Win+X Menu Editor for Windows 8

So you have your shiny new Windows 8 computer and are trying to figure out how things work compared to your old say Windows XP system that finally had to be replaced.… 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

Windows ReadyBoost

ReadyBoost is a Windows feature that allows you to speed up your computer by using external USB flash drives and flash memory cards as additional memory which your computer will use as… 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

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

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

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

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

Using the Print Screen Key

If you use the Print Screen key on your keyboard frequently then you would think everyone would know how to use it since it’s so easy. Knowing how to use the Print… Read More
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