Office Tips and Tricks

There are many useful and unique Microsoft Office tips and tricks you can try to enhance your Office skills or even make using Office more fun. Many of the tricks you can… Read More

A DIY Guide to Replacing A Laptop Computer Screen

A laptop computer without a properly working screen is pretty much useless. Laptop screens can fail for many reasons; they may become damaged (from a fall or spill) or develop internal problems… Read More

How a Laser Printer Works

Almost everyone who has a computer has printed or has had the need to print something at some time whether it’s been a document or picture etc. When it comes to printers,… Read More

Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)

There are many types of hard drives that you can use for your workstation or server computers such as IDE, SATA, SCSI, Solid State and now SAS or Serial Attached SCSI. Serial… Read More

OpenVPN vs. PPTP

What is PPTP? The Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is method of connecting private networks. It provides access to a server over a secure connection via the internet for Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).… Read More

Running Linux and Windows on the Same Computer

If you have ever wanted to try out the Linux operating system but don’t want to setup a separate computer, add another hard drive or try to re-partition your current hard drive… Read More

Windows Pin to Taskbar and Pin to Start Menu Feature

Windows Vista an up offer a nice feature that lets you pin shortcuts to your favorite programs to your Start Menu or Taskbar allowing you quick and easy access to them. You… Read More

Setting Windows AutoPlay Options

You may have noticed that when you do things such as put a CD or DVD in your drive or plug in your digital camera that Windows asks you what you want… Read More

How To Switch Your Personal Computing From Windows To Linux

About ten years ago I was trying to help my uncle to reduce the IT costs of running his small home based office. His computer was old and Windows 98 was running… Read More

DDR2 vs. DDR3 Memory

RAM (Random Access Memory) or just memory for short is what your computer uses to temporarily run programs with or open files in while you use them. It’s much faster than hard… Read More
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