Latest articles tagged “how tos”
by Pete Daniel
on 25 January 2015
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With running system maintenance, finding a good time to complete it is difficult. The Automatic Maintenance feature in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 can be useful but sometimes you may want to turn it off. Here is how to turn off automatic maintenance. ... Read more
by Pete Daniel
on 25 January 2015
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When accessing the login screen in Windows 8.1 you are shown a list of visible user accounts. It is possible to hide any user account from displaying on the login screen of Windows 8.1. Here we explain how to hide a user or unhide it later on. ... Read more
by Pete Daniel
on 25 January 2015
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It is useful in Windows 8 to be able to turn on the Administrator account to access system controls that are hidden from lower access users in the operating system. It is possible to unhide and enable the hidden Administrator account by default. ... Read more
by Mihai Neacsu
on 25 January 2015
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With the launch of build 9926 of the Windows 10 Technical Preview, a new option is available for Windows 8 and 8/8.1 users: upgrade to Windows 10 via Windows Update ... Read more
by Mihai Neacsu
on 24 January 2015
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In this tutorial we'll show you how to start Chrome at the user selection window or with a specific user profile and pin a shortcut on taskbar (in Win 8/8.1 or 10), for that user only. ... Read more
by Pete Daniel
on 23 January 2015
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Occasionally Firefox users encounter a problem either with the software itself, a plug-in or an add-in that is playing havoc with the normal operation of the web browser. Now there is a browser refresh which can be initiated from the Firefox website. ... Read more
by Mihai Neacsu
on 16 January 2015
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You can perform a custom Refresh by creating a custom Windows 8/10 refresh image, with the help of a little utility called recimg.exe, which is included in Windows 8/8.1 and 10. ... Read more
by Mihai Neacsu
on 15 January 2015
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The stable version of Google Chrome just added an Account Switcher feature. Although most people will find it helpful, some will choose to disable it. In this tutorial we'll show you just how to do that. ... Read more
by Pete Daniel
on 2 January 2015
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Dropbox has a few neat little tricks that the service has to offer which not every user is aware of. Here are some of those which can help make files easier to access, choose which folders to sync and get the IP address for a missing device. ... Read more
by Pete Daniel
on 2 January 2015
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With new builds expected in early January, it is high time that more people were able to more easily install this new operating system. Well now they can. Windows 8.x users will be able to upgrade directly via Windows Update. ... Read more
by Pete Daniel
on 29 December 2014
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For people who use the Android operating system as their preferred mobile option and Google Chrome for their default web browser, they may find that they do a lot of distracted reading every day. Now there is a Reader Mode in Chrome for Android. ... Read more
by Pete Daniel
on 29 December 2014
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It used to be possible to create your own custom signature in an email application or in webmail and then every time you send a message out, the signature would display under your message. Since this time Gmail has decided to cut out the signatures. ... Read more
by Pete Daniel
on 28 December 2014
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Google Drive is pushing hard to gain new customers with cheap storage offers from 100 GB to 1 TB. The usefulness of this cloud storage option can be extended with these useful tricks which don't need extra apps installed. ... Read more
by Pete Daniel
on 24 December 2014
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AdBlock Plus is one of the leading ad blocking programs on the internet that is currently causing a bit of a stink in some circles over the loss of advertising income. AdBlock Plus team actually have an app for the Google Android market as well. ... Read more
by Pete Daniel
on 24 December 2014
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Google Drive is one of the most popular cloud-based storage services. A local copy of files is kept on a hard drive connected to a PC & sometimes a user will also connect via a the Google Drive app. But how can someone create a backup of Drive? ... Read more
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