Tips, tricks and guides
Wireless Tips – Does Your Wireless Router Keep Disconnecting or Dropping the Connection?
There are 3 reasons why this is happening
Disable Startup Programs in Windows 7/8/10
Can greatly increase the speed of your computer
Don’t you hate it when you start up your computer and have to wait 10 minutes while all kinds of programs load up: Dropbox, antivirus, Chrome, Java, Apple, Adobe, graphics drivers, printer drivers, etc! I […]
How to Restore a Dead or Dying Laptop Battery
Short of using voodoo on it
Laptop batteries are expensive pieces of equipment, so if you have an old laptop that still works fine, who wants to shell out upwards of $100 to replace the battery […]
Defragmenting Your Hard Drive in Windows XP/7/8
Puts your data in a single block to make the computer faster
In this article, we’re going to cover defragmenting hard drives in Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8. Defragging your hard drive every once in a while is very important […]
How to Forcefully Clear the Print Queue in Windows
Get rid of that stuck print job
Have you ever run into the situation where you try to print something and nothing happens? You wait for it to print, but the job doesn’t go through? There are […]
How to Check if Your VPN Connection is Actually Encrypted
Maybe it's a little paranoid but better safe than sorry
I recently subscribed to a VPN service for my personal use so that my Internet connection from home is completely encrypted. With all the spying and hacking revelations going on […]
Fix “Cannot Delete Folder. You Need Permission To Perform This Action”
Hint: "Mother may I?" doesn't work
You can always count on Windows to throw massively annoying errors at you when trying to do the simplest of things. For example, deleting a folder! I tried to delete […]
How to Pass All iPhone Traffic through an Encrypted VPN
Because even your banking app may not do it
Today, we use our smartphones for everything from reading news to checking bank accounts to ordering food to texting family and friends. You always read about being careful when using […]
OTT Guide to Securing Your Digital Life After Death
A grim but very important subject
When it comes to the digital world, I’m the only one in my family that knows much about it. Unfortunately, my wife uses only her iPhone for email, Facebook, chatting, […]
OTT Explains – Why Your iPhone Charges Fast First and Then Slows Down
You may not like the answer
If you own an iPhone, iPad or iPod, you may have noticed something a little odd about the way it charges: fast up to a certain percentage and then slower […]
Why You Should No Longer Be Using Windows XP
It's so 2001 and makes you vulnerable to hackers
Even though Windows XP was released way back in 2001, it’s still a pretty great operating system. It’s stable, has a Start button and gets the job done. That’s why […]
How to Create Animated GIFs from Images using Photoshop CS6
Also how to import video and do the same thing
I recently took some funny pictures of my cousin and wanted to create my own animated GIF instead of using the “Auto Awesome” one created automatically by Google+. Since I […]
OTT Guide to Giving Guests Access to Your Local Network
After all, it's the polite thing to do
You have probably run into the situation many times where a family member or friend visits your house and needs to access something on your network. Maybe they need a […]
Transfer Data to Amazon S3 Quickly using AWS Import Export
You can send them a drive and they'll do it for you
If you have hundreds of gigabytes or even terabytes of data on your local network at home, you probably have it all stored on a computer, an external hard drive […]
How to Move Amazon S3 Data to Glacier
Learn how to create a Lifecycle Policy and save $$
Amazon S3 is a cloud storage solution from Amazon that provides infinite storage capacity for relatively-low prices. I currently use it to keep a backup of my local NAS (network […]
How to Capture, Save, Record or Download Streaming Audio for Free
Some simple workarounds anyone can do
Ever wonder how you could possibly record or rip a song that’s being streamed across the Internetonto your computer for free? Trying to download streaming audio directly to your computer […]
How to Connect Your Laptop/PC/Computer to Your TV
Nowadays there are a lot of different options
This article will teach you how to connect your PC or computer to a TV or HDTV using wired and wireless connections. You have many options these days, so it really […]
How to Shrink PDF File Size
With or without using Adobe Acrobat
If you work with PDF files, you know how they can become very large very quickly if they contain graphics and images. Luckily, you can compress PDF files like you […]
