Windows Event Logs for Maintaining or Troubleshooting Your PC
Your PC keeps logs of everything that happens. You can use the information in these logs to help maintain and troubleshoot and your PC. More ...
How to Create a Bootable USB Drive
A bootable USB flash drive allows you to diagnose hardware issues and can be used to install Windows on your PC. However you first need to create a bootable USB flash drive. More ...
Internet Connection Sharing in Windows XP
This article explains in detail how to set up a small network at home so you can share your Internet connection between two computers running Windows XP. More ...
Check Your Version of PowerShell
PowerShell is Windows replacement for the DOs CMD shell. To check your version of PowerShell, click on the top Windows PowerShell icon, and next to the prompt, type the command shown in this article. More ...
Search for Text in Text Files
Getting Windows Folder Search function to reliably find text within a file is a real trick. There are several places within windows where you can configure search, but it never seems to do a reliable job. The solution is to use the simple batch file. More ...
Common Issues With Windows Firewall
Common issues with the Windows Firewall have annoyed users. Here's a list of the most faced Windows firewall issues along with their possible solutions. More ...
How to Transfer a Large Amount of Data Between Two Windows 10 Computers
The best way to transfer a large amount of data from one Windows 10 computer to another is to use network a connection between the two computers, and then use Robocopy. More ...
Command Line to Get Computer's Numner of CPU Cores
WMIC (Windows Management Interface Command) is a command line tool that returns information about your syste. To learn your computer's numner of CPU cores, type wmic cpu get deviceid,numberofcores,numberoflogicalprocessors at a command prompt. More ...
Find Your WiFi Password on Windows 10
One of the most common reasons to find your Wi-Fi password is to use it on another PC or device to connect to your Wi-Fi network. Here's how. More ...
Configuring Windows as a NTP (Network Time Protocol) Server
The Windows operating systems from Windows 2000 onwards has an in-built time synchronization service - Windows Time. The Windows Time service facilitates a Windows network to provide synchronization of all machines within a domain. This article describes how to configure the Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 time service as a NTP server. More ...
Put HyperTerminal on Windows 7
HyperTerminal was included with all versions of Windows up to Windows XP. If your operating system is newer than Windows XP you can copy Hyperterminal from a Windows XP system. More ...
PC Technician Certifications and Professional Organizations
PC Technician is projected to be among the fastest growing occupations over the 2008 - 2012 period. Entry Level PC Technicians earn $15 per hour on average, experienced PC Technician's earn $30 per hour on average. Many people work as PC Technicians without any formal training or certification. More ...
Configure Windows Indexing Service for Performance
The Windows Indexing Service uses a fair amount of disk space and if the shared directories on the network are large, it can consume a considerable portion of the computer's memory and processor cycles. There are several options for configuring the Indexing Service to improve performance. More ...
Use Free Autoruns Utility to Disable Unnecessary Startup Programs
Stopping unnecessary programs from starting makes Windows boot faster and frees up system resources. Microsoft sysinternals free Autoruns utility shows you what programs are configured to start at system bootup or login. More ...
