Year: 2021

Every day a high number of laptops and smart phones are lost or stolen, and relatively few of them are ever recovered and returned to their rightful owners. But a free app called Prey can assist you in recovering your stolen gadget.   Prey is a freemium web service for tracking and monitoring laptop and desktop computers, smartphones and other electronic devices capable of running software applications, mainly intended to help in cases of theft. The service isRead More

Now that Windows 7 has just some few months to reaching its end of life or end of extended support; precisely on January 14, 2020; you might be wondering if you should upgrade to the  next higher versions of Windows Operating Systems, which are Windows 8/8.1 & Windows 10. The first thing to do is determine whether or not your PC can even run Windows 8. If your PC can’t run Windows 8, it definitelyRead More

If you’re new to the world of keyboard shortcuts, they are extremely easy to use. Simply press and hold the appropriate modifier key (Windows, Ctrl, ALT or Function) and then press the key that follows the plus sign. You’ll find the Windows key on the lower left-hand corner of the keyboard between the Ctrl and Alt keys (check out the photo at the bottom of the page for exact placement). Now that the preliminaries are out of the way, here is your complete list of Windows 8 keyboardRead More

  CAUTION: Following this tip requires editing the Windows Registry, a procedure that can result in a corrupted Windows installation and ultimately result in a loss or crash of the computer system if not completed properly. Therefore, if you follow these steps listed below, you do so at your own risk and agree that it will not be my fault if your computer becomes unbootable or unstable. If you decide to proceed, then I recommend creatingRead More

  For various reasons we often need to minimize all the open windows in order to see the Desktop. Instead of clicking the minimize button for each window one by one we can minimize all the windows at once with a single mouse click or keystroke – your choice.   Here’s how:   METHOD 1 – Click the “Show Desktop” icon located in the Quick Launch toolbar in the lower left corner of the screen. In the screenshot atRead More