How To Share A Folder In OneDrive
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Computer Tech Guides
These useful guides to computer related technology that you might not find anywhere else.
How To Setup RealTimeSync
RealTimeSync is a companion tool for the popular sync program FreeFileSync. Once FreeFileSync has been
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How To Automate FreeFileSync In Task Scheduler
How to automate FreeFileSync in Windows Task Scheduler so that it automatically syncs files and
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How To Setup FreeFileSync
FreeFileSync is a free and open source program that allows you to synchronise 2 folders
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How To Move A Hard Disk Partition
How to move a hard disk partition to create a desired disk layout. Windows Disk
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How To Run Android Apps On A Windows PC
How to run Android phone apps on a Windows PC? If you have a favourite game or app that you use on your phone, try running it on a bigger screen.
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How To Convert MBR And GPT Disks
How to convert MBR and GPT hard disks. MBR (Master Boot Record) and GPT (GUID
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How To Create An ISO File From A Folder
How to create an ISO image file from a folder. Creating an ISO file from
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How To Create Custom Folder Icons
You can easily create your own, personalised, folder icons from just about any image. Having
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How To Start Windows In Safe Mode
Safe Mode is a diagnostic startup mode that boots your Windows computer using only the
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How To Clear The Print Spooler
The print spooler is the program, or service, that organises all your print jobs. Each
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Create A Shutdown Schedule In Windows 10 And Windows 11.
You can create a shutdown schedule for your computer to have your PC close down
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Hard Drive Not Showing Up? How to Fix it (Windows 10 and 11)
Have you connected a new hard drive only to find that it’s not showing up
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How To Partition A Hard Disk In Windows.
How to create a hard disk partition in Windows 10 & Windows 11. Step by step guide to partitioning a hard drive without using any extra software. Windows can do it all for you.
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Notepad Opens Tabs And Previous Files.
Notepad opens tabs and previous files. In Windows 11, Notepad has started opening the previous files that you were working on. Do you like that? If not, I’ll show you how to quickly stop it.
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How To Access The Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE).
How to access the Windows Recovery Environment. When your computer isn’t working properly, you may be able to fix it using WinRE. I’ll show you how to open it from a PC that does boot and one that doesn’t.
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When CHKDSK Won’t Run.
How to get Chkdsk to run when it won’t. Fix issues with chkdsk or run it from the WinRE. Step by step guide to scanning your hard drive.
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How To Upgrade To Windows 11 On Unsupported Hardware.
How to upgrade your PC to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware. Upgrade your Windows 10 computer even if it doesn’t currently meet the system requirements.
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How To Create An ISO File From A Disc.
How to create ISO image files from a CD or DVD disc. Protect your optical discs by only using digital copies. Step by step guide to making ISO files.
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How To Boot From A USB Drive
How to boot your Windows PC to a USB drive. It’s not that easy to get your PC to boot directly to a USB drive these days. I’ll show you how
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Stop Your Computer From Entering Sleep Mode Too Quickly.
Stop your computer from entering sleep mode by changing the Windows power options. You can easily change how long the PC will stand idle..
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What Is OneDrive And What Does It Do
OneDrive is Microsoft’s cloud storage solution. It’s built right into Windows 10 & Windows 11. All you need is a Microsoft account…
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How To Use 7-Zip To Password Protect Files.
How to use 7-Zip to compress/decompress files. Password protect and encrypt files, split files create self extracting archives.
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How To Store Multiple Windows System Images On A Single Drive.
Windows System Image doesn’t allow you store multiple backups on a single drive. But there is a quick and easy fix that anyone can do to..
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5 Steps to Setup a Home Network in Windows 10 and 11.
How to set up a home network in Windows 10 & 11. Browse, edit, transfer files & folders between computers on your home network.
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How To Enable The F8 Key In Windows 10 And 11.
How to enable the F8 key to boot into Safe Mode in Windows 10 & 11. Tapping the F8 key doesn’t work in Windows 10 & 11, but you can re-enable it using Command Prompt
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Differential Backup Vs Incremental Backup.
What’s the difference between differential & incremental backups? Which should you be using? Easy to follow guide explaining how they work.
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The Difference Between Save And Save As
What’s the difference between using Save and Save As. It is confusing because sometimes they do the same thing. Then at other times they…
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What Are Drive Partitions
What is a hard drive partition? Every storage device needs to have at least one partition in order to store data. In this beginners guide ..
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The Different Types Of Blank CD & DVD
Know what you’re looking at when you’re buying blank CDs and DVDs. What do all the speeds and markings on a pack of blank discs mean?
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How Does A Computer Store Data?
How does a PC store data? We know it’s something to do with ones and zeros, hard drives and binary, But how exactly does it all work?
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Data Storage Units Explained: Kilobytes, Megabytes, Gigabytes, and Terabytes
Confused by KB, MB, GB, and TB? Learn how many MB are in a GB, the difference between bits and bytes, and see real-world examples of what each unit can store.
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What’s Inside A Computer?
What’s inside a computer? Glad you asked. It’s nowhere near as complex as you might think. We’ll start the Motherboard, or Main board..
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How To Remove DRM From WMA Audio Files.
How to remove DRM copy protection from your old WMA music files. If you can’t play, burn or convert WMA files, it could be that they’re copy protected.
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