Windows God Mode

Windows comes with many tools and utilities to do a variety of things such as performing backups, defragmenting your hard drive, changing your default programs, adding printers and so on. If you… Read More

Computer Networking Terminology

There are thousands of words, phrases and terms used in the networking world. Since most of us are not future Cisco employees we decided to list some of the more common terminology… Read More

Buying a New Computer That is Right for You

If you are in the market for a new computer but don’t have a clue as to how much of a computer you need to do what you want to do with… Read More

Open a Word Document as Read-Only or as a Copy

As you may know, in Windows you can copy files from one location to another giving you multiple copies of the same file. There can be many reasons to do this such… Read More

Configuring Automatic Updates in Windows

Starting with Windows 98 Critical Updates, Microsoft has been making it easier to keep your computer up to date. In the older days, you would have to go out to the Microsoft… Read More

Image Resizer Tool for Windows

Anyone who has a digital camera or smartphone has emailed a picture or pictures to someone at one point or another. With today’s high megapixel cameras and their large file size it… Read More

Add the Start button to Windows 8 with RetroUI

If you have been a long time Windows user and don’t want to “upgrade” to Windows 8 because of the lack of a Start button and Programs then there may be hope… Read More

Windows Hardware Requirements

Not all hardware will run all operating systems, especially Windows. Hardware components such as processors and RAM are getting faster all the time and that’s a good thing because operating system requirements… Read More
NAS vs. SAN Network Storage

NAS vs. SAN Network Storage

There has been some debate for years about which type of network storage is the best way to go. It will depend on your environment just like most computing decisions. Here are… Read More

Windows Control Panel Options – Part 3

The Fonts section will display all of your installed fonts. Here you can get an idea of what each font looks like as well as add or remove additional fonts. Double clicking… Read More
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