How to Work Remotely with Windows 10
When you are connecting remotely to another Windows PC, you see that computer's desktop. You can also access its apps, files, and folders as if you were sitting in front of its screen. More ...
How to Repair a Damaged Excel File
Excel worksheets can get corrupt or damaged at any point of time. Just imagine working on important financial figures and power goes off. And when power comes back, you cannot access your worksheet or the excel file fails to open. Now what to do? More ...
Speed Up Windows 10 by Disabling Trivial Visual Effects
Does your Windows 10 PC perform annoyingly slow? You may be able to get a significant performance boost by disabling unnecessary visual effects. Here's how. More ...
How to Remove a DVD or CD that's Stuck in the Drive
Has your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive eaten a CD/DVD, and you can't get it out? If you want to take that CD/DVD out of your CD-ROM, and the Eject button isn't working, follow the steps below to get the disc of your drive. More ...
How to Fix a Scratched CD
While compact discs (CDs) are remarkably durable, it's nearly impossible to prevent scratches and scuffs from occurring. The resulting damage can be either a skip in a track or the loss of data. Don't despair, you may be able to repair the damage on your own with products you already have. More ...
Vista - Display Multiple Clocks on Your Desktop
You're working away at your computer and you decide to send a message to a friend or family member in another city. What time is it where they are? When will they actually find the message? Windows Vista has a feature called Gadgets, and one of those gadgets is a clock. More ...
How to Fully Customize your Desktop
Customizing your desktop is easy and fun to do. You can change everything from the sounds that your computer makes, to the screensaver that shows up during inactivity. But that's not all that you can customize. More ...
Add More Information to a Files List
Wouldn't be nice to get more information in a file listing than just the default information? With Windows XP, you can. In the file's Properties dialog box, select the Summary tab in the file's Properties dialog box. More ...
Uninstall Windows Live Messenger From Windows 7
Windows Live Messenger is part of Windows Live Essentials, which includes other Windows Live applications such as Photo Gallery and Movie Maker. Windows Live Essentials has an uninstaller which lets you remove individual components of Windows Live Essentials. More ...
Change a Drive Letter
Sometimes when you install a storage device on your PC, Windows seems to assign it an arbitrary drive letter. Windows assigns different a drive letter for each PC that I plug the flash drive into. This plays havoc with applications that run directly from the flash drive. Fortunately it's very easy to change a drive letter. More ...
Make Windows 10 Mouse Pointer More Visible
Sometimes the mouse pointer is hard to see. You can lose track of its location. Here's how to make the mouse pointer more visible. More ...
Change Explorer's Thumbnail Size
If you're not already viewing thumbnails in Windows Explorer, Right-click in an open area inside Windows Explorer and, in the popup menu that appears, select View | Thumbnails. If you're not happy with the size or quality of the thumbnails, you can use Tweak UI to reconfigure those properties. More ...
Use ReadyBoost to Improve PC performance
ReadyBoost is a feature of Windows 7 that allows you to use a USB flash drive or a secure digital (SD) memory card as cache memory. When a removable memory device is inserted, Windows checks to see if it's fast enough to work with ReadyBoost. If so, you're asked if you want to use the device to speed up system performance. More ...
