In August 2017, Marc Laidlaw, the former Valve writer of the entire Half-Life series, penned a tongue-in-cheek storyline entitled Epistle 3 on his website, which fans saw as his interpretation of what Valve may have planned for Half-Life 2: Episode 3 (aka Half-Life 3). Most […]
Left to its own devices Windows will happily run all sorts of stuff in the background on your PC. A lot of the time you might not even realize it’s happening. One important thing to consider, however, is that all these background Apps use up
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When you use eBay, you probably have a credit card set up for the site. I designate a card to a certain site like Amazon, eBay and even Hulu. This way I can keep better track of what is being purchased and which site purchases
Past versions of Windows have required a nominal amount of disk space to run properly. The required storage amounts for the different editions of Windows was a tight fit, but with only a few programs it was doable. The new minimum space requirements beginning with
Windows keeps a record of everything and that includes information, warnings, and errors that occur while you are using the system. Wouldn’t it be nice to see all this information in one tidy graph? Well, you can and today’s Quick Tips article will show you
Have you ever wanted to print a large poster, but you only have a standard printer? In the past, I would take a flash drive to one of the local Office Supply stores and have them print it for me. But that is an expensive
I remember the days when I would turn on my computer and go make a pot of coffee. When the coffee was done, I would take a cup back to my desk and maybe it was ready for me to sign in. Then computers got
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In my line of work, I use many online storage websites. These include OneDrive, Google Drive and of course Dropbox (the one I usually use when remotely sharing files with a client). I find these online storage sites to be very helpful when it comes
This is mainly written for Opera which is very similar in Chrome, but completely different in Firefox. Most browsers allow you to search directly from the web address bar these days and they also give you the ability to change what search engine you want
The Window Task Bar has an area which shows all the running background processes. It is known as the System Tray, or the newly named, Notification Area ( how hoity-toity). According to Bing, “hoit-toity” means haughty or snobbish, and that’s exactly how I respond to
One of the original developers of Windows NT hated bees. So the developer who was responsible for the registry snuck in as many bee references as he could. A registry file is called a “hive”, and registry data are stored in “cells”, which is what
