How-to Articles
How To Create Animated Videos Using VideoMakerFX
Capture eyeballs that are missing your content
How To Get Your Own SSL Certificate For Your Website & Install It
Security is the way of the future
How To Create a Chatbot For a Website Or Facebook Page
The easy way to automatically connect with customers
How To Set Up Your Own Tor Relay
Understand the benefits as well as the risks
The Onion Router (Tor) runs on the support of a network of volunteers offering up their computers and internet bandwidth to make it all come together. There are millions of […]
How To Set Up Dual PC Streaming With No Capture Card
Every step necessary using OBS NDI
It’s surprisingly easy to set up dual PC streaming with no capture card by using OBS NDI. The performance is great and it requires no extra purchase. OBS NDI will […]
How to Convert Your Analog Files to Digital Format
You'll need hardware, software and a cable
Every few years, it seems some form of technology has been replaced by something new. But for many of us, older media holds valuable memories. You may have a VHS […]
How To Speed Up Any WordPress Site Using .HTACCESS
Because slow sites hurt SEO
Is your WordPress website taking too long to load? Do you know that a slow site will affect your SEO and user experience? There are several different ways to speed […]
How To Identify a DDoS Attack On Your Server & Stop It
Reduce your downtime and speed up recovery
A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack can happen to anyone, at any time. If you have a website that’s running on a dedicated web server, it’s important to understand […]
How To Capture Full Page Screenshots In Chrome & Firefox
Covering where built-in utilities fall short
Thanks to the built-in screen capture utilities, you can take screenshots on both Windows and Mac machines without the need to install a third-party app. These built-in utilities also offer […]
How To Fix Your Computer Without Calling In Geeksquad
Worth a try before spending a lot of dough
Most of the folks who write for this site know their way around a computer intimately. From the early days of IBM compatibles running DOS all the way to modern […]
How To Remove EXIF Data From Your Photos
A good idea when sharing online
If you make photos with any of the modern devices available out there, it is likely the device also adds extra information to those photos when they are captured and […]
How To Check Your Router For Malware
Thieves take advantage of their vulnerabilities
Your router is a prime target for hackers who want to freeload off your WiFi connection or infiltrate your network. If it’s compromised, they can redirect your personal or business […]
How To Cut Out An Object In An Image In Photoshop CC
A replacement for the removed Filter Extract
The best way to quickly cut out an object in an image in Photoshop CC is to use the new Select and Mask feature. I will explain how you can […]
10 Ways To Boost a Weak WiFi Signal
Bring back that internet goodness quickly
WiFi has completely transformed the way we live and done away with (most) of the wires that were run everywhere in the old days. That doesn’t mean WiFi can’t also […]
How To Change Your Wifi Password
It's a lot easier than you might think
If you kept the default username and password for your WiFi network, it’s probably just because the mangled collection of letters seemed more secure than anything you could imagine. The […]
How To Protect Yourself From Threatening “We Have Your Password” Emails
Scary, but automated and mostly harmless
Have you received a threatening email with your password in the subject line? Your password has leaked but usually it’s an automated scam with no immediate threat. Here’s how to […]
How To Delete Temporary Files & Other Junk On a Smartphone or Tablet
Free up gigs of wasted space
Deleting temporary files on your phone or tablet is almost a necessity as time goes on. Your device uses files for a specific reason, but then when it’s done with […]
How To Add GPX Files To Google Maps
Makes it easy to share on almost any device
Google Maps’ map data format of choice is KML, but they do support many other formats including GPX. GPX, also commonly referred to as GPS eXchange format, is an open […]
See How Much Your CPU Bottlenecks Your GPU BEFORE You Buy It
Plus, what is a bottleneck and are they always bad?
Buying a new graphics card is one of the great joys of owning a gaming or other high-performance PC. You get to take a computer you currently own and, for […]
How To Move Your Thunderbird Profile & Email To a New Windows Computer
Can also be used to backup and restore
Are you struggling to convert and move your Thunderbird profile, settings, and email to a new computer? Many people choose to use Thunderbird as their email client for its many […]