Well the control panel does or handles most of the maintenance, upgrade, and more of Windows. With this you can configure how you want Windows to show up as. You can configure its audio settings, display settings, and much more. There are two ways to view the control panel, the traditional way and the category way. The traditional way, shows or lists all the icons that you can change. The category way, groups similar things, like display and audio.
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Many of us, usually update our computer drivers by going to Windows Update and looking in the hardware section but I have found an easier way. There is a website called My-Config.com. This website can help you find recent drivers for all your hardware. To begin the process go to 
http://www.ma-config.com/ and click on "Run The Dedication" button. It may prompt you to install a plug-in. Go ahead. After that, click "start detection". Then "find the drivers". A list will populate on their website with links to download out-dated drivers.
Well guess what, AnalogX Netstat Live is like a saver for many people. It monitors both incoming and outgoing data. It doesn't matter if you are using a modem, cable modem, DSL, or even on your very own network. It can also graph your CPU usage, and do much more. It works well with all Windows versions starting from Windows 95 and going until Windows 7. Want to give it a try, follow this link.
Difficulty Level: Easy
Are you living in a rural area and want to get the most out of your Wi-Fi signal? Well this is a good product you can buy from Cisco. It is called Wireless-G Range Expander. It extends and strengthens your signal at the same time. This product has a special ability, it doesn't need to be connected with a data cable to send signals farther, it receives the signals from a router, and then speeds them up into the distance. It is compatible with most brands of wireless routers, and not only that, it is easy to install. You just plug it it, press the button and wala, its configured. That's how amazing this product is so come and check this product out here.
Difficulty Level: Easy
Ever wanted to record what you do on the computer? Well HyperCam is a free program that records exactly what your screen is showing. It will even show were you mouse pointer is, wow!! After recording what happens in your screen, it will convert it into a format called AVI (Audio-Video Interleaved). This software is compatible with Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and 7. Want to download this then click here.
Difficulty Level: Beginner
Well, first you have to know what OS you have. It can either be Windows 7, XP, Vista, or 2000.
Windows 7
1. Click the Start Menu and click on the Control Panel.
2. Then click Programs and Features.
3. Select the program that you want to uninstall and then click uninstall.
Windows Vista
1. Select Control Panel from the Start Menu.
2. Double click Programs and Features.
3. Select the program you want to uninstall and click uninstall.
Windows XP
1. Press Control Panel from the Start Menu.
2. Click Add or Remove Programs.
3. Select the program that you want to uninstall and press uninstall.
Windows 2000
1. From the Start Menu, select settings.
2. Press Control Panel.
3. Double click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
4. Select the program needed to be removed and click add/remove.
Difficulty Level: Easy
Who saw Eclipse or what ever it is called. I ask this because movies are very complicated productions but you can do the same or close to that. If you are using Windows you can use Windows Movie Maker but that has limited features. There is a piece a free software called VideoSpin. The company that make it, is called Pinnacle. They offer this free because they sell a full video program for professionals. This version is perfect for the home user. Try it today and see what you like.
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Well Picnik, is a simple and free tool that is online and also available to anyone. You can edit and fix up any photo you want with just clicks. There are tons of special effects that you can choose from to make your pictures look the best. If you would like to upgrade to premium and get all the effects from Picnik, the price is only $24.95 a year. So come and check this photo editor out.
Difficulty Level: Beginner
Well, in the first place what is an update? Well, an update means to brings something up to date. Updates are really useful because it brings software and other programs to a newer version. In addition to updating programs, it fixes and corrects problems within a certain piece of software. For Microsoft Windows OS, they release their update on the second Tuesday of every month. If you don't update your computer regularly, as in the summer of 2003, the Blaster worm harmed computers all over the world causing them to reboot themselves freely. If you don't want the job of having to check if updates are available for your computer, follow these steps.
1. Click start.
2. Scroll over to All Programs.
3. Click Windows Update.
4. Change the setting on the left pane.
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This new Cisco Router called, Valet, is the latest technology that Cisco has come out with. Not only is it easy to set up, it allows someone to be in charge, like a boss. With this new router, you can link computers, video systems, printers, mobile devices, and TV's that are capable for internet. With this new router, you can quickly add someone to your network from the main computer, by adding them as your guest. You would just give them a temporary password. To setup up this router is as easy as plug and play. Because the setup software is in the cisco usb device. The Valet starts with the price of $99.99. However, for a better range, and better utilities, there is a better one, known as the Valet Plus, which costs $149.99.
