Preventing Sign-In After Sleep Having the security of a password is a sound way to keep yourself safe from others using your computer when you are away. But if you are the only user, then having an extra step to access your computer after stepping […]
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I deleted a shared resource but it still shows up in my Network settings. I had a hard drive that I removed from one of my computers that was labeled Drive E. The drive is gone but the E drive still displays in the network
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Something terrible happened to the World Wide Web when advertising agencies realized that the World Wide Web’s massive reach made it the perfect platform for advertising and we were all subsequently bombarded with ads of all descriptions at every turn. It was only logical then
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I wrote previously about playing a video automatically full screen on your second monitor. Read here: AutoPlay VLC Video Full Screen On Second Monitor Sometimes it doesn’t work or there might be other circumstances as suggested in the comments. So I went searching online to see
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This article features three excellent free word processors that don’t require downloading a huge 300 MB office suite or for you to spend a cent. All three word processors support many formats – including MS Word formats. Full office suites are fine but, in a
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Recycle Your Fire Tablets And Android Phones Cracking the glass on a mobile device has happened to most of us. It is easy enough to do. One quick drop is all it takes. Also, most users want to upgrade their mobile device to get the
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We all know that our phones have a default ringtone. Most of the time it is one we don’t really like and would love to change. You came to the right place because I did the research for all of my readers on how to
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I know that most of the people reading this are not computer programmers. What if I told you that by using Artificial Intelligence (AI) you can use a computer programming language you know nothing about to do amazing things in Windows? Even if you DO
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There is a button called Shapes, which is very useful because it can be manipulated in a lot of ways. You will find that shapes are very versatile and there are many to choose from. In Word, shapes are known as vector graphics, which are
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DNSJumper is portable freeware that allows users to quickly and easily change between DNS servers. DNSJumper also provides a quick and simple method to flush the DNS cache, which can occasionally be necessary when experiencing issues connecting to certain websites. Flushing the DNS cache isn’t
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It’s probably been there all along but I only recently noticed the “My Pictures” folder listed for media in the playlist view of VLC. “Ctrl + L” toggles the playlist view on or off. Or go into “View” (top menu) and click on the first
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An often-used analogy to explain the Domain Name System is that it serves as the phone book for the Internet by translating human-friendly computer hostnames into IP addresses. For example, the domain name www.example.com translates to the address 93.184.216.34 ~ Source Wikipedia The DNS (Domain
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Ascomp Text-R Pro Winners Announced! This contest has now expired. Winners will be notified by email. Congratulations to the Winners and Thank You to everyone who participated! Ascomp has kindly offered our DCT readers a chance to win one of five licenses for Text-R,
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