Learn How-To Hear/View any Audio or Video File on your Windows PC
In the past 10 years I have downloaded cool movies/videos or songs/audio files and have been very excited to view/hear the content. Each time when the download was complete I opened up the media file and was very disappointed that my computer could not recognize the new, foreign media... Read more
How-To Look Inside and Open Up Files with “.exe” Extensions
Sometimes I want to install a wireless network card or printer driver on a computer. Some wireless network card and printer driver packages come with extra software you don’t need. A lot of times preventing the installation of this “bloatware” is impossible. When you... Read more
How-To Defragment your Computer’s Hard Drive using MyDefrag
When your hard drive is “fragmented” all of the Windows system files, programs and personal files you created are scattered all over the hard drive. Think of it as a college dorm room that has not been cleaned in years even though it has had different people living there... Read more
How-To Lookup Your Windows Computer System Information using Speccy
After 8 months to a year of owning a new computer I tend to forget my system specs… and I custom build the freakin’ things. Years ago when I would build a computer and I was unaware of any software around to grab the system info for me I would need to open up the ...Read... Read more
How-To Create A Simple Picture Strip using FastStone Image Viewer
Creating an image strip using your personal pictures is a fun thing to do. It is more simple than you might think. All you need to create the picture strip are images (supplied by you) and the free program FastStone Image Viewer. You will be able to create a horizontal or vertical... Read more
Learn CDBurnerXP Beginner Basics, How-To Guide
CDBurnerXP is a free CD, DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray burning software. I first learned about CDBurnerXP when I was looking for free burning software for a work computer of mine that I wiped out and installed Windows Vista on. I didn’t want to waste the little budget money I had to buy... Read more
How-To Create a Screen Capture and Share it Online
When helping people solve their problems online sometimes it really helps when they include a screen capture of the problem, error or settings they see on their screen since I will never see their computer in person. Screen captures sometimes helps me solve problems or answer a... Read more
Learn FastStone Image Viewer Beginner Basics, How-To Guide
FastStone Image Viewer is a cool, little image utility. As its name suggests it is an image viewer (an excellent one I might add) with a few photo editing features. It is “freeware” so that means it is 100% free and will not lock you out in the future, asking you to pay any money... Read more
How-To Speed-Up Your Computer by Defragging Your Hard Drive with JkDefrag
Through the recurring installation, uninstallation of programs and the constant creation and deletion of files your Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8 computer will begin to slow down. It will not happen overnight but it will happen. All programs, files and Windows itself gets written to and... Read more
Learn How-To Find Your Computer System Specs Using SIW
When I was new to computers I had no freakin’ clue what type of CPU, RAM, hard drive or video card I had inside my computer case. Back then if someone wanted to know what chipset my motherboard contained and how many RAM slots I had free they would have seen a glossy eyed look... Read more
Learn How-To Thoroughly Uninstall Software in Windows with Revo Uninstaller
The standard Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8 uninstallers do an okay job but not a great one. When you uninstall software using the Windows basic uninstaller it leaves behind various file fragments that belong to the software you are uninstalling. Over time through various software... Read more
Learn How-To Use CCleaner to Clean, Optimize and Free-Up Hard Drive Space in Windows
CCleaner or as it was originally called, “Crap Cleaner” is a program that is 100% free to download and use. It allows you to easily delete unneeded files on your computer that is taking up valuable hard drive space. Freeing up hard drive space will allow you to install more... Read more
Learn How-To Download, Install and Beginner Basics of 7-zip File Archiver
I am sure many of you have downloaded a file and could not read it. It had a weird file extension that you did not recognize. It didn’t matter if you knew it was a compressed file format or not, you did not know how to open it. I will show you how to open ...Read... Read more