How to Repair Bose QC15 Headphones
The padding on my Bose QC15 headphones popped a seam and the leather cracked. Here's how to repair the earcups....
Category : How-To Guides
Instructions on how to tweak and fix things with Windows, Linux, and hardware
How to Find Linux CPU Usage
If you do a lot of server administration, then you'll no doubt have to do some performance testing at some point. If nothing else, you'll...
Ubuntu’s Thin Vertical Taskbar on Windows 8
Duplicating the vertical taskbar implemented with Ubuntu on Windows 8 is not without its caveats. This guide shows you how to pull it off....
Change Border Width in Windows 8
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Here's a quick way to delete all email within your gmail account....