved in a folder on your computer or to an external storage device. Follow these step-by-step instructions to remove red eye Step 1: Open Windows ...

Control automatic updates in Windows 10

You've surely often heard that keeping your operating system up-to-date is good for your security and it's actually true. However, there are people who could have valid reasons for wanting to hold off on an update. Unfortunately, Microsoft has decided to prevent all Windows 10 users from disabling the automatic updates. Since I hate it when people restrict my freedoms, here's how you can work around this restriction and control the automatic updates in Windows 10. Disabling Windows 10 updates Even though Microsoft has made it harder to this, there are still a couple of tricks that you can use to prevent your operating system from updating: Windows 10 Home users can  lie to their operating system, telling it that they're on a metered network. Since Microsoft doesn't want its users to have issues with their data caps, this will prevent the automatic download of updates. To do this, go to Start --> Settings --> Network & Internet --> Change...