Virus Glossary

When it comes to fighting viruses and other forms of infections that can cause damage to your computer or files it helps to know some terminology to keep yourself aware of what… Read More

Windows Credential Manager

Credential Manager is a feature that comes with Windows Vista and up that stores credentials for your various user accounts all in one place. These can be user names and passwords that… Read More

How to Have Both Automatic (Dynamic) and Manual (Static) IP Address Settings at the Same Time

Dynamic IP addresses are IP addresses that change over time and are usually allocated automatically by a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server. These are common for workstations and home computers. Static… Read More

USB 3.0 Overview

USB (Universal Serial Bus) is a type of cable and port used to connect external peripheral devices to a computer to transfer data as well as sometimes power these devices. It uses… Read More

Using Event Viewer to Troubleshoot Problems

The Windows Event Viewer is a handy built in Windows utility to diagnose problems with your computers and servers. The Event Viewer keeps a log of what is going on with your… Read More

Disable the “Speed up browsing by disabling add-ons” Message in Internet Explorer

As Microsoft "improves" its Internet Explorer web browser they make changes for security and performance improvements. But as they make these changes we end users have to deal with adjusting the browser… Read More

Word Hyperlinks Change When File is Copied to New Location

Word will use either relative or absolute hyperlinks when creating these links in your documents. Relative hyperlinks contain an address that is relative to the address of the destination file. It doesn’t… Read More

3 Ways Gamers Can Get the Most Performance Out of Their Computer

PC gaming is perhaps the most rewarding platform for gamers. Computers tailored specifically for gaming are able to produce stunning visuals and can provide much better graphics than consoles can. However, not… Read More

Finding Duplicate Cell Values in Excel

If you are a serious Excel user and have huge spreadsheets with a lot of data in them then managing your data can be a real task. If you need to worry… Read More

Windows Server Commands

With the introduction of Windows Server 2003 came some new command line utilities designed to make server and network administration easier. Plus most of the earlier Windows commands are there as well.… Read More
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