Sometimes when I search on Google, I would like to filter the results by date. This is often the case when I’m looking for a troubleshooting solution for Windows 7, and find only Windows XP solutions in the search results even after adding Windows 7 to the search phrase. Another example would be to find [...]
How to Create a Windows 7 System Backup Image & Repair Disk
Creating a system backup image can be extremely useful. If something goes wrong with your Windows 7 installation, you can’t log in, or files have become damaged and corrupted, you can boot directly from your repair disk to rectify the problem. You should note that when you restore from a system backup image, it is [...]
Speed Up Windows Explorer By Disabling Thumbnail Previews
Windows users have several file display modes at their disposal in Windows Explorer. This ranges from several list view modes to icon view modes. Several popular image formats are supported by Windows Explorer, which has the effect that they will show up as thumbnail images in Windows Explorer. Some users may prefer to disable the [...]
New Google Sign-In Page
Google users who want to sign in with their Google account on the Google website see currently a highlighted announcement on the page. The announcement reads “Coming Soon: A new sign-in page!” with options to preview the new page or to learn more about it. The change to the sign-in page is part of a [...]
Xbox Live user tries to sue Microsoft for $500 billion
I just love stories like this and it is the silly season after all so here’s a story to make you chuckle for the end of the weekend. A man known as David Stebbins from Arkansas has filed a motion in Seattle against Microsoft claiming that they owe him half a billion dollars. The claim [...]
Gameplay Time Tracker, Track Time You Spend Playing Games
The Steam gaming platform has a feature that displays the time a game has been played by a user. You can look up your times and the time your friends have played a particular game. But the time tracking is limited to games on Steam, which limits the usability significantly as it excludes web browser [...]
Extend your Wireless Network with a Repeater
If you have a wireless network at home, and your house has many rooms, or if you want to surf the internet while sitting outside on your patio, you may need to set up what’s known as a repeater. Repeaters will pickup signals from your main wireless transmitter such as your router and pass on [...]
A Guide To Facebook Security
Facebook on Thursday has released a security guide aimed at young adults, parents and educators to educate them about security concepts on the social networking site. The 14 pages of the pdf document are packed with information that range from general account protection information to using Facebook’s advanced security settings or recovering a hacked Facebook [...]
Backup Data to a Virtual Hard Drive in Windows 7
Not many are aware that it is possible to create Virtual Hard Drive images in Windows 7. Backing up your data is important and this article will detail how to backup data to a Virtual Hard Drive (VHD) or hard drive partition. Creating the Drive is the first step, but the backup is the crucial [...]