by Richard W | Jul 19, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Windows
After more than 16 months of development and about 10,000 individual changes, Wine, the software that lets you run programs designed for Windows in Linux systems has just released version 1.6 and this brief tutorial is going to show you how to upgrade or install it in...
by Richard W | Jul 16, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Security, Windows
BitLocker Drive Encryption helps you protect your files on an entire drive. It will deny access to hackers and anyone who steals your computer and tries to access your information without authorization. It is a cool technology and it comes with Windows 8 and 8.1 Pro...
by Richard W | Jul 11, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Windows
If you want to automatically sign into Windows 8 without always typing your password, this brief guide is going to show you how. One of our readers asked me few days ago about this. She wanted to know if it was possible to automatically sign in to Windows without...
by Richard W | Jul 9, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Windows
This article applies to Windows XP, Vista, 7 and Windows 8. It is going to show you how to easily perform disk error checking or scan disk to check your hard drive for errors if you think there’s a problem with it. The reason I’m writing this is because...
by Richard W | Jul 5, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Windows
VirtualBox, the popular virtualization software that lets you run multiple virtual guest machines (Windows, Mac OS X and Linux) on a single host machine (Windows, Mac OS X and Linux) has been updated to version 4.2.16 and this brief guide is going to show you how mine...
by Richard W | Jun 27, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Windows
Yesterday, Microsoft announced the release of Windows 8.1 which is an update to Windows 8 that many folks had problems with. Windows 8.1 is Microsoft’s answer for those who may have issues with Windows 8. It comes with a Start button and an option that lets you...