The internet is a dangerous place for kids, but that doesn’t make it safe for adults. Both you and your kids could be vulnerable to online intruders if the proper safety steps aren’t taken. This makes it necessary for people to educate themselves about their risks and to appropriately restrict […]
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What to look for when Choosing a Home Router
A wireless router helps you share broadband internet connection among gadgets in your home. With so many routers on the market what should you look for when looking for a router for your home? Here are six things that can help you decide: High Level User or Low Level User Determining […]
How to install RAM Upgrades on Desktop PC
Installing a new RAM (RIMM/DIMM) is not rocket-science but one of the easiest and most useful upgrades for your computer. In many circumstances, increasing RAM is the cheapest solution for higher speeds and smooth performance. There are two options for this task: adding RAM to free slots or replacing existing […]
Basic structure of HTML documents
Same like humans, HTML and XHTML documents have a head and a body. The head of the document contains basic information (an overview) on what’s actually on that page: the title, meta information, styles, javascript declarations and more. The body is meant for the content displaying in the browser window. Below […]
Importance of monitor color variation when designing HTML pages
In the process of planning the color scheme of a HTML page, the webmaster has to pay attention o some basic things, speaking of which the color variation from desktop to desktop is a crucial detail. 1. No precise colors. The best thing to acknowledge-colors you use on the web […]
How to set Application Compatibility in Windows 8
It may happens some applications cannot run on Windows 8 or have compatibility issues as they were written for previous versions of the operating system and were not yet updated. In such case, a savvy user must run the program in compatibility mode. To setup the application compatibility in Windows […]
Types of HTML layouts
One of the most important aspects in designing HTML pages concerns the width and height of the website and how the elements fit into the layout. Over the years, web designers were looking to have a balance between the benefits and the pitfalls of addressing one or another option or […]
What should appear above the fold in a web page
When designing a web page, elements “above the fold” means organizing them in such way so the most important information appears on that part of the page visible without scrolling down. There are several elements that should be added above the fold: 1. The site logo along with the site […]
Wireless printer not working in Windows 8
In the last years, wireless printers became more and more popular. Though not a bad combination, Windows 8 and wireless printer could actually lead to some compatibility problems. This is because when the wireless driver for the printer gets installed, the current network IP address is locked for the printer. […]
Windows 8: What to do if drive letter of the USB backup disk has changed
Backing up Windows is a task that usually folks are performing without encountering any problem. But such a problem could appear when you intend to use an external disk for backups. The next time you try to do the backup, you might have the “surprise” software not finding the backup […]
Windows 8: What to do if texts and desktop icons are too small
It happens sometime to find difficult reading items on the computer’s desktop. What could be done in such situation? Well, Windows offers a cool feature to rescale the icons and texts on the desktop to a more reasonable dimension according to your requirements. Doing this task in Windows 8 is […]
How solve the Sleep issue in Windows 8
As soon as the latest release of Windows 8 was on market, folks started to experience various problems with the OS raging from going to sleep and not coming out to WiFi reconnection issues. Anyway, there are some things you can do to work around the sleep issue. If Windows […]