How to Create a Password Protected Folder without any Extra Software

There are a lot of methods that you can use to create a password protected folder, most of which require the use of some third party software. Using this neat method you can hide your folders with a quick batch script. It’s important to note that this will not actually conceal your data from somebody [...]

How to Assign a Static IP Address in XP, Vista, or Windows 7

When organizing your home network it’s easier to assign each computer it’s own IP address than using DHCP. Here we will take a look at doing it in XP, Vista, and Windows 7. If you have a home network with several computes and devices, it’s a good idea to assign each of them a specific [...]

Customize Your Icons in Windows 7 and Vista

Want to change out the icons on your desktop and more?  Personalizing your icons is a great way to make your PC uniquely yours, and today we show you how to customize your Windows icons. Change the icon for Computer, Recycle Bin, Network, and your User folder Right-click on the desktop, and select Personalize. Now, [...]

How to Disable Caps Lock Key in Windows 7 or Vista

The caps lock key is one of those remnants of another age of computers, back when people used to shout at each other more often. Unless you’re in the accounting department, it’s probably not very useful, so today we’ll learn how to disable it. Understanding How Windows Key Re-Mapping Works Windows doesn’t have a default [...]

Static IP Address Configuration Using Command Line

1. Click “Start” then Click “Run” then type “cmd” and hit Enter.2. (Please ignore this step if you already logged on as administrator or alike)within the cmd window type “Runas /User:Administrator cmd” where Adminitrator is a user with an administrative privileges(under the administrators group) then it will prompt you for a password. type it and [...]

Static IP Address Configuration Using Command Line

1. Click “Start” then Click “Run” then type “cmd” and hit Enter.2. (Please ignore this step if you already logged on as administrator or alike)within the cmd window type “Runas /User:Administrator cmd” where Adminitrator is a user with an administrative privileges(under the administrators group) then it will prompt you for a password. type it and [...]

How to Hide User Accounts from the Welcome Screen in Windows 7 and Vista

Here are steps you may follow if you want to hide user accounts from welcome (loggon) screen in Win 7 and vista. As you know, on bootup, Windows 7 and Vista give you a Welcome screen with a list of user accounts created on the computer. Such a list is available only in the case [...]

Great Tweaks for Vista

  Love it or hate it, Windows Vista is here to stay as the default operating system for those buying PC laptops on the market today. We all know Vista requires more hardware power, such as 2GB of RAM being almost a necessity to get decent performance, but are there Vista OS and software tweaks [...]

Revert and Change to XP Classic Logon Screen on Windows 7 or Vista

  Windows 7 and Windows Vista includes a Welcome screen as the default logon screen, which will be displayed on boot up for system where the individual user has its user account password-protected, or system with multiple local or network user accounts. In Welcome screen, the list of user account names or IDs or the [...]

Set Up Custom Shortcut Keys in MS Word & Make a Cheat Sheet

  Evolution gave us two hands, but hopefully it will continue on and give us a few more. Just two hands are hardly fitting for the digital age. If we could total up the seconds lost in flitting between the keyboard and the mouse, I am sure it will add up to a nice round [...]