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How To: Restore deleted files using a file recovery program

A tutorial on how to recover lost files once deleted from the recycle bin. The program illustrated in the tutorial is "Restoration". To download "Restoration", go to SnapFiles. The tutorial advises viewers to stop whatever they were doing once they realize a file is missing. Because the file is simply marked as free space, it is still present in the computer's memory but easily overwritten. To recover the file, a user will simply need to know part of the file name (preferably an extension, fo...

How To: Defragment and clean up you Windows Registry with WinMend Registry Defrag

In this clip, you'll learn how to utilize the WinMend Registry Defrag app to defragment and tidy up your Windows Registry, improving system performance. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home-computing how-to from the folks at Britec can present a complete overview of the process in just over five minutes. For more information, including step-by-step instructions, take a look.

How To: Hide hard drive icons in Windows with NoDrives Manager

Video demonstrates tutorial of how to hide the logical drive icons in Windows. In the demonstration there is two partitions C and D and also there is a DVD drive, DVD Rom and DVD Writer. Here drives C, D and F from My computer is going to be hidden with help of utility called “No Drives Manager”. If you don’t want your young ones to access some of your important data you can hide it. It will just be hidden. This means if go to the address bar and types the name of the drive you can go to that...

How To: Move your my documents folder in Windows XP

Need to move your my documents folder in windows xp because you have 2 drives for video editing and want to keep files on one drive and the operating system on the other, or maybe you just have an older computer to which you've added a new drive? Find out how to use Tweak UI to change some the hidden settings to move your my documents folder.

How To: Change icons in My Computer

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to change an icon in My Computer. Users will need to already have a picture of the icon that they want to change to. Begin by opening the drive. Right-click anywhere, select New and click on Text Document. Name the document "autorun.inf". Right-click the text document and open it with Notepad. In the document, type in:

How To: Find an operating system's original install date

In this video from MegaByteTV we learn how to find your operating system's original install date and time. This is for XP Pro only. To find it, go to the Start menu, then click Run. Once there, type in cmd and click OK. A black box will come up showing that you are in cmd. Then paste the following into the cmd box: systeminfo | find /i "install date" The original install date will then come up on your screen along with the original install time as well on that date. This is a very simple proc...

How To: Delete temp files & free up hard drive space in Vista

In this how-to video, you will learn how to free up space in your hard drive. This example uses Windows Vista. Go to your recycle bin, right click, and select properties. Change the maximum size of the recycle bin to 200 or 300 megabytes. Next, go to the Start Menu, All Programs, and Accessories. Select System Tools and go to both Disk Cleanup and Defragmenter. Setup a schedule for defragmenting, and then click defragment. For Disk Cleanup, select My Files Only, select a drive, and click okay...

How To: Hide and lock folders in Windows

In this Computers & Programming video tutorial you will learn how to hide and lock folders in Windows. When you want a private folder that you don’t want any one else to open and see. You will need this feature. For this open a new folder. Open the folder, right click on it and go to ‘customize’. Then select ‘change icon, click on a blank icon, click OK and ‘apply. Now you will see that your folder icon on the desk top will disappear; only the name will be visible. Now rename it with a small ...

How To: Use multiple monitors with your Mac

Sometimes just one computer monitor is not enough. Whether you are working on a detailed art project, multiple files at once, or simple wish to open more windows, you may need to connect multiple monitors to your Mac. In this video, Gary Rosenzweig from MacMost.com shows you how to hook up another screen to your computer and make the most out of your desktop space. It is actually very easy to hook up a second monitor to most Macs. Once you get a monitor and the proper cables you are good to g...

How To: Speed up Ubuntu using the Preload program

This video tutorial is in the Computers & Programming category which will show you how to speed up Ubuntu using the Preload program. Preload will speed up your computer by learning the way you use your computer and preload the programs you use the most to your RAM. This will not take up too much space on your RAM. Go to the Synaptic package manager and search for preload. Download and install the program. The program may take a couple of days to learn how you use your computer. Once it does t...

How To: Type in special characters on your Mac

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to type in special characters. Begin by opening System Preferences and select International under Personal. Then click on the Input Menu tab and check Character Palette and Keyboard Viewer. Now check "Show input menu in menu bar" and click OK. Then click on the flag icon on the top of the screen and select Show Keyboard Viewer. This will allow users to type or mimic the actions of the keyboard. Users are also able to change the character by selecting ...

How To: Install any version of Linux on your computer

Tired of Windows? Want to see what all the buzz is about Linux but you're not a computer expert? In this video, you'll learn how to use a free program called "Wubi" that lets you effortlessly install any flavor of Linux onto your Windows PC, without changing or damaging your existing Windows installation! Wubi handles all the installation and configuration for you, and allows you to dual-boot both Windows and Linux on the same computer.

How To: Install Windows 7 on your computer

In this video, we learn how to install Windows 7 on your computer. First, place the disk inside your computer and start the installation process. Setup will start, then it will start to copy files, expand files, install features, install updates, and then complete. As it runs through each of these, it will show you a percentage of how far through the process it is. Once it has finished installing, you will be able to set up your user account. After this, you will need to enter in the product ...

How To: Merge separate PDF files into one for free

In this video from SocialMacbook he shows how to merge separate PDF files into one. There is a free way to do it. It will work on Mac and PC. Go to MergePDF. There is a link in the description. Here you can upload your PDF files you want joined together. Click pick files and select the files one at a time that you want merged together. You can only upload files 5 MB less each. It will tell you the size. Now you can click Merge PDF. It will say please wait, and then a box comes up where you ca...

How To: Remove and reinstall devices in Windows XP

The beyourownit shows you how to remove and reinstall devices in Windows XP. The first thing he shows what to do is Right click on the My Computer icon and select properties then select then choose the hardware TAB. When you click on the Device Manager button, the Device Manager will appear where you can make changes to your computer. The user explains more to help you understand better. If you watch this video, you will find out how to reinstall devices in Windows XP.

How To: Open task manager instantly in Windows Vista

Techmaniacs the youtube user show us how to open task manager without having to go through the intermediate screen on a new Windows Vista. When you click on the ctrl button, the alt button and the delete button on your keyboard, it opens up a new window that gives you the options of switching users, log off, change password and start task manager. If you do not want to go through this every time there is a shortcut to get straight to task manager. You click the ctrl button, the Shift button a...

How To: Unzip a file with WinRAR file management software

You should use the file Winrar to unzip your file, it's the easiest. You're going to open up an internet browser and go to: Zybomen. Click on download, then click on Winrar. Click on the one that says 32bit, unless you've got a 64bit system which is the second one. Click run, then wait for it to download. Close your internet browser. Click install, go through the process. Right click on the file you would like to unzip, and then click on extract to and then the file name. Double click on the ...

How To: Remove the Security Tool virus

This video shows you how to easily remove the Security Tool virus. The first thing you have to do is restart you computer. Once restarted, immediately hold down CTRL+ALT+DEL. In the Task Manager you should see: Security Tool. Quickly end it now. The virus is temporarily disabled. Now go to: Download and install Spyware Doctor. Scan your computer and click Fix All. It will ask you for an account...

How To: Configure Grub 2 for Linux

Linuxjournalonline teaches you how to use GRUB to dual-boot Linux and another operating system. You need to go to etc/default/grub and edit that file. Here you can configure the time it needs to start booting a system and what OS to boot. You need to be root to edit this configuration file. Don't forget to run update-grub to force an update of grub.cfg. And this is the end of the short process needed to configure Grub 2 for Linux.