The 50 Best Registry Hacks that Make Windows Better - How-To Geek - StumbleUpon
We’re big fans of hacking the Windows Registry around here, and we’ve got one of the biggest collections of registry hacks you’ll find. Don’t believe us? Here’s a list of the top 50 registry hacks that we’ve covered. It’s important to note that you should never hack the registry if you don’t know what you’re doing, because your computer will light on fire and some squirrels may be injured. Also, you should create a System Restore point before doing so. Otherwise, keep reading.
Turn Your Home Router Into a Super-Powered Router with DD-WRT
Wireless is everywhere and routers are the force that makes it happen, so why not supercharge yours to take proper advantage of it? DD-WRT will let you boost your router’s range, add features, and more. DD-WRT has a ton of features—more than we can cover in this guide, which is focused on helping you get your router upgraded. Stay tuned, as we’ll go into more depth in a couple more days on all the great things you can do with it, but even if you don’t use the additional features, DD-WRT is worth installing to make your router work better. What Is DD-WRT? Here’s our router.
Top 10 Ways to Speed Up Your Slow Technology
I wouldn't bother overclocking any high-performance desktop GPUs. These days they're generally factory overclocked already, and hence you probably won't be able to push them any more, and even if you can, you'll probably experience graphical artifacts (i.e snow, random pixel data getting scrambled, or more subtle problems with rendering). It may be worth trying to push a low-end GPU, or a laptop GPU (if you're sure it can handle the heat), but in the case of the latter, good luck finding a tool that works with both your laptop's chipset and GPU.
The 10 Most Ridiculously Awesome Geeky Computer Pranks
Everybody loves a good prank… unless you are the one on the receiving end of the fun. It’s time to hone your pranking skills, not just to make sure you are the best, but so you can avoid being pranked by others. Yeah, sure, we could go with the old standards, like a blue screen of death screensaver or something like that, but it’s time to use our geek skills and come up with something better. We’ll cover some of the old favorites too, but maybe with a twist.
How Can I Save Un-downloadable Online Video Content to Watch Offline?
Lighten up, Francis. You may be infringing on the copyright, or may not, depending on your use and purpose. Fair use offers a great deal of defenses which have been upheld regarding format and time shifting. It is likely that you are violating the terms of service agreement in doing so, and the worse thing that can happen to you in that case is simply being cut off from service. It's perfectly legal to use a VCR or DVR to record TV shows. How is this any different?
Table of keyboard shortcuts
In computing, a keyboard shortcut is a sequence or combination of keystrokes on a computer keyboard which invokes commands in software. Some keyboard shortcuts require the user to press a single key or a sequence of keys one after the other. Other keyboard shortcuts require pressing and holding several keys simultaneously (indicated in the tables below by this sign: +).
Top 5 Places to Work Online and Make Money
There are literally hundreds, if not thousands of ways to make money online. All of these ways are derivatives of two basic ways, which are selling your own products & services, and selling other people’s products & services. Each has their advantages and disadvantages, and I personally do a little of both. Today’s post is basically to show you a few of my favorite places to work online. I do offer web services and have my own websites to make money as well, but now we will focus on other places I go to make even more money. Here are the top five places I do a lot of my online work:
Home Network Security
This section provides a basic introduction to the technologies that underlie the Internet. It was written with the novice end-user in mind and is not intended to be a comprehensive survey of all Internet-based technologies. Subsections provide a short overview of each topic. This section is a basic primer on the relevant technologies. For those who desire a deeper understanding of the concepts covered here, we include links to additional information. What does broadband mean?
20 essential PC shortcuts
I've always liked that Windows gives me multiple ways to perform popular tasks. Say you want to print something. You could go to the File menu and select the Print command, or you can press the Ctrl button and the letter P.
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