Difficulty Level: Easy
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I certainly have a lot of flash drives laying around with no use at all. They are just collecting dust. I recently remembered that, when Windows Vista was released, a feature called Windows ReadyBoost was released. ReadyBoost makes your computers performance better. You can read more about this here. To take advantages of this feature, in windows 7 and Vista, you must have a flash drive that is bigger than 2gb and is fast. When you find it, plug it in into your computer and you will get a window similar to the one below. Click "Speed up my system" and follow the steps.
WinTinker Password Generator offers a secure and simple way to generate a password. It turns your easiest word to remember, into a very random password. If you happen to forget it by any chance, you run rerun the program and it will give you your password. This software happens to have an ability to run its software by just by plugging in a thumb drive and can also be run with Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and 7. So check it out now by following into this link.
Difficulty Level: Easy
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Overtime, Windows machines tend to slow down. They can take a long time to boot. For example, my boot originally was 2 minutes 2 seconds. Thankfully, an application cut it down to 1 minutes 22 seconds. It is very simple, the application tells me what programs I can turn off on start-up, which would make my boot (computer start) faster. The software is called Soluto. It is a very elegant software that you can downloaded here. You run it and on the next boot it analyzes how much it took and lets you know what you can turn off. As a recommendation, after you use it, uninstall Soluto. It is also a program that runs at boot and you only may need it for maybe 4 times.
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These shortcuts are only good for Windows users.
Windows + Up and Windows + Down -- they change the screen view, you can either zoom in or zoom out
Windows + Shift + Up and Windows + Shift + Down -- they change the view of the screen, the width, and height
Windows + Left and Windows + Right -- they control the page of the screen, so if you want it to appear half of it to one side, then you direct it to that side.
Windows + Home -- this controls or sends you to your desktop screen
Windows + E -- Opens up a new Explorer Window
I recently, very accidentally discovered Windows Mobility Center. I had seen it before but never really thought about it. If you hit Win+X, you will see a window pop up. Here you can control many things like Display Brightness, Sounded, battery, presentation mode and many things. It's a very simple easy handy shortcut. Unfortunately, it is for Windows 7 and Vista for laptops.
In iTunes, a very useful feature is Finding duplicate songs in itunes. Many of us have GBs of songs. If you just go to File -> Show Duplicates menu item. You can use this feature to help find all duplicates from your library. However, we have different versions of songs. To find the 'Exact Duplicate' hold down shift in Windows and the option key in Mac and go to File ->Show Exact Duplicates. With this button iTunes shows only true duplicates, and not other versions.
Well maybe it says its protected but actually its not. This program called Threatfire, is an anti-virus program that protects your computer like no other program. This program not only deletes the viruses or dangerous files, but vanishes them permanently, so they will never harm your computer again. If you are wondering that if there is a price to this, well don't wonder anymore, because it is free to anyone out there. So come and check it out here.
Difficulty Level: Easy
This software called, Remind-Me, is designed to help you not forget another appointment again. This software can display anniversaries, holidays, appointments, or whatever you tell it to. This software sends you emails just in case if you are not on your computer so when the event comes up, you wont forget. So come and try it now here.
" I don't want to buy Photoshop", many have said. "It is too expensive and I only need it for simple things." Yes there are alternatives to Photoshop like GIMP and Paint.NET. They are good alternatives and will do the job but what if you need an alternative to Windows Media Player or just other software and maybe even find something for free. Well, a site called Alternativeto helps you find exactly what you need. It can help you find software for mobile phones and all major platforms. Just put and search the software and you will have the answer at your finger tips.
Difficulty level: Easy
Well this program is just the solution for you. It is called tinySpell. This is a program that can be used when the software you are using does not have a spelling check option. There are two types of variants available. There is a tinySpell and a tinySpell+. The tinySpell is a free software and if you want to have more than that with the extra features, then there is the tinySpell+. The price of this one starts from 10 dollars and then keeps on going up. It works on Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP, and Vista. Give it a try know here.
Difficulty Level: Beginner