Windows Troubleshooting Tool

Everyone has problems with their computer at some point or another. It doesn’t matter if you are using Windows, Linux or Mac as your operating system. Computers are not perfect and they… Read More

ComboFix Anti Malware Scanner

Malware, spyware and scareware are all terms used to describe infections on your computer that can cause things such as performance issues and crashes as well as try to trick you into… 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

Choosing a Network Location for Your Computer

As the computing world gets more connected you will need to know more about how things work when it comes to connecting your computer to different networks to make sure you are… Read More

Installing RAM (memory)

One of the easiest and most effective upgrades you can do to your PC is to install more RAM memory (random access memory). RAM is the memory your computer uses to store… Read More

How DHCP Works

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) simplifies the management of IP address configuration by automating address configuration for network clients. All computers that participate on TCP/IP networks or the Internet need to have… Read More

The Action Can’t be Completed Because the Folder or a File in it is Open in Another Program Message

Computers are always renaming, moving and deleting files and most of the time the process goes pretty smoothly. But sometimes there are reasons why you can’t do this, for example if you… Read More

Viewing and Troubleshooting Windows Services

The Windows operating system runs on services and can’t function without them. There are many services running at all times with services depending on other services to run. Window has its own… Read More

How to Switch Between Keyboard & Input Languages on Windows 8

There always comes a time when the need to switch between various input languages in one’s computer becomes a requirement. Whether one is, say, biologically multilingual, has a French report due in… 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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