All articles about Computer Operating Systems
Break Me Off a Piece of That… Android KitKat Android’s first released version started sweet enough, named Cupcake. It has progressed through all types of sugary and confectionery delights — Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean. So, what will the […]
Whether your an advanced power user or just your average home user, system information and monitoring utilities can provide a wealth of valuable information about your system and its hardware. In this article we’re going to take a look at some of the best freeware
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It’s well known that since its initial release in October last year Windows 8 has been struggling to attract new users. Many reasons have been put forward, in my opinion the primary contributing factor is that Windows 7 was (is) a pretty hard act to
What Are Ghost Devices? When you attach a device to your computer, such as a keyboard, mouse, USB thumb drive and so on, Windows makes a record of this device along with the driver information it needs to manage it. When the device is unattached
Windows Installation – A Clean Orderly Approach I’d like to talk about a new, clean Windows 7 installation, not an upgrade. These ideas have come about from years of installing Windows systems on multiple computers. I believe the following advice is the best I can give based
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This is the first edition of a weekly series which will feature some of the top tech news of the previous week (or so). Netflix Profiles Netflix announced earlier this month that members can create separate profiles for each member of their household. Each family
I guess one of the most important questions regarding free data recovery tools is… do they actually work? After testing many of the leading contenders in this freeware genre over the years, I would say without hesitation, the answer is yes, but with a couple
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Backup Confusion There has been a lot of discussion and misunderstanding of late regarding backups. Having a backup is all-important, of course, but understanding what a backup is can be just as daunting a prospect. Also, there are many differing ideas of how a good
Hard Drive Partitions vs Folders Note: These are only my opinions. Take them for what they may be worth. ~ Richard There are a couple main viewpoints regarding hard drive partitioning versus folder management. Neither one is right or wrong. It is simply a difference
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The Windows Registry Today we’re going to be talking about the very complex and necessary Windows Registry, and whether you should Clean, Defragment or otherwise manipulate it. The first thing I want to make very clear at the outset of this discussion is that I
Windows 7 allows users to pin programs to the taskbar easily via the right click context menu but there is no such option available for personal (user) folders. It can be done though and is very useful for providing quick access to those most often
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Well known video/DVD software company Digiarty is currently running giveaways for two of its video products… MacX Video Converter Pro (for Mac) and WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe (for Windows). These are the latest full versions which would normally sell for $49.95us each but are
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The Page File Ah, the Page File, or Swap File as it has been called. The Page file has been a source of debate for decades- How big should it be? Where should it be located? Do I need one at all? To answer these
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The Hibernation File is Huge The Hibernation File will be in the root directory of your system drive– that is, where Windows is installed. It will be called: hiberfil.sys In order to see hidden system files you will have to change a couple settings in Folder
