Creating a password reset disk is a good way to protect yourself against forgetting your password. It allows you to easily reset your password without having to use third-party boot environment CDs and tools. We have previously written about how to reset your password in Ubuntu (Reset a Forgotten Password in Ubuntu). Now, we will [...]

It’s likely that you have encountered a non-responsive program in Windows at one point or another. The offending program seems to hang and you can’t do anything in it and you can’t close it. Usually, to solve this, you open the Task Manager and try to end the task on the Applications tab. If that [...]

If you have noticed that your Windows 7 system has become sluggish and slow to respond, you may have tried defragging your hard drive to fix it. If this doesn’t help, the problem could be a slow performing index.
Indexing the files on your computer enables Windows to perform very fast searches in the locations where [...]

There is a little known feature in Windows 7 that allows you to search for files on websites directly on your computer from within Windows Explorer. Yes, you can search websites from within your web browser using Google or some other search engine, like you always have.
However, there are some advantages of searching from your [...]

Are you still using Windows XP and either cannot or will not upgrade to Windows 7? You can have the look of Windows 7 on your Windows XP system with Seven Remix XP. This is a free, easy-to-install program that gives your Windows XP desktop the appearance of Windows 7.
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Windows 7 has a convenient “Power Button” on the Start menu that provides links for performing various actions. A default action is available that can be performed by clicking the button directly, rather than using the arrow to select a different option. Initially, the default action is Shut down. If you perform another action more [...]