Tips, tricks and guides
4 Ways to Find GPS Coordinates for Any Location
Plus how to get latitude and longitude for your current location
How to Find BIOS Version on Computer
So you can figure out whether you need to update it or not
Need to find or check the current BIOS version on your laptop or desktop computer? The BIOS or UEFI firmware is the software that comes installed on your PC motherboard by […]
Change Clock To and From Military Time in Windows
You think it would be super easy, but it's not
Most people probably don’t care, but the default time display in Windows is 12 hour format, not military time. However, for all of the people who routinely tell time using […]
How to Check the RPM of Your Hard Drive?
Very important if you are not upgrading to an SSD
Have you recently received a new computer or have an older one lying around and wanted to find out the RPM of the hard drive? Even though a lot of newer […]
How to Fix USB Device Not Recognized in Windows
The fix that worked for us, plus a few others you can try
Are you getting a “USB device not recognized” error whenever you plug in a USB mouse, keyboard, camera, or other device? I can’t live without USB ports and currently have 5 […]
How to Manage Browser Cookies for Better Privacy
Disabling third-party cookies in Chrome, Firefox, IE and Safari
Want to clear your browser of all cookies stored locally on your computer? Cookies, sometime called web cookies or tracking cookies, are small pieces of text sent by a server […]
The Ultimate Guide to Making Firefox Faster
The quick brown firefox jumped over the lazy dog
If you’ve been using Firefox for a long time, you may have noticed it getting slower as time passed. Maybe it takes a few seconds to start up or takes […]
How to Restart Windows in Safe Mode
Troubleshoot booting problems in Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8.1 and Windows 10
Need to get into Safe Mode on your Windows PC? If you’re not able to boot your computer normally, you can try to enter safe mode, a diagnostic mode for Windows […]
How to Diagnose, Check, and Test for Bad Memory
Common symptoms when your RAM has a problem
Though rare, there are times when the memory chips (aka RAM) on your computer can go bad. They usually outlast all other components on a PC because they have no […]
Best Ways to Quickly Hide Windows Applications
Sometimes you don't want people to see what you are doing
You’ve probably run into the situation at home or at the office where you were doing something confidential on the computer and someone else came by right at that time. […]
How to Burn Windows Movie Maker WMV Video to DVD
It depends on what version of Windows you are running
By default, Windows ME, Windows XP and Windows Vista included Windows Movie Maker (WMM) for creating and editing home videos. With Windows 7, it became a separate product part of the […]
How to Change the File Type Icon in Windows
Because generic icons are so darn ugly
If you have a file on your computer with a non-recognizable extension, then Windows will simply assign that file a generic file icon. If you work in a corporate environment, […]
How to Remotely Shutdown or Restart a Windows Computer
3 different ways to flip the switch
This article will show you how to use the remote shutdown command tool in Windows to remotely shutdown or restart a local or networked computer. This can be very useful […]
How to Setup Free Dynamic DNS for Remote Access to Your PC
Get a virtual static IP address so you can connect from anywhere
What is Dynamic DNS you might be asking? Basically, dynamic DNS is a service provided by third-party providers whereby a constantly changing IP address given by an ISP is updated regularly and […]
Disable Restart Now Message After Windows Automatic Update Message
If you are disciplined, it's ok to do this
One of the most important and occasionally most annoying features of Windows is Windows Update. On the second Tuesday of each month Microsoft releases their software updates and patches for Windows, which […]
Change Windows Startup and Shutdown Sounds
It will give you a new lease on life
I never was a huge fan of the Windows startup or shutdown sounds, which is why I was so happy they were removed in Windows 8. However, if you want […]
How to Manually Edit the Right Click Menu in Windows
Third-party applications can make it ridiculously long
The last time I right-clicked on a file, I was annoyed by the fact that it took a full two seconds to load the context menu. Why? Well because I […]
How to Print a List of Files in a Windows Directory
If you need it in a fancy spreadsheet, check out these freeware utilities
Recently, I had to send a friend a list of all the files and folders in a particular directory on my computer and it took me some time to figure […]
