by Richard W | Jun 21, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Security, Windows
Although most of our tutorials are Ubuntu based, we do get some questions about Windows and other operating systems. This one came in yesterday from one of our readers who asked ‘If it was wise to check for updates every time when using Windows 8’ The...
by Richard W | Jun 17, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Security, Windows
When you sign into Windows 8 using your Microsoft account, some of your system’s settings which may include personal information and apps preferences are stored in the cloud and is used to sync between computers. If you don’t want your system’s...
by Richard W | Jun 10, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Windows
VideoLAN, the organization behind the popular open source music player, VLC has just released the latest version of the program for Windows, Mac and Linux users. This release brings some fixes for audio decoding and encoding, small security issues and improves the...
by Richard W | Jun 4, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Web, Windows
Here’s a quick tip that shows you how to add SkyDrive to the Sent to command on the context menu in Windows Vista, 7 or 8 so you can easily and quickly put stuff into your SkyDrive online account. This only works if you already have SkyDrive desktop application...
by Richard W | Jun 1, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Security, Windows
Here are some tips that may help you secure your Microsoft Account when using Windows 8 machines to sign in. You see, there are two primary ways to sign into Windows 8 machine: one way is to sign in using your local account with your username and password that are...
by Richard W | May 30, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Windows
How many login information (usernames and passwords) can you remember? You see, some of us have created many online profiles that include usernames, passwords and hints that we need to remember so the next time we visit those websites, we should be able to sign in...
