Tips, tricks and guides
Turn on Windows Tablet PC Components in Windows
Access features like handwriting recognition and Windows Journal
If you own a tablet PC, you have available to you a set of interface applications and features not available to regular PC users. Some of these features include handwriting […]
How to Connect Xbox 360 to Windows PC
Share pictures, video, and music and show them off on your flat screen TV
If you have an Xbox 360 console, you can easily share all the pictures, videos and music stored on your computer with your console. This is nice if you have […]
Dealing with Too Many Fonts in Windows?
It can slow down your performance
Unknown to some Windows users, it’s the operating system that stores and manages fonts on a computer, not the individual applications that make use of them. Still, with each application […]
Fix Windows Cannot Configure This Wireless Connection
Put down the hammer and try this instead
Recently, I had a client that was not able to connect to his wireless network with the built-in wireless card on his laptop. Basically, the connection suddenly dropped one day […]
Turn on Private Browsing Mode in Chrome and Opera
But this doesn't guarantee you aren't being recorded
We have previously talked about private browsing mode in Firefox (Turn on Private Browsing in Firefox) and Internet Explorer (Enable Private Browsing in IE 11/Edge). This post will cover how to […]
Fix “\\computer is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource”
Windows can be so finicky sometimes
In this article, I’m going to write a troubleshooting guide for file sharing or networking between two computers. Unfortunately, Windows can be finicky and even though you may think everything […]
Windows Calculator Missing or Disappeared?
Don't post up a flyer, try this
You’re probably reading this article if you were going to find the calculator on your Windows machine to perform an important calculation, but after a bit of searching you realized that […]
“Duplicate name exists on the network” Windows Error
A problem that exists with pre-Windows 7 computers
Previously, I wrote an article about what would happen if you had two computers with the same IP address on the same network: an IP address conflict. However, what happens when […]
Can’t Play MP4 Files on Your XBox 360?
Don't throw it in the garbage, try this
The Xbox 360 is an annoying game console. After first giving me the blinking red ring of death error, which forced me to return it to Microsoft, it has now stopped […]
Send Ctrl-Alt-Delete in a Remote Desktop Session
By default it goes to your local PC
Remote Desktop is a nifty little windows feature that allows you to remotely connect to another PC and manage it as if you were physically at the console. You can […]
How to Update Your PSP Firmware
We'll show you 3 different ways to do it
I always have and always will believe that it’s worth installing an upgrade to firmware for any device, whether it be a computer, wireless router, or game console. In this […]
How to Change the Default Program to Open a File With
Helpful if you've added a brand new program
With so many great open source programs on the market, it’s pretty normal for people to use third party text editors, photo editors, etc. instead of the default programs installed […]
How to Repair and Fix Winsock Error in Windows
You have to reset the entire TCP/IP protocol stack
Winsock is a specification that is used in Windows to determine how network applications communicate with network services, such as TCP/IP. It basically defines how two network programs will communicate […]
How to Fix "Missing or corrupt NTFS.sys" Error in Windows XP
When the answer from Microsoft Support doesn't work
One of my Windows XP computers at home crashed today with the error “Missing or corrupt Ntfs.sys” and would not get past the initial BIOS screen. I eventually got it […]
How to Fix "Host process for windows services stopped working and was closed"
And what exactly this cryptic error means
Don’t you just love cryptic Windows errors? In this post, I’ll be going through some steps you can take to fix the “Host process for windows services stopped working and […]
How to Fix Microsoft Windows Search Indexer Stopped Working and Was Closed
The complete solution to this annoying notification
Being the computer guy in my family, I perform all the technical support tasks and sometimes run into strange issues that I decide to write about. Of course with Windows, […]
How to Block Internet Web Sites with Free Parental Control Software
We'll show you 2 of the very best
Are you on the lookout for free web filtering and parental control software that you can use on a home or school computer to block access to porn, gambling, social […]