GOOGLE LENS – GET INSTANT INFORMATION ON VIRTUALLY ANYTHING BY TAKING ITS PICTURE!

Imagine a scenario where you are walking through your favourite store and an item catches your attention. You pull out your smart phone and take a picture of it and a description pops up with details on the manufacturer, retail pricing and much more. Or a scenario where you traveled for vacation to a country you have never been to and you come across several interesting landmarks, buildings, statues you probably have only heard beforeRead More

HOW CAN I ACCESS FILES ON MY USB STORAGE DISK THAT WERE HIDDEN BY A VIRUS

Have you ever encountered a scenario where you plugged your USB disk/Flash storage disk into a virus-infected PC/laptop and as a result of the viruses and malwares in the PC/laptop, all of your files/documents in your USB flash storage were hidden? Hiding files is a favourite guile of virus code creators. Assuming that you have successfully cleaned or disinfected the USB storage device of any virus by using an updated antivirus  software; unhiding the hiddenRead More

HOW TO RECOVER YOUR LOST OR STOLEN LAPTOP OR MOBILE DEVICE

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

HOW TO FIND OUT IF YOUR WINDOWS PC WILL RUN WINDOWS 8 OR 10

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

COMPLETE LIST OF WINDOWS 8/8.1/10 OS KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

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

HOW TO MAKE WINDOWS SHUT DOWN FASTER

  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