Windows
Create a super fast RAM disk
Disk drives lag behind other components in the PC in terms of performance and a computer would run a lot faster if it wasn’t for the slow disk drive. If only there was some way […]
Windows
Windows
Disable Windows 8 notifications for peace and quiet
One of the new features in Windows 8 is notifications and you can be alerted to certain events that take place. For example, Start screen apps like Alarms, Calendar, News and others can display pop-up […]
Windows
Customise the Windows desktop with Rainmeter
Desktop gadgets was a great feature of Windows 7 and it enabled small utilities and information panels to be displayed on the desktop. Unfortunately, Microsoft abandoned widgets and they are no longer in Windows 8. […]
News
News roundup 5th Jun
The latest news stories over the last week. Microsoft increases OneDrive free storage Right now, Office 365 subscribers get 20GB of online storage space on OneDrive, Microsoft’s cloud storage service. This will be increased to […]
Windows
What is Bing Desktop and is it worth it?
If you have ever manually run Windows Update to see if there is anything new, you might have noticed an optional item called Bing Desktop. What is this extra and do you need it? After […]
Windows
Age photos with the Windows 8 Photos app
It is easy to dismiss the Photos app in Windows 8 as a lightweight that doesn’t offer very much and it is true that the original wasn’t that impressive, but the latest version with Windows […]
Windows
Straighten photos with Windows 8 Photos app
We all take crooked photos occasionally and if you aren’t careful with the camera and hold it exactly horizontal, the resulting slope of the landscape can ruin a good photograph. This is most obvious where […]
Windows
Recover disk space used by Windows 8 File History
Windows used to come with a built in Backup program that could be used to back up your files to a second disk drive, such as a USB disk. Windows 8 doesn’t have this facility […]
Windows
Show more tiles on the Windows 8 Start screen
The Windows 8 Start screen does not show every app and program that is installed and instead, it shows a small selection. The tiles are large and sometimes they have no name, so you can’t […]
Windows
Add top gadgets to the Windows 7 desktop
It is a shame that Microsoft abandoned desktop gadgets because they were a great feature of Windows 7. They partly died out because few people used them, but this was because Microsoft gave little support. […]
Windows
Add topics, sources, feeds to the Windows 8 News app
Do you use the News app on the Windows 8 Start screen? If you haven’t yet explored its capabilities, you might be surprised by what it can do. For example, it can be configured to […]
Windows
Store Broker high CPU usage solved in Windows 8
An odd thing happened recently and I noticed that the fan on the computer was working harder than it should be. It wasn’t going flat out, but it was clearly audible when it is usually […]
Cloud
Solve problems with OneDrive and backup software
OneDrive, or SkyDrive as it used to be called, is Microsoft’s online cloud storage facility and it is very useful for storing documents, photos, work files and so on, especially if you use multiple computers […]
Comment
The Microsoft Surface 3 is king of its market
Yesterday Microsoft launched the Surface Pro 3 and it is already a market leading product that blows away all competitors. That is because it is very nearly the only product in its market and there […]
Windows
Solve Windows 8 store problems and app issues
If you are experiencing problems accessing the Windows 8 Store using the Store tile, if you cannot update Windows 8 apps, or if Windows 8 live tiles don’t update on the Start screen, here is […]
Windows
Customise Quick views in Windows Live mail
Windows Live Mail is a reasonably good email client that can be used for standard POP3 mail or online webmail like Gmail, Outlook.com and Yahoo! Mail. If you are used to Outlook Express running on […]
Linux
Monitor web pages for changes automatically
Sometimes you want to know the minute a website or web page changes and it could be because of a breaking news story, concert tickets for your favourite artist going on sale, a new job […]
Windows
Set the default save location in Windows 8
Create a new document or file in an application in Windows 8, then go to the Save facility and you might find that it always defaults to the same location - OneDrive. It might be […]
Linux
Remove web clutter with Readability for Chrome
Some web pages are so cluttered that it is hard to read the actual content. There are menu bars, banner and skyscraper adverts, sharing buttons, links to other pages, comments and more. To make matters […]
Windows
Back up Sticky Notes before you lose them
Do you use sticky notes or Sticky Notes? The first kind are those paper notes with a sticky strip at the top that you can stick to your monitor, desk, fridge door and other places. […]