There’s some tech that no matter how hard you look, it will cost you a significant amount of money. Some items include television sets, wireless phones, and so on. Concerning computers, unfortunately there is nothing that has the build quality of PCs made years ago. For example, when Radio Shack sold Tandy branded computers prior ...…
For those who intend to transition over from XP to Windows 7, the way images/photos are viewed is different. Some things are improved but there are also things to watch out for. See video for details.…
In the early days of home computing, computers were proprietary almost to a fault. You absolutely could not run something for one computer on another. Something programmed for a DEC Rainbow would not run on a Commodore 64 would not run on an Apple II, etc. In fact you couldn’t even load anything for differing ...…
This is the registry cleaner I use, CCleaner. You’ve most likely seen this before but it’s my honest belief that it is the best registry cleaner that exists. And yes, it’s free. I have been using this software ever since it was called “Crap Cleaner”. This software literally SAVES ME from having to reinstall Windows ...…
Encoding FLV video, which is Flash video, has never been easy. Currently the easiest way to do it is to use the Flash Media Encoder. This is a bundled product with Adobe Flash Professional. However you have to spend $700 just to get it. And no, I’m not kidding. Is there a separate encoder without ...…
Instructions: Start/Windows Logo, Run (or Win-key+R) Type shell:sendto Click OK Right-click in a blank area of the right pane. Create a new shortcut to the folder destination. Done! Shortcut will appear in SendTo!…
You may have entertained the idea of running a live web-cast, but don’t know how to do it or even where to go to broadcast from. Since the mid-2000s there have been several live streaming services that have come and gone. For the ones still around, some are showing growth while others have an maybe/maybe ...…
Even though that at the time of this writing fuel is relatively inexpensive, it’s good to get into the habit of knowing how to calculate fuel mileage to maximize fuel efficiency. There are three ways of calculating mileage. Dividing miles traveled by gallons used. Using Garmin’s ecoRoute. Using a ScanGauge II. Dividing miles traveled by ...…
Something that will really ruin your day is when you get a “stuck” pixel on your LCD computer monitor. It is usually colored bright red and it very irritating to say the least. There are many write-ups on the internet for how to fix this, but one of the more effective ways is by strategically ...…
When using KeePass as your password manager, you should use the option of generating a few password profiles. This will make for easy password generation in the future that is both secure and accepted universally by all web sites.…
If you use multiple computers in the home, you most likely want to share files across them on your home network. The easiest way to share files between Windows PCs is by use of workgroups. A brief history of workgroup networking in Windows: Microsoft did in fact coin the term workgroup for peer-to-peer Windows networking. ...…
WordPress is awesome. For those of you using it, you already know that. Since version 2.7 there has been the ability to automatically download/install plugins you want to use: Just click Plugins, then Add New, then just search what you’re looking for as shown above. Speaking of which, the plugin I recommend is Contact Form ...…
