The New Windows 7 OS is out and running on a lot of new computers. If you installed it on your old computer or just bought a new computer with Windows 7, I have some cool tips and tricks to help you out. You will find Windows 7 has a lot of new enhanced features … Read more
Bootable USB Flash Drive: USB Flash Drives are hot right now and cheap. Take a look at all the ads on the Internet and from you local computer store. You can buy a 1Gb USB Flash Drive for as little as $10. and as high as $250 for a 64 Gb’s Flash Drive. If you watch … Read more
I’ve got 14 sticky notes on my desktop right now. Project to-dos, a Wi-Fi password for a cafe I visit once a week, SQL queries I don’t want to retype, and at least three grocery lists from different weeks that I forgot to clear. Sticky Notes is probably the most underrated app Microsoft ships, and … Read more
Skype ruled the video calling world for decades until the pandemic hit. With the start of work from home culture we thought that it will again become a household name. But instead we forgot skyping and were introduced with the new Zoom. Skyping was so popular back then, that it was included as a verb … Read more
I needed to dual-boot Ubuntu on my work laptop last month without losing the Windows 11 partition or the 1.2TB of project files already on it. The answer, as it has been since Windows Vista, is just Disk Management’s built-in Shrink Volume command. No third-party tools, no data loss, no reformatting. The operation is boring … Read more
Automate Disk Cleanup using Task Scheduler in Windows.Configure the tasks: WebTechGeek Support Tips. Windows Tech Support. For Windows 7 & Vista Scheduling Maintenance Tasks: You can automate any routine task that you perform. To do this, you can use the Task Scheduler service to schedule the task to run automatically. Not only can you schedule … Read more
A buddy of mine was complaining last week that his Plex server was stuttering whenever he opened a browser on the same box. Not a RAM issue, not a network issue. The CPU was fine on average. But foreground apps were stealing priority from the streaming service every time he alt-tabbed. This is exactly what … Read more
My girlfriend’s four-year-old Surface Go was crawling last month. Two seconds to open File Explorer, every menu animation felt like it was pushing through molasses, and scrolling a PDF was a slideshow. No malware, no bloat, just an underpowered Pentium Gold with 8 GB of RAM trying to render the full Windows 11 Fluent experience. … Read more
The cooling fans in your computer pull in a lot of dust, dirt and pet hair inside the chassis. The dust can interfere with ventilation, eventually causing computer parts to heat-up and fail. At least once a year (Every six months would be better) you need to remove the cover from your computer and thoroughly … Read more
microsoft office alternative For more than 30 years, the Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and a few more bureau productivity instruments have been an essential part of the workplace. You have traditionally had to download the office software to and from your Windows computer, and some people still use Microsoft Office in this … Read more
