How to Track Your Stolen Laptop for Free
Using Prey, you’ll have the upper hand over thieves A laptop is a lot of things—it’s a mobile entertainment center, a portal to the web, and a way to get …
Cleaning up Network Connections in Windows 7
Windows makes a mess of all the network adapters when installing NIC cards. Sometimes, you remove network adapters, and you’re left with something like “Local Area Network 3” that can’t …
How to Set a Custom Logon Screen Background on Windows 7
Windows 7 makes it possible to change the welcome screen that appears when you start your computer without any third-party software, but this setting is well hidden. You can set …
How to Kill a Process From the CLI in Windows
Sure, anybody can end a process from the Task Manager, but did you know you can also do it from the command line? How to Kill a Process From the …
How to Integrate a Remote SFTP Directory into Windows Explorer
If you frequently access a remote SFTP directory, you know all too well what a hassle it is to work only via stand-alone SFTP client. Read on to see how …
Turn your Num Lock key on forever!
When you turn your Windows computer on, the Num Lock key is disabled by default. It gets extremely annoying to have to turn it on every single time you sign …
Shutdown Windows PC faster
Does your Windows computer take way to long to shutdown? If so, I have a simple fix that will allow you to shutdown your Windows OS computer in a matter …
Email Fundamentals: What is an MX Record?
One of the less well understood components of a working email system is the MX record. I do find a lot of IT administrators looking after Exchange servers who don’t really understand …
How Can I Start and Shut Down My Computer Automatically on a Schedule?
On Windows To automatically start your computer up at a specific time of day, you’ll actually need to edit your BIOS settings. To do this: Boot up your computer and …
How to schedule computer to shut down at a certain time in the night.
If using Windows 7, follow these steps to schedule your PC(Personal Computer) to shut down at a certain time at night: 1. Go to Start > Control Panel > System …