Monitor and Troubleshoot Your PC's Operations in Real Time
One of the most common questions I'm asked when people email me with PC questions is how they can find out exactly what it is that's causing X disk operation or
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Fix Your Windows Networking Issues, Top Tips and Webcast
Nothing seems to annoy PC users more than networking problems.
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How to Secure Windows Phone with a Delayed Password
One of the problems with Windows Phone when the operating system was first released was that while you could secure your phone with a passcode it was either all
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Remove Applications from the Context Menu in Windows Manually
Windows may accumulate new context menu items any time you install programs on the system.
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Copy CMD Output Directly To The Clipboard
The Windows command line prompt can be handy at times, and sometimes even the only option to execute a specific command on the operating system.
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Speed Up Dropbox Download Speeds
Sometimes, or maybe even all the time, when you synchronize or download files from your Dropbox online storage you may notice that file transfer rates are lower
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How to maintain a good security and backup strategy, Part 1 - the Home
Data is now everywhere and we store pretty much everything as data.
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Using GFI Backup Free Edition to Backup Files to an External Drive
Backing up data on your computer is important and most users know this.
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Windows Password Resetter, Restore or Reset A Windows Account Pass
When I worked for one of Germany's biggest financial organizations back before I started blogging full time, I had to change my user account password on a regul
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Change Windows 7 Library Icons with Library Icons Changer
So many users enjoy customizing various features and appearances in Windows 7.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Using Templates in MS Excel and Word 2007/ 2010
Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010 include templates in the applications.
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How to Create a Master Document in Word 2010
Word 2010 features a master document feature that enables you to collect multiple Word documents into a single Word file.
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Backing up and Restoring Windows Drivers
The hardware driver support in Windows 7 is just fantastic, especially with consumer hardware with more and more companies submitting their drivers for official
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How To Remove File Properties In Windows
Some files contain so called meta data.
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How To Crop Videos With Free Software
I record game videos every now and then to upload them to the YouTube channel of one of my pet-project websites.
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Converting Binary to Hexadecimal
Every now and then it’s nice to take break from tutorials, and look at something a little geekier.
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Increase your Laptop’s Battery Life with Advanced Power Settings
There’s nothing more annoying than digging out your laptop to do some important work, only to find you have 5% battery power left, or worse still the lap
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Use Windows 7 Backup to Schedule Automatic File Backups
Backing up your data is essential.
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Windows 8, How To Automatically Log On using a local account
One of the first things that I configure on a new personal computer that only I use is the automatic system log on.
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Using Windows 7 Advanced Search Operators
Windows users are familiar with the not so perfect search utility in XP.
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Advanced Data Backup Considerations
In a home environment, many people neglect to backup their files and systems, and are then devastated when their computer fails taking all their precious files
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How To Install Windows 8 From USB Key
Microsoft has just released a developer preview of their upcoming operating system Windows 8.
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Configure Alerts For News In RSSOwl
I currently have 220 different website feeds configured in the desktop feed reader RSSOwl.
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How to Customize Default Line Spacing in Microsoft Word 2007, 2010
When you have made the move from older versions of Microsoft Office to Office 2007 or Office 2010, one of the first things that you notice in Word is the differ
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How to Hack the Windows Experience Index
When you look at the Windows Experience Index (WEI), you see certain information about your PC.
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How To Cancel Drag And Drop Operations In Windows
Drag and drop operations can be very handy in Windows Explorer.
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Share Microsoft Office Documents on Facebook with Docs.com
While Windows Live SkyDrive can allow you to share documents, the person with whom you wish to share an Office document with will have to sign up for a new acco
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What's The Difference Between A Codec, Container And Video Format?
Do you know that video codecs, video containers and video formats are three different things? If not, then this guide might be for you.
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How To Extract Images Or Text From PDF Documents
PDF documents can contain all kinds of media besides text.
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How To Split Large Files Into Multiple Smaller Ones
Sometimes you may need to send a file to a friend, colleague or family, or upload it to the Internet, that is just too large to go through without errors.
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How to Make a Flow Chart in Word?
To make a flowchart in Word, use SmartArt for a quick, automatic layout or the Shapes tool for a fully customized, manual design.
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Improve PC Security by Changing the RDP Port
PC security is comprised of effective firewalls, efficient anti-malware software, WPA and WEP codes as well as several other software-related tweaks and applica
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How to Automate the Disk Checking Utility in Windows 7
Windows allows you to check your hard drive for errors so that these errors can be repaired.
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Windows Explorer Folder History
Here is a short Windows Explorer tip that I would like to share with everyone.
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How to Add Apps to Explorer Favorites List in Windows 7
If you regularly use Windows Explorer, it is advantageous to be able to start any application from the Explorer Window.
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How To Clear Your YouTube Video Viewing History
All videos that you view on the popular video hosting website YouTube are logged by the service if you are logged in on the site during the time you are watchin
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Increase Windows 7 Performance in 4 Easy Steps
Even if you’ve just bought a brand new computer complete with Windows 7, you may find you’re lacking some power.
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Create Customized Default Screensavers in Windows 7 and Vista or Get Living Screensavers
Both Windows 7 and Vista include default screensavers.
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How to Install XP Mode on Windows 7 without Virtualization
Update: Please note that Windows XP was retired as of April 8, 2014 and that support for the operating system -- including Windows XP Mode for Windows 7 -- has
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How to Install IIS onto Windows 7
IIS, or Internet Information Server, is a web server application that you use to set up your own web server, and publish your own content.
