Password Protecting your Office Documents

In today’s age of viruses, malware and security breaches you may want to be able to protect your Office documents from people who shouldn’t be looking at them. Many people keep confidential… Read More
How USB Works

How USB Works

Universal Serial Bus, or USB for short provides a single, standardized, easy to use way to connect devices to a computer. It uses a much higher data transfer rate than many common… Read More
Command prompt ping

Ping Error Messages

PING (Packet Internet Groper) is a program used to test whether a particular network host is online by sending an ICMP (Internet control message protocol) echo request and waiting for a response.… Read More
Find Older Versions of Popular Software

Find Older Versions of Popular Software

Just because something is new doesn’t always mean it’s better than the older version, especially when it comes to software. Plus there may come a time when you get some new software… Read More
Increase Font or Letter Spacing in Microsoft Word

Increase Font or Letter Spacing in Microsoft Word

If you are a regular user of Microsoft Word or any word processing program I’m sure that you know that you can change the typestyle or font to suit your needs. If… Read More
Win+X Menu Editor

Win+X Menu Editor for Windows

So you have your shiny new Windows  computer and are trying to figure out how things work compared to your old say Windows XP system that finally had to be replaced. As… Read More

Using Previous Versions (Shadow Copies)

Shadow Copies or Previous Versions is a feature that was normally used for Windows Server operating system but is also available for Windows desktop versions. It allows you to go back to… Read More
Using Google to Perform Calculations

Using Google to Perform Calculations

Google is the most popular search engine in the world and that’s because its clean, easy to use interface offers great results and lets you find what you need without a bunch… Read More

Windows File Associations

File associations are used to tell Windows what program to use to open what type of file. Without them, Windows wouldn’t know what to do when you double clicked a file on… Read More

How to Create a Compressed Zip File in Windows

You may or may have not heard of or seen a zip file before but they are very common and used for many things. Zip files are a type of file that… Read More
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