SHORT: Missing boot drive
You finally upgrade your motherboard and processor, but you can’t boot. In fact, you can’t even see your harddrive in the BIOS or the OS installer. What the heck is going on? Well, the explanation gets hairy… But thankfully, there are two solutions, and one of them is...
Save power and get Instant On with hibernation in Windows 10
One of the best features ever in Windows is hibernation. You may never even have heard of this feature, but it's one you should definitely know about - and use! Of course, everyone is familiar with "Sleep mode", and it's probably what you're already using. But there...
WordPress white screen quick fix
Many people use WordPress on a server for a blog, online stores, and so on. It's great software since it makes creating a "fancy website" accessible to those who are not so technically inclined - which is most of us! There is a problem many people see when using...
PPI, DPI, and why that image doesn’t look right when you print it
You know the drill: You've got an image on your puter. You print it. It's either really small, or it's big enough, but really blocky and nasty looking. So what gives? It's all about PPI and DPI. That's Pixels Per Inch and Dots Per Inch. Don't worry, it'll all be clear...
Turn your Windows 10 computer into a mobile hotspot
You've most certainly heard about "mobile hotspots", which is when you connect your smartphone or tablet to WiFi in town, at a hotel, in a restaurant, etc. Hotspots let you use a local wireless data connection without blasting through the monthly data limit on your...
Help! My screen is suddenly upside down, sideways, or backwards!
Ah, yes... Sometimes your cat decides to walk on your keyboard. Sometimes you just type the wrong key combination. And sometimes, all you have to do is bump or move your laptop in the wrong direction, and BAM! Suddenly, the image on your screen is rotated to the left,...
Turbocharge your Firefox with multiprocess mode
About half of all internet surfers these days are using Google's Chrome browser, mostly because it's awesome. But many folks, such as myself, still have Firefox around. Firefox is awesome because there is a huge variety of add-ons available, and it's not yet another...
Malwarebytes 3: You might need to manually upgrade
On December 8th of this year, Malwarebytes version 3.0 was released. I saw the news, and waited for the automatic upgrade since I have the paid version. Well, today, I realized I'm still waiting... With the holidays here, I had forgotten all about it. If you have a...
Merry Christmas 2016!
And don't forget to read the manuals for your new toys! 😉
Download Windows Essentials 2012 because it’s going bye-bye
Last month, I wrote a lovely article entitled How to remove date stamps from photos in Windows 7, 8 and 10. The trick was to use Windows Photo Gallery since it's a pretty powerful and handy bit of photo-organizing and editing software. Apparently, Microsoft will end...
Digital painting and drawing on the cheap
When you hear the term, "digital art", you might think of artistic nerds sitting in cramped cubicles churning out Pixaresque blockbusters using roomfuls of supercomputers. As it turns out, digital art isn't just for fancy-pants productions anymore... If you've ever...
How to remove date stamps from photos in Windows 7, 8 and 10
Seven years ago, I wrote a post entitled How to Easily Print a Large Image to Multiple Pages in Windows. This post has been one of the most popular articles on this site for quite some time now. Like me, you were probably surprised that Windows could do this - hardly...
All about smartphone and tablet tethering
You may have heard about tethering, but it probably seems a bit mysterious and complicated. Tethering is when you connect your smartphone or tablet to your puter, and then use your mobile device's data connection to surf the internet on your puter. Well, to put it...
Time to say goodbye to Adobe Flash Player
Five months ago, I answered the question Is the Adobe Flash Player really dead? The answer was: No! Fast forward to today, and I'm afraid it's time to part ways, especially if you're using Firefox. And if you're using Chrome, you have a bit less choice in the matter,...
Faster ethernet coming without cable changes
For those of you who don't like to use WiFi and prefer to run a wired home network (me!), you're gonna love this. There is a new standard that was ratified a few months ago that defines 2.5 and 5 Gbps ethernet. If that's not got you all excited, how about this: You...
Slow Internet? Try an unlimited satellite internet service
If you live in the middle of a big city, chances are you are currently enjoying internet download speeds on the order of 100 Mbps, 200 Mbps, or even 1 Gbps in some areas. But for the rest of us - especially those who live out in the country - it's often nearly...