A couple of weeks ago, you have learned the basics of Windows 7s new Task Scheduler. A mighty little tool that helps you automate your PC, which – once set up – safes your time and nerves. Last time we used Task Scheduler to automatically launch a program. In this blog post, you’ll learn how [...]
Unfortunately, it only takes a single mouse-click to lose a file. For example, you go to sort the photos on your SD card and accidentally delete the wrong picture, or you go to recover some deleted files on your laptop and find that you’ve just emptied your Recycle Bin instead. In this week’s blog post, [...]
It seems unlikely these days, but limited disk space is still a problem. In particular, devices like netbooks, nettops, and tablet PCs tend to have limited hard disk space which can cause major performance issues. We’ll show you five ways to get rid of tons of gigabytes of unnecessary data on your hard disk, like [...]
It’s the Achilles’ heel of older and slower machines—you try to watch HDTV on your PC or netbook, and it stutters. You try to play a Blu-ray disc, and it won’t start. You try to play a 720p or 1080p video file, and the image immediately starts to tear and lag. In this post, we [...]
What is the worst-case scenario when it comes to your PC? Windows gives you the blue screen, a cryptic error message or a completely black screen during the boot-up process! Beginners don’t even know where to begin; it even baffles IT professionals. Luckily, there are some very effective ways to repair Windows using Microsoft’s own [...]
Earlier this year, we shared a neat trick for getting rid of those annoying message balloons in Windows 7, like the one below: However, this shortcut only worked on Windows 7. But today, I’ll show you a trick to disable pop-up messages that works in Windows XP, Vista, as well as Windows 7. The best [...]
Imagine that you’re on a flight from New York to Los Angeles. You pop a DVD into your notebook to watch a movie. After the credits roll, you take a look at the battery meter in Windows’ taskbar and are shocked to see: What is going on here? Your notebook is supposed to run for [...]
It seems that every time we make a breakthrough in battery technology, we follow it up with power-hungry hardware that realistically means your battery never lasts more than about four hours (unless you have a low-powered netbook). And after a couple of years, you’d be lucky to get two hours of life out of your [...]
Although it sounds more like a ray gun in a videogame, ReadyBoost is an often overlooked performance feature within Windows Vista and 7. It’s designed to improve PCs’ speed and responsiveness. Let’s talk about if it’s right for you, how you can enable it, and how much of a performance gain you can expect to [...]
If you’re even just the slightest bit into home theater, this blog post is for you. I’ll show you how to experience your Blu-rays, videos, pictures, music, games, and live TV from your PC, with a beautiful, sleek interface. What do you need? Windows Media Center (WMC) and a couple of plug-ins—we’ve got some very [...]
