If you are missing your Start button in the new Windows 8 interface, there are ways of getting it back to you. Prompts you to install Advanced Pro. Licence: Free Operating System: Windows 8 File Size: 4.49 MB Download File Visit IOBit to Download the file
Show hidden files Here’s how to display hidden files and folders. Open Folder Options by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Folder Options. Click the View tab. Under Advanced settings, click Show hidden files, folders, and drives, and then click OK.
Free Photos? Looking for those free, high-quality images for your project? Check out Morgue Files The morguefile was created by Michael Connors as a college student in 1996. It is currently a collaborative effort between brothers Kevin Connors and Michael Connors, with Johannes Seemann. The morguefile contains photographs freely contributed by many artists to be used in creative projects by [...]
A great original article from Mat Greenfield at CNET Firstly, retrieve your handset from the drink right away. A prolonged plunge will increase the risk of damage. Resist the urge to check if it still works or press any buttons, since putting pressure on the keys could shift liquid farther into the device. In all [...]
Start your computer in safe mode Safe mode starts Windows with a limited set of files and drivers. Startup programs don’t run in safe mode, and only the basic drivers needed to start Windows are installed. For more information, see What is safe mode? Safe mode is useful for troubleshooting problems with programs and drivers [...]
Windows – How to take Screenshots This document describes how to capture an image of the screen in all versions of Windows. Press the Print Screen (sometimes marked as PrtSc or PrtScn) key on the keyboard (generally located in the top right hand corner) to capture an image of the entire screen and store it [...]
Here is a great article from Fast Company written by Kevin Purdy: Upgrade Your Family And Coworkers’ Tech Without Becoming Their Help Desk | Fast Company http://bit.ly/vYfmYH At work, deep in a project, you try to make the moves that will create the fewest questions and hassles down the line. So why do so many [...]
Many of you probably already have it, but may not have it configured properly. If you have a wireless router at home you should password protect it. There are two types of passwords you can put on a wireless router: To secure any changes being made to the router To lock down from people using [...]
Clearing your browser cache is simple and helps you perform better and keep you safer while online. Some tips from the sources: See this great article by the gods and godesses of Google: http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=32050 Google Chrome Deleting cache and other browser data You have full control over your browsing data. This data includes your [...]
Better Web Browsing A few tips when browsing the web. Useful for most browsers: GO BACK – Backspace – previous page (unless your cursor is in a text field) – instead of clicking on the back arrow FIND – Control + F is find – Enter to find next item in your search – Escape [...]
I’ve read a few things about transferring Google accounts where people said that it cannot be done. Wrong. I recently had to transfer ownership of a Google place and this is how it’s done: Log in to your Google Places Account Go to the dashboard Select delete (under your business details) Select “Remove this listing from my Google [...]
Recently as I was working on a friend’s laptop (Toshiba Satellite) and was restoring back to the factory defaults and thought I was stuck in a loop, I wasn’t. They system kept rebooting and saying, “Preparing your computer for first use”. Then it would boot into a Toshiba system customization in progress screen, this image: [...]
Here are some tools that I’ve used to help disinfect a computer: Malwarebytes used successfully SUPERAntiSypware used successfully Microsoft Security Essentials (Vista and Windows 7 only) I use this one at home and I’ve been impressed with it. You may have to start your system in SAFE MODE. This can be accomplished by rebooting your machine, and [...]
Find yourself typing away and go to hit the Question Mark and have É instead? press CTRL+SHIFT (press CTRL first and while holding press SHIFT, sometimes you have to do it twice in a row to disable.) Should be back to normal keyboard. Disable permanently: There’s two ways to do this. Right click on the keyboard [...]
