I have a laptop and as many of us, I hate the built in touch pad that is on the laptop. I like having one in my hand, but, do not want to use a wired mouse. I went to Wal-Mart one day, and did not have a lot of cash to spend, so I found a cheap $15.00 wireless mouse that looked like just the right size. I love it. The company is Gear … Read more
Eight ways to start Task Manager in Windows 8.1 with some being 1 step and others having a few steps to them.
Instructions on how to disable check box for Windows icons which is easy to do with folder options
This guide lists many Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts to help you navigate the GUI formerly known as Metro much more quickly and easily.
Tip on how to disable touchpad on laptop when USB mouse or device is plugged in and works with the new Razer Blade 2014 and other laptops.
Its a shame that even after decades and several innovative versions, Windows still comes short when it comes to customizing the desktop. Have no fear, though, we’ve got you covered. To be honest, these free applications from trusted sources have got you covered. Browse through our list of the top 5 software you can download and install to add new life into your desktop! 5. Ozoko Wallpapers These aren’t just your ordinary wallpapers, these interactive wallpapers from … Read more
For those of you that updated to Windows 8.1 now you will finally see Microsoft added the start button back, but it is a very limited version of the former Windows start button. Still I am going to show you some configuration options and ways to use the new Windows 8.1 start button and if you don’t like any of the options, then I am going to suggest using the alternative Start button app called … Read more
How to turn Windows 8 into god mode and unlock a slew of hidden features in Windows 8.
If you are using a new ASUS Motherboard with the EFI and Windows 7 or Windows 8 and want to setup Hyper V in Windows 8 or setup a VmWare Image you may eventually run into the issue where you will see an error saying Virtualization support is disabled in the firmware in most cases this is the default setting of the ASUS EFI motherboard where Intel Virtualization Technology is disabled by default and required … Read more
So you have a hard drive with a large amount of space and you created some partitions at first, but now you are running out of space in one of your drive partitions and you want to extend the space in the drive. You can accomplish this task with ease with the help of Windows Disk Management. This feature is found in Windows Vista, 7 and Windows 8. With this tool, you can increase the … Read more
Now that DragonBlogger.com has a very large post width area I was embedding larger YouTube video sizes into the WordPress posts but found that the embedded YouTube videos were too low resolution and required the viewer to manually click on the gear icon and switch the resolution to 720p or 1080p to get the best experience from the video. Video Tutorial on how to Embed HD YouTube Video in WordPress When you use WordPress to … Read more
So you may have run into a situation where you tried to Dual Boot Windows 8 with Windows 7 but the process failed by making a minor mistake you may not have even realized and now you cannot even boot into Windows 7 anymore as the boot screen now only has a black screen with a blinking cursor which looks like a dash blinking at the top left. This happens when your MBR (Master Boot … Read more
When looking to mass delete start programs in Windows 8 you will have a limited set of options available to you from what I can find. Windows 8 moved the Startup Program management to the Windows Task Manager which is actually quite good, unless you are looking to select and disable multiple Windows 8 startup programs at the same time. One thing you can do is search and disable your profile startup applications manually, this … Read more
Windows 8 can have a useful start screen if you fill it up with your most commonly accessed programs, files and utilities. One problem that I found is that by default you can’t easily add control panel links or .bat files as quickly as you can with other file types. There is no “Pin to Start” option for *.cpl files or .bat files and some other system related files so you have to make your … Read more
Now this feature existed in Windows 7 too but was still a nice feature that they left intact in Windows 8 where you have the ability to mass rename files of the same type and have Windows just default with an increment (#) after the filename. To mass rename files in Windows 8 that are grouped together like photos or documents that should all be the same title with just an increment, all you need … Read more
Say you got a big fancy new SSD drive to replace your former SSD drive that you were running Windows 7 or Windows 8 on. Did you know that just cloning your C drive isn’t enough? You need to actually run some additional tools on the drive to make it so you can boot off of a cloned Windows boot drive. How to Clone a Windows SSD Drive These instructions work for cloning a Windows … Read more
I was having trouble with some of my downloads folders taking over 10 seconds just to open the folder and display the content in the folder. I thought the delay was caused by the slower 5400RPM hard drive but it turns out Windows and the way it optimized the folder was causing the Windows folder to load slow and take a long time to display files. I did a video tutorial on how to customize … Read more
Want to know how to install Windows App Store apps to a different drive from the default C: drive? It’s all about the PackageRoot folks! I was getting pretty desperate when I saw I only had 4GB left on my C: drive, I have a 90GB SSD as my Primary Windows 8 Hard Drive and by default the Windows App Store installs all programs on your C: drive in the C:\Program Files\WindowsApps folder. There is … Read more
Answering the question many people are asking should I upgrade to Windows 8? I decided to take the plunge and upgrade my only home machine to Windows 8. I took the risk of applications not working, dealing with an interface I may not like because I wanted to be in the same position a person would be if they purchased a Windows 8 laptop or if they upgraded their own Windows 7 to Windows 8. … Read more
Have you ever tried but failed to delete files or folders on Windows? Often malicious programs create such undeletable items, which cause an error message to pop-up when you try to delete them. In this post, we shall learn how to delete undeletable files and folders without using any extra software. Please read the warning at the bottom before proceeding. Through the Search Box or Run Dialog open “CMD”, which is the MSDOS command prompt. … Read more