Disable Long Filenames to Improve Window's Performance
To be backword compatible with 16-bit FAT partitions, both the VFAT and the NTFS file systems create two names for each file, the long filename and a short filename compatible with the FAT file system. More ...
Installing a Network Printer on Windows XP and Vista
Summary of steps to install a network printer. I've tried to include what is necessary without writing a whole book about a 5 minute procedure. 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 ...
Uncomplicated AD Object Management on a Remote Server Domain
Windows Server comes tools known as MMC (Microsoft Management Consoles) for managing the active directory. With the Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) snap-in administrators can create, manage and delete user and computer accounts configured with the directory structure. More ...
Disable Windows 10 Automatic Updates
Windows 10 is not an operating system in the sense that previous versions of Windows were. It's primarily a marketing device. Automatic Updates are primarily used to bind the operating system tighter to Microsoft's Store. Here's how to disable Windows 10 Automatic Updates. More ...
PC Technician's Software Copyright Responsibilities
As a PC Technician, working on other people's computers, you'll be in a position to encounter illegally copied software. For example, maybe you need to re-install a customer's operating system or application software and you find that the customer is using an illegal copy. What do you do? Do you go ahead and install the illegal software? More ...
FreeDOS
FreeDOS is a PC compatible Y2K compliant DOS that you can download from www.freedos.org. Microsoft should have made the expiration period much longer than 30 days. Maybe they want you to activate Windows XP before it crashes. More ...
How to Backup Mails and Address Book of Outlook Express
Outlook Express - the easiest and widely used email client on Windows OS provides easy options through which you can create backup of your emails and contact addresses. The emails get stored in the Application Data folder in the form of .dbx files - Inbox.dbx, Drafts.dbx, Outbox.dbx, Personal.dbx and so on. More ...
Computer Technician's Guide to Electronics Disposal and Recycling
The United States alone creates about 3 million tons of electronics waste each year. Much of this electronics waste is sent to developing nations where primitive processing methods cause serious health and pollution problems. CompTIA considers the knowledge of how to properly dispose of old computer equipment, to be an important part of being a certified computer technician. More ...
To Protect Your PC Disable the Windows Scripting Host
Anyone can use Windows Notepad to create a script to read, modify, create, or delete files on your PC, including the registry and other configuration files. A script can be executed by clicking on the name of the script within an email message. More ...
Windows 10 New Storage View
If you download lots of music and videos you may have designated a separate drive just for these items. Windows 10 new Storage view makes it easy to direct specific types of media files to your designated drive. 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 ...
Create a Shortcut to Windows 10 Services Management Console
A technician may occasionally need to start, stop, or pause a service to manage a Windows system. For that purpose, a desktop shortcut to the Services Management Console might come in handy. More ...
How to Optimize Your Solid State Drive
Solid state drives or SSDs are replacing the slower, chunkier magnetic hard drives in the personal computers. SSDs function very differently from magnetic drives so it needs to be treated differently. More ...
