by Richard W | Jan 10, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Windows
So, recently we’ve been showing you how to create encrypted directories and folders in Ubuntu using EncFS. We’ve shown you how to do it from the command line as well as how to use Cryptkeeper GUI tool to encrypt files from your desktop. To read our...
by Richard W | Jan 9, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Windows
Microsoft has recently announced that it’s retiring Windows Live Messenger on March 15, 2013 around the world and is encouraging users to switch to Skype. As part of Windows Essential suite, it is one of the most popular IM client on the Internet, and has been...
by Richard W | Jan 3, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Windows
Here’s one Windows secret that you probably already know – the more programs and services that are started automatically when you sign into Windows, the slower your computer runs. If you want for your PC to sign you in and run a bit faster, you may have to...
by Richard W | Dec 27, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Security, Windows
Windows 8, like previous versions of Windows uses Windows Update to automatically downloads and installs important software updates everyday at 3 AM. You can change the time Windows installs updates to something other than 3 AM especially when your computer...
by Richard W | Dec 26, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Windows
Dell Marketing Department is giving away a free Windows 8 for dummies eBook to Windows 8 users. The e-Book is about 138 pages long and covers everything from the new Start Screen in Windows 8 to finding your desktop and configuring your devices. All you have to do to...
by Richard W | Dec 20, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Windows
Here’s a quick tutorial that’s going to show you how to auto mount or map NTFS partitions in Ubuntu 12.10. For example, if you have another hard drive (Flash, IDE, SATA, etc.) that’s already formatted using NTFS file system which contains your data...