The Back to Basics series looks at common tasks and problems that Windows users might encounter on a daily basis and explains solutions and ways to do those “things”. To kickoff this new article series I’m going to look at ways to backup the Windows Registry.
The Windows Registry is the core of the Windows system [...]
Back To Basics: Backup Registry
Boot Computer
The Internet is full of optimization tips for reducing the boot time and making the computer boot faster. Many of the tips described have virtually no effect or even ill-effects. The Boot Computer Faster article tries to bring the relevant elements to the table that have an effect on the computer startup speed.
Many users probably [...]
Bios Update Made Easy
Many users shy away from updating the computer bios of their motherboard probably because of the fear of damaging the motherboard irreparably. Methods have evolved in the last years and it is easier and safer to update the bios than it was five years ago.
The following article explains an easy and straightforward way of [...]
Windows Explorer Tip: Show In Groups
Not many users know that Windows Explorer is offering several options on how the folders and files are displayed. One useful Windows Explorer tip that I came across a while ago is to arrange the files and folders in groups in Windows Explorer. This basically means that every file will be sorted in a group [...]
Create Free Ringtones In iTunes
The Apple blog published a nice article explaining how to create free ringtones using only the Apple iTunes software. The only restriction of that method is that the song needs to reside on the hard drive of the user so that a ringtone can be created from it.
The method is pretty straightforward but requires a [...]
A Collection of Tips (Week 2)
It’s been a good week with some great tips and tech articles around the place. Here where my favourites:
Take Back Control Over Your Right Click Menus
An article over on Make Use Of which I particularly liked as I’ve been looking around for a application to do this for a while.
Philipp Lenssen’s Top Google Apps Tips
Some [...]
Default To Doc in Word 2007
It seems that Lifehacker is having Ghacks week which I personally do not mind but the amount of articles that they referred to is stunning. I found reference to another blog that had a tutorial on how to change the default save format in Word 2007 from Docx to Doc.
I had some problems in the [...]
