Latest articles tagged “how tos”

In the latest versions of Windows 10, the Power User (Win+X) menu shows Windows PowerShell instead of the entries for Command Prompt and Command Prompt (Admin). If you wish to get the Command Prompt entries back in this menu, here's how to do it. ... Read more

The most detailed guide for boosting and optimizing sound levels in Windows 10. Learn how to use DFX Audio Enhancer to add reverb and graphic EQ capabilities, as well as adjusting native sound enhancing features in the Speaker Properties window. ... Read more

A detailed guide on how to setup Freegate to work in Chrome and Firefox. Freegate is the most popular anonymity and proxy software used to bypass internet censoring and site blocking enforced by governments in India, China, Cuba and other countries. ... Read more

A guide on generating/calculating MD5 and SHA1 hashes/checksums using the top 4 Android apps in this category. Useful for verifying file integrity by ensuring that you have the right file and it hasn't been altered or corrupted from the original. ... Read more

If you were running TeamViewer 12 or lower on a XP computer and you recently upgraded it to version 13, you might be among those who get the error "TeamViewer_Service.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close". Here's an easy fix to that. ... Read more

If you got stuck with an unwanted thumbnail in Chrome's New Tab page, this guide here will help you force Chrome refresh those top sites thumbnails with new, fresh ones, without clearing any browsing data. ... Read more

In this tutorial we'll talk about changing the default Google account when being logged in to multiple Google accounts, in the same desktop browser. ... Read more

Here's how to switch back to an old version of an Android app and stop Google Play from automatically updating it to the newer, latest version. Also, we'll cover here where from to safely download and install older versions of Android apps. ... Read more

Have you ever needed to route different audio to HDMI and desktop speakers or switch an application to a different playback device? Windows 10 made things easier for these tasks and we're explaining here, step-by-step, how to use these options. ... Read more

We'll cover here how to fix the error "There was a problem starting C:\Windows\System32\LogiLDA.dll. The operating system cannot run %1." and have Logitech Download Assistant work properly with Windows 10, after an upgrade from Windows 8/8.1. ... Read more

RottenSys is an adware package which comes pre-installed on some Android phones, before the users turn on the phones for the first time. RottenSys will aggressively show unwanted ads on infected Android phones. We'll cover here 2 ways to remove it. ... Read more

We've talked about the HEIC format Apple adopted from macOS High Sierra and iOS 11 onwards, but let's address compatibility too. Besides converting HEIC files to JPEG, we'll discuss here how you can view HEIC files on Windows, natively. ... Read more

In this quick tutorial we'll cover how to put all your Photoshop plug-ins in a folder of your choice, anywhere on the disk, then make Photoshop load all the plugins from the custom folder you created. Both on Windows and Mac. ... Read more

It's all over the news these days: two major hardware security flaws, named Spectre and Meltdown, have been discovered in modern computer processors. Here, we'll talk about how dangerous these flaws are and how to protect your PC against them. ... Read more

Microsoft Edge finally added a "Mute tab" option so we can now put together a list of popular browsers who support disabling sounds in their tabs. Let's see how the "Mute" option works for each individual browser and how it is different for some. ... Read more