Windows 7 Shortcut Keys
The “Windows” key (or Start key) was implemented on standard PC keyboards shortly after the release of Windows 95. I suppose Microsoft wanted to increase...
Category : How-To Guides
Instructions on how to tweak and fix things with Windows, Linux, and hardware
Windows Shells Without Rebooting
There are a few shell and desktop enhancements for Windows Vista. These third-party shells run in place of Explorer, which sometimes require registry edits or...
How to Recover Windows that Disappear
David Copperfield may be able to make an entire house disappear, but missing windows are an event that nearly everyone has encountered. This occurs more...
Boost USB Drive Performance in Windows
Another one of our articles shows you how to speed up SATA hard drive performance in Windows Vista by enabling advanced write caching. A similar...
Speed up SATA Drives in Windows
We showed you in a previous tip how to increase performance with USB drives in Vista by enabling write caching. By default this option isn’t turned on...
How to Upgrade CPU and Memory
Ever since computers have invaded all of our homes the one thing that might have always daunted the normal user is “I want to upgrade...
Who Disabled My Task Manager?
I recently became the victim of a trojan virus… it was my own fault, and I have only myself to blame. This virus wasn’t a...
Fix Windows’ Wasteful Shadow Copy (VSS)
As storage has gotten more expansive, Microsoft has gotten very good at unnecessarily using up this extra space. One of the biggest storage hogs is...
Unleash Windows Address Bar
If you’re a power-user, then you like to execute tasks in the quickest way possible. One of Vista’s tools that is greatly under-used is the...
Generate a Blue Screen of Death (on purpose!)
Microsoft claims that Windows Vista is the most stable version of their OS yet… so stable that you may not ever see the dreaded BSOD...
List Windows Drivers from the Command Prompt
If you’ve had your PC running for any length of time, then you’ve no doubt added and removed hardware since Windows was first installed. Even if you...
What Firewalls Do and Don’t Do
Over the last few years, security threats to companies have grown and altered dramatically and so have the defences. Traditional firewalls, installed over three years...
Tweak Windows Auto-Tuning Network
Once again, Microsoft thinks it can solve all of your problems by being smarter than you are. Unfortunately, some of the “automatic tuning” features of Vista...
Run System Restore from the Command Line
It sometimes happens that you install some new hardware or program which then wreaks havoc on your computer. You may experience unusual program crashes or...
Clear IE From Command Line
There’s lots of little files accumulating on your computer… like bacteria. Every time you browse the interenet, little bits of data are saved onto your...