Cool application allows you to mapy the Wi-Fi signal strength in your home.
Windows Guides
Whats Up with Windows 10
Windows Update Causing Blue Screens of Death
What is My Screen Resolution
What Do Windows Task Manager Values Mean
Always Keep a Window on Top
Control Multiple PCs with One Mouse
We recently asked our TechTalk contributors to recommend a favorite FREE application or tool that they currently use. This post is the Windows Guide response to our request.
Find Your Lost License Keys
Ready to reload that software you purchased – but that post it note with the license key has disappeared? This freeware will help.
Sticky Notes on Steroids
Cleanup Windows Taskbar Icons
Your Windows taskbar could be jam-packed with icons. Learn how to cleanup and customize your taskbar.
9 Tips for Improving Your Wireless Connection
Find Largest Files on Your Hard Drive
Windows Guides reviews a free utility that analyzes disk usage – file by file. Remember, PC Matic also provides a detailed analysis of file size.
Forgot Your Windows Password
Securing Uploads to Your Cloud Accounts
The sharp folks at Windows Guides review a product that claims to protect your online storage on DropBox, Skydrive and GoogleDrive accounts.
Deleting Locked Files on Next Reboot
A free utility that provides an easy way to remove ‘locked’ files or ‘files in use’ on the next reboot.
10 Best Tips for Saving Hard Drive Space
10 simple routine & preventative maintenance tips that can help conserve hard drive space & create more room for pictures, videos, music and more.
Repairing Corrupt Microsoft Office Files
Save yourself a headache and check out the option inside Microsoft Office for repairing corrupted Word, Excel and PowerPoint files.
Turn Windows 8 Laptop Into WiFi Hotspot
Find File Types with No Extensions
Using an open-source program called TrID we can find out the file types of such files and then look for a program that can open it.
How to Tell If You Need More RAM
What can an every-day user do to find out if their machine is using all of it’s current physical memory and, therefore, needs more RAM?
Creating a Windows Guest Account
Learn, in this guide how to set up a Guest account, which is available in all Windows 7 versions, for infrequent users of your PC.
What is R.A.M. and Why Do You Need It?
Create a multiple choice menu in a batch-file
7 Useful Tools Hidden Inside Windows 7
Windows 7 comes with several features that maybe you haven’t noticed. This post will show you some of these useful tools.
Hibernate vs. Sleep vs. Shut-Down
There are many ways to shut down and restart your computer, but – which does what, and which should you use when?
How to Copy Error Message to Clipboard
Often we face errors on our PCs which, with a quick web search on the error text, are easily resolvable.
Set Windows 7 as WiFi HotSpot
Windows 7 comes with a new feature for sharing your computers internet connection. Now, you can do it wireless.
Encrypt Data in Your Dropbox and Access it from Smart Device
In this guide, we share an application that encrypts your data while still providing access to your data from any Windows, Mac, or Linux PC as well as from an iOS, Android, or Windows RT device.
Finding Traces Left Behind by ‘Private’ Browsing
How to find traces left by Incognito Mode in Google Chrome, Private Browsing in Firefox, and InPrivate Browsing in Internet Explorer.
Can’t Delete a File? Use Command Prompt
Have you ever experienced that windows won’t allow you to delete a file, presumably because some service or dll is still using it ?
Make Your PC Say What You Type
How to Reset a Windows Password
If you want access to your Windows account (and not just access to your files), you can reset your password quite easily. Learn, in this guide, how to burn a password reset disc and how to boot from it and reset your Windows account password.
How to Upgrade to Windows 8 Pro
You can upgrade to Windows 8 Pro, released on October 26th, 2012 in a number of ways. This guide will show you your options and show you how to upgrade based on your choice:
Add Favorite Sites and More to Windows Taskbar
If you want quick access to the items on your desktop, any website, or you Internet Explorer favorites, you can add them to your Windows taskbar. Learn, in this guide how to add these toolbars and how to create a custom toolbar.
Ad-Hoc or Hotspot, and what is Tethering anyway?
Ad-Hoc, Hotspot, Tethering, three words you keep seeing. Three expressions everyone but you seem to know what is.
Disable Autorun on your PC
All My Storage – Windows 8 App Review
Add Custom Icons To Your Drives In Explorer
This guide will show you how to edit the registry so you can use your own icons for your drives in ‘Computer’ (Windows Explorer).
Windows Guides: Using Check Disk to Maintain Your Hard Drive
In this guide, we’ll show you how to use Check Disk and explain a little about common errors to which hard drives are prone.
Windows Guides: 8 Steps to Get Windows Right ?
Windows “version 8″ is upon us. Bringing changes to the old, the safe, the familiar. Some say the changes are for the best. Others dread them, swear to keep the Seven (or XP) for a long time to come. Some even say they will never abandon XP as long as there’s hardware to support it. That is how changing things affect us.
However, things that seem new and daunting will undoubtedly after a period seem like the most natural thing in the world – something you just can’t imagine life without. Do you think that the changes in “Version 8″ are something you can live without ?
Windows Guides: Field Guide to Today’s Processors
This guide offers a basic explanation of these five types of processors and will help you determine the best for your needs.
Windows Guides: 10 Tips to Boost Firefox Privacy
Windows Guides: Simple, Portable Clipboard Manager
A simple, portable clipboard manager that is perfect for copying, saving, and trying to find snippets of text.
Windows Guides: Best Way to Encrypt Your Files
One of my favorite freeware apps is TrueCrypt – the best way to encrypt important files. I like that you can encrypt a full volume or create an inconspicuous container file on your PC that houses your most important files.
Windows Guides: Enthusiasts Guide to Intel’s New Processors
An Enthusiasts Guide to Intel’s New Processors and the exciting features – that every computer user ought to know.
Windows Guides: Add Virtual Desktops to Windows 7
It is easy to integrate virtual desktop feature in Windows 7 using freeware application called mDesktop.
Windows Guides: Changing Time Servers in Windows 7
Learn how you can set Windows to use some publicly available better time servers that respond quickly and provide the correct time.
Windows Guides: Launch Applications Easily in Windows
If you have ever wished for a quicker and neater looking method to launch programs, then this open source program can make those wishes come true.
Windows Guides: How Windows Knows Where You Are
Did you know that through the use of location sensors included in Windows 7, your applications can know exactly where you are and provide you with relevant information and content.
Windows Guides: Restoring Deleted Files
There are literally hundreds of programs out there, promising to UNdelete or recover your lost files, some of which actually work. Usually its the ones you have to buy that gets it right. There is however a free option if you are using Windows 7 (and Vista).