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If you've ever wanted to assemble your own computer, but felt intimidated, this video is for you. In all reality, it's quite easy. This is the computer I built back in December of 2010. It's based on the AMD Phenom II x6 1090T. Check out this article for information on how to choose and match your hardware.

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Posted on March 2, 2012 - Filed Under Tech Tips & Tutorials

With the coming of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, some new and useful keyboard shortcuts have been introduced for the Metro interface...

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Posted on February 24, 2012 - Filed Under Tech Devices

At around 15 years old, I started experimenting with pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes. By the time I was 17, I was smoking cigarettes as a habit and was fully hooked within a year. When I reached the age of 30, I decided it was time to quit and thus began my long battle with cigarettes and nicotine addiction. As you can guess, many attempts to quit were futile...

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Posted on November 2, 2011 - Filed Under Gaming

It's official! You can now download and play DC Universe Online for free on both the PC and PlayStation 3. As part of this transition, Sony Online Entertainment has introduced three new access levels to the game: Free, Premium, and Legendary.

"We are confident that going free-to-play will expand the action combat experience of DC Universe Online by making the game more accessible to every type of player, so they can choose to play the game their way," said John Smedley, President of Sony Online Entertainment...

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Posted on October 25, 2011 - Filed Under Tech Tips & Tutorials

Mozilla's Firefox Web browser has consistently gained in popularity since its first official release on November 9, 2004. Some users are not aware of the available Firefox keyboard shortcuts and we should all know by now that the constant use of a computer mouse can really tire your hand out. In addition, these shortcuts can boost productivity significantly...

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Posted on October 20, 2011 - Filed Under Computer Software

Windows 7 Account Screen Editor is a freeware program created by Bart Ubing that gives you the ability to change the background image used for your logon screen, welcome screen, and shut down screen...

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Posted on October 19, 2011 - Filed Under Computer Software

CCleaner is a free system cleaner from Piriform that goes far beyond the Disk Cleanup tool found in Windows and helps to keep your computer running at peak performance. I have used it for many years now. It finds and securely deletes your Interenet history, your cookies, your Windows history, and all the useless junk stored on your hard drive, such as temporary files...

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Posted on October 19, 2011 - Filed Under Tech Tips & Tutorials

Sometimes you'll run into instances where you need to close and restart the Windows Explorer process, such as when you're having problems, testing out a new shell plug-in, or perhaps you've made certain changes to the registry. With this tech tip, you can quickly close and restart Windows Explorer without having to log off or restart your computer...

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Posted on October 15, 2011 - Filed Under Computer Software

Mouse Without Borders is a free application from Microsoft which gives you the ability to control multiple Windows PCs across a network with a single mouse and keyboard...

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Posted on September 30, 2011 - Filed Under Tech Tips & Tutorials

It is good practice to create a System Restore point manually when making changes to your system's configuration because Windows does not always create one automatically. In this tutorial, I show you how to create a System Restore point manually in case problems arise...

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Posted on September 27, 2011 - Filed Under Tech Tips & Tutorials

It's always a good idea to create a backup of the Windows Registry before making any changes manually or automatically with various ".reg" files you may find around the Internet. This article shows you how to do just that...

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Posted on September 16, 2011 - Filed Under Tech Tips & Tutorials

On September 13, 2011, Microsoft released a new preview build of Windows 8 to the general public. This build is an alpha release (build 8102) and should not be installed on your primary computer unless you use virtualization software like VirtualBox. The first thing you'll notice once Windows 8 has loaded is the new "Metro" user interface. If you're like me and many others, you'll probably find it to be annoying and cumbersome. With this tip, you can easily disable Metro and enable the classic Start Menu...

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This is Windows 8 running on VirtualBox 4.1.2 with the default Metro interface.