Printer Tips

Printers today have a short life span when compared to the printers your purchased in the mid 90's. If you have a printer today, there should be some measures that you should do occasionally so that you can extend your printer life. Now all printers are made the same and for most user's this will be the standard care and maintenance for most.

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Login to Win 95

Have a Win 95 computer but can't remember the login name and password. Here's a quick tip to help you get into the computer so that you can access your files. Good luck.

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Get into window 95 without login credentials. Without network access. When login in hit cancel to get into OS, then hit start, find search all files with the .pwl extension then delete them. The next time u login your password should be blank.

MAC cannot read Flash Drive

Here's an on going problem with MAC computers when you share flash drives across multiple operating systems. On Windows the flash drive works, then on MAC, you just can't get MAC to understand what device your putting in and to read those files.

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It's simple, wipe out the flash drive completely in Windows, then go to My Computer -> click on Flash Drive -> Properties and reformat the Flash Drive to exFAT.  Once all is done put the file your trying to read in MAC back into the Flash Drive and then try reading it using the MAC. You should instantly see MAC recognizing the Flash Drive and the files and your all done. 

App vs Software

Why do people call mobile applications "apps" and not say that it's just software. This is a good question and here goes the logic answer and I hope you can get this.

A software refers to a set of programs, procedures, algorithms and it's documentation concerned with the operation of a data processing system. It's data that is stored on your phone or computer. ex. Microsoft, Android, iOS, etc.
You can update your system software which is already located on your device, but you cannot run it.

Whereas, an application or application software used to run and perform various tasks.

That's the difference and that's why it's two different things. One software runs, and the other doesn't.

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Pc Memory Info Upgrade

Looking to upgrade your computer but confused on how much memory you should have so that your computer can run efficiently.

Here a simple scale to use to get the most out of your computer when it comes to memory.

8 gig = bare minimum for your average computer to do the basic
16 gig = great for streamers and user's who want to view constantly their video artist
32 gig = unless your going 3D your not going to get much out of this from your computer
64 gig and greater = you can go higher but your at technology that is still years ahead to come with also spending a lot of money for memory your probably never going to need, until your next upgrade.

Hack your Floppy

Have a floppy drive but limited to how much space your can put in it. Try this hack and extend your floppy drive to 128 gig with help of just a few items your probably already using.

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Windows Cache

Need to clear up your Windows Cache, here are great ways to clear the cache via Windows using various tips. There is no right or wrong way to clear the cache and when all goes wrong you can always reboot your computer.

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Clear clipboard Shortcut on Win 10

Here's the easiest way to create a clear the clipboard shortcut on Windows 10, by following the instructions below.

Right click on the mouse and create a shortcut. On shortcut write the following %windir% \system32\cmd.exe /c "echo off l clip" enter clear clipboard as the name and Finsih

Enable Admin in Win 10

Have a Windows 10 computer and can't seem to find the administrator account. It could be that the vendor or manufactured that you purchased your computer from disabled the account.
Here's the easiest way to activate the account so that it's no longer hidden.

Open command prompt as administrator, by just right clicking on the mouse when opening up the program. Then type the following in the command prompt menu. "net "user administrator / active: yes" and then press enter. Now when your restart your computer or sign off and sign on again, you should now, be able to see the administrator account.

Install Windows in 10 Minutes

This little hack save you time installing Windows on computers. By pushing the process in priority of tasks. Installation time can be reduced so that you can use your resources for something else. Unfortunately it doesn't work quite well with Windows 10 upgrade. But that doesn't mean that you can't help to speed up some processes.

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Tips Shift + F10 

at the command prompt type taskmgr 

and go to process and on the setup.exe program 

change the level to make it priority. 

Disable Windows Password Expiration

This is a handy tweak to remove the Windows password from resetting. You will have to have administrative rights and it's best when done using the command prompt. If everything is successful you will get a successful message in DOS after hitting enter. To be done for all user's on a computer that has a user password.

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CMD prompt code:

wmic path Win32_UserAccount where Name='username' set PasswordExpires=false

Creating simple Cache

Understand Windows Cache, so you already know that you should be doing this on a regular basis. If you want to create your own Cache you can do so by following these easy steps below. Free up your computer and cache it every once in a while when you notice that it's running slower.

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Rename Administrator Account

If your an network administrator you already know that hackers love to try to get into your network via the administrator account. Your best bet is to change the administrator account name so that hackers can't get into your account and so that your network is always secure. Here some more info on changing administrator accounts.

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Disable Admin Tools in Win8

Want to disable the Administrator Tools in Windows 8, well it will be a good idea if you have a user who always likes to play around with their computer. Locking out this feature will enable them not to mess up the computer settings. You just don't know what people can do when they mess around with things.

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Block Windows .Net Framework Update

Net Framework is nice at times but sometimes you have to block their updates when your having software problems. To do this just following the information given to temporary block the recent update until either Windows or your third party software is patched.

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Get MAC address

Want to get a MAC address for a windows unit. just goto the command prompt and type "getmac" and you can easily get that information so that it can be inputted into your wireless device to filter MAC addresses on your network. A great way to secure all your wireless devices on your network.


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Memory Overclocking worth?

Ever think of overclocking your memory. Well just in case you were curious it can be done. But in the long run what it will do is cost you in loosing computer stability and you can wear your parts prematurely causing ongoing system crashes. The GPU can recover from a glitch but not the RAM. The overall performance is minimal and the cost is just not worth it. So if you think you might want to do it for gaming. Don't waste your time and spend the money on better performance hardware.

Registering MS Office

Having problem registering Office here's a great tip to get the software going again. Do a command prompt with administrator rights then goto Office 14 folder for 64 bit version it will be c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14 then run the command "cscrip ospp.vbs /act" after this your Office license should then be registered and alright to go from that point.

Mac Tech Tools

Fixing MAC is another hobby that I am taking up that appears to be very competitive. But when you fight for control over a world where MAC help is very easy to find, this may not be a great field to make money on. Unless most of your customer base is MAC free friendly.
So I rather just share the information to you and gain your MAC free expertise.

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Here are some steps to always first remember

1- Restart

2- Rebuild/Restore

3- Reinstall

Start Up Options

C:

Shift:

Command, Option, P and R:

Command-R:

Option-D:

Option:

Command-V:

Win 8 Update Shortcut

Tired of trying to remember how to update your computer in Windows 8 or dislike how long it takes to get to Windows Update. Try making a shortcut of Windows Update and simply your updating tasks.

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