How-to Articles
How To Identify a DDoS Attack On Your Server & Stop It
Reduce your downtime and speed up recovery
How To Capture Full Page Screenshots In Chrome & Firefox
Covering where built-in utilities fall short
How To Fix Your Computer Without Calling In Geeksquad
Worth a try before spending a lot of dough
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 tofreeload off your WiFi connection or infiltrate your network. If it’s compromised, they can redirect your personal or business internet […]
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 […]
How To View A Password Behind The Asterisks In a Browser
It's almost like having x-ray eyes
When you’re on a website whose login details are saved in your browser, the browser automatically fills-in both the username and password fields for you. You may have noticed this […]
How To Safely Destroy An Old Hard-Drive
So the baddies can't get at your data
The age of privacy appears to be coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean you should willingly give up all your information. Yet that’s what thousands of people do […]
Fix Repeating Keys With These Tips
Get rid of an annoying problem easily
If you’ve ever had a repeating key, you will know how annoying it can be. Every time you have to double back to erase a duplicate “i” or “s,” you […]
4 Ways To Edit a PDF File
It's not as easy as it should be
When John Warnock, co-founder of Adobe, developed the Portable Document Format (PDF), he wanted to make it easier for people to distribute documents without the need to print them. Surprisingly, […]
How To Encrypt Zip Files
For Mac, Windows and Android systems
You’ll want to encrypt a Zip file if you don’t want just anyone to be able to open it. A normal, unencrypted Zip file can be viewed in seconds on […]
How to Remove Malware Completely With Free Tools
Be sure to follow all the steps
If you’ve picked up some malware, and you want to know how to remove it, this guide is for you. I will be explaining how you can remove malware completely […]
How To Hide Your WiFi & Stop Strangers Logging In
Including a very important thing to remember
You pay full price for your Internet access. So why let leeches piggyback for free? Wireless connectivity has its strengths but it’s far from perfect. A tech-savvy person can tap […]