Windows Tip of the Day

Did you know you can change the File Explorer's (formerly known as Windows Explorer) default behavior of opening the Libraries folder?  ...

Are you a user of Windows 8 Professional or Enterprise edition and would like to check the status of activation on the local computer? Want ...

Is your computer taking a long time to boot up, shutdown or go to standby?  In the Event Logs it is possible to find the length of time it ...

Below is a list of  general keyboard shortcuts that can be used in most programs.   For most people, most of these shortcuts are already kno...

Are you confused by all the 802.11 WiFi "alphabet soup of letter name" standards, such as 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, etc? Currentl...

In Windows, you can have one of two types of IP addresses: dynamic or static. Dynamic IP addresses are temporarily assigned to a network de...

Some windows commands require that you use the full path name of a file, which can be quite long depending on how deep it's in a folder ...

Most of us use Window's built-in File Explorer application (formerly known as the Windows Explorer) to manage files, folders and drives ...

The Send To menu is a very useful context menu. This feature gives you the ability to right-click on any file and perform a specific action,...

Personally I am not a huge fan of using 3rd party utilities for performing most types of systems diagnostics. I like to rely on the OS'...

Hyper-V is Microsoft's virtual machine (VM) hyper-visor technology.  If you're not sure what a VM is, its virtual hardware composed ...

If you do any development (such as web site design) on the Internet or systems administration, then you need a FTP client to upload or downl...

When a user creates a file or folder in Windows, they automatically become the owner of that resource. As the owner, they are able to set an...

In Windows 7 a new feature was added called Sticky Notes that for allows the creation of little virtual notes on the monitor. To activate t...

This video has some great advice on how to buy RAM.  It gets a little technical, but I think its also very understandable. Video Descrip...

Windows 8 desktop mode still provides Toolbar support in the Taskbar. This feature allows adding additional functionality to the taskbar by ...

Video Description: " Have you ever had an account compromised or your information stolen? It's National Cyber Security Awareness ...

7-Zip is a free open source file archive and compression utility for the Windows. It can be operated from the command line program or via it...

Microsoft has released a browser version of a 1995 game it created called Hover.  Its not GTA, but it will remind you of driving a bumper ca...

Note: " Stupid PC Tricks" are a series of user tips that I think are interesting, but unfortunately they're not all that usef...