A task you will most likely have to perform a few times in Windows is changing the drive letter for an external hard drive, mapped network drive, or DVD drive. […]
If you have tried upgrading your Windows PC and it has failed a couple of times due to various annoying reasons, you’ve probably come to realize that there is a […]
Ever had to purchase a used computer with Windows already installed and wanted to know if the operating system was stable or not? Sometimes with just a cursory look, you […]
If you’re adding a new computer to your corporate environment, you’ll most likely need to join it to a domain. The procedure is fairly simple as most of the work […]
A homegroup in Windows makes it easier to share files and printers on a home network. You can share pictures, music, videos, documents, and printers with other people in your […]
Ever had to find some text inside a bunch of different text files? If you’re in IT, this issue can come up quite often. Maybe you are looking for a […]
If your Excel document has thousands of rows, manually deleting blank lines can be stressful and virtually impossible. You can use Excel macros to clean up your data, but it […]
There may come a time when you need to write a script or remotely connect to a PC and run a command to enable or disable the Windows firewall. For […]
Previously, I had written about how you can use Assigned Access to put Windows 8.1 into kiosk mode, which basically only allows one app to be run on the system […]
Recently, I uninstalled some VPN software off my system because I was no longer using it, but the virtual network adapter created by the software didn’t get removed automatically. When […]
Want to convert some of thoseold cassette tapes to digital MP3s? Want to use voice dictation software? Want to record some audio from a website that streams music? Want to […]
InPrivate browsing is a feature in Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge that is very similar to Google’s Incognito mode. It basically allows you to browse “privately”, meaning your browsing history […]
A friend of mine called me the other day asking how they could quickly view a PowerPoint presentation on their computer without using Office, since they didn’t have that installed. […]
As a professional blogger, I take a lot of screenshots on a daily basis. Most I use and then simply delete, but there are occasions when I need to save […]
Previously, I wrote an article on how to reduce the size of an image file using the built-in email option in Explorer or by using a desktop program called Image Resizer […]