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Change Border Width in Windows 8

Alan McCloskeyJun 1, 2014June 21, 20140

Captain Obvious alert: Windows 8 was intended to be used with a touch interface. Desktop windows are thick so your sausage-fingers can grab them.

How to Discover Disk Usage in Linux

Alan McCloskeyFeb 16, 2014June 22, 20140

While Linux has a reputation of being hard to use, modern versions up the usability ante beyond the most popular devices. You can still do

How to install an OS from a USB

Don HaynesJul 29, 2013June 22, 20141

It’s going to happen more and more often as we move into the age of tablets. Those of us who remove, change, or reinstall our

How to fix Video Stuttering on Pivos Xios with XBMC

Alan McCloskeyMay 1, 2013June 21, 201416

There's nothing really wrong with the Xios, You just have to tweak some settings to get around some limitations.

How to Connect XBMC Linux to Synology Diskstation NAS

Alan McCloskeyMar 21, 2013June 21, 20147

One problem you may face with an XBMC Linux installation (or appliance running XBMC) is connecting to and scraping your media that resides on a

Replacing an APC UPS Battery

Alan McCloskeyMar 5, 2013June 22, 20140

If you have a Uninterruptable Power Supply for your PC or server, then you already know that the batteries eventually die. Here are some things

How to Keep Game Saves from Overwhelming My Documents Folder

Alan McCloskeyDec 27, 2012June 22, 20140

We need to find a way to manage the problem so that you still have your saved games but doesn't clog up your folder. Here

How to get Task Manager Back to Normal

Alan McCloskeyNov 16, 2012June 21, 20140

If you've ever opened Task Manager in Windows 7 or below, you may have been surprised to see only the graphs of your CPU cores

How to fix VLC’s “Font Cache is Being Rebult” Message

Alan McCloskeyNov 12, 2012June 22, 20141

Sometimes if you run VLC player you will see a "Please wait while your font cache is rebuilt" message. If this takes longer than a

Windows 8 Task Manager: Restore Logical Processors

Alan McCloskeyNov 6, 2012June 22, 20140

Even though you may have an 8-core or 12-core CPU, you may have noticed that the Windows 8 task manager just shows you one big

How to Take a Screenshot in Windows

Alan McCloskeyNov 1, 2012June 22, 20145

Don't laugh... you'd be surprised how many people don't know how to do this... Here we cover how to take a snap of your entire

Quick way to delete all Gmail

Alan McCloskeyOct 29, 2012June 21, 20140

Here's a quick way to delete all email within your gmail account.

How to center two inline images in WordPress

Alan McCloskeyOct 11, 2012June 21, 20145

WordPress is a great content management system, but one of the weirdest quirks about its WYSIWYG editor is inserting two or more centered images side-by-side.

How to Shut Down Windows 8

Alan McCloskeySep 4, 2012June 23, 201416

Since the new Windows forces a "tablet" experience onto all users regardless of their platform, they must assume that most people will let their PCs

Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts

Alan McCloskeyAug 29, 2012June 22, 20141

Windows 8 has added 16 new keyboard shortcuts, thanks mostly to its confusing Metro UI. We have for you the complete list of Windows keyboard