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• How to Use the File History Feature in Windows 8 to Restore Files

  - by Taylor Gibb

  Jealous of your Mac OS X friends and their great Time Machine feature? Windows 8 has a new feature called File History that works much the same way, giving you an easy method to restore previous versions of your files. We are going to use a networked folder in for our article but you could always skip creating the network folder, and just use a USB…

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• How To Safely Eject Your USB Devices From the Desktop Context Menu

  - by Taylor Gibb

  If you are one of those people who don’t safely remove their USB Devices just because you’re lazy, here’s a neat trick to do it from the context menu on your desktop. Even if you are not lazy and just forget, the icon will serve as a mental reminder. So let’s take a look. How to Run Android Apps on Your Desktop the Easy Way …

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• How to Convert DMG Files to ISO Files on Windows

  - by Taylor Gibb

  The DMG image format is by far the most popular file container format used to distribute software on Mac OS X. Here’s how to convert a DMG file into an ISO file that can be mounted on a Windows PC. First head over to this website and grab yourself a copy of dmg2img by clicking on the win32 binary link. Once the file has downloaded, open your…

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• How to Eject Your CD/DVD Drive From the Desktop Context Menu

  - by Taylor Gibb

  Most of the time you’ll eject the CD/DVD drive on your PC through a button on the drive, but some laptops don’t include a button. Here’s a way to do it right from the desktop. If you’d like to safely eject USB drives from your desktop, we’ve got you covered with that one too. Amazon’s New Kindle Fire Tablet: the How-To…

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• How to View That Forgotten Wireless Network Password in Windows

  - by Taylor Gibb

  Did you have someone else set up the wireless network in your house, and can’t for the life of you remember the password? If so read on to see how you may still be able to recover it. Note: Unfortunately this trick will only work if you are a local administrator on your machine, if you are not you will be prompted by UAC for administrative…

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• How to Change the Default Save Location for Office 2013

  - by Taylor Gibb

  The new version of Office comes complete with SkyDrive integration, but sadly SkyDrive is the default save location. Here’s how to make your Office apps save documents to your PC by default instead of SkyDrive. Why Does 64-Bit Windows Need a Separate “Program Files (x86)” Folder? Why Your Android Phone Isn’t Getting Operating System…

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• How to Forward Local Drives to Remote Machines Using Remote Desktop

  - by Taylor Gibb

  Have you ever had a file on a flash drive that you needed to use on a machine that is situated in another building or even halfway across the world? You can do that by plugging it into your local machine and then forwarding the drive through your remote session to that machine. Here’s how to do it. Press the Windows Key and R to bring up a…

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• How to Open an InPrivate Tab in the Metro Version of Internet Explorer

  - by Taylor Gibb

  Internet Explorer has a secret mode called InPrivate which is pretty much the same as Chrome’s incognito mode. It can be accessed on the desktop by right-clicking on the Internet Explorer icon on the taskbar, but how do you open an InPrivate tab in the Metro IE? Read on to find out. HTG Explains: Is ReadyBoost Worth Using? HTG…

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• How To Use The Search Feature in Almost any App on Windows 8

  - by Taylor Gibb

  Searching in Windows 8 has changed significantly, in fact at first you might think that all most Metro apps “lack” a search function altogether. Read on to find out how you can use the search feature in almost any app in Windows 8. HTG Explains: How Windows Uses The Task Scheduler for System Tasks HTG Explains: Why Do…

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• Launch the Desktop Version of IE from the Windows 8 Start Screen

  - by Taylor Gibb

  There are two versions of Internet Explorer in Windows 8, one you can only launch from the Start Screen and the Desktop version which you can only launch from the Desktop. Lets look at how we can launch the Desktop version from the Start Screen. To get started you need to create a shortcut, so right-click on the desktop, and…

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• How to Access Metro Apps from Windows Explorer in Windows 8

  - by Taylor Gibb

  Windows 8 comes with its new Metro Start Screen, which makes it easy to launch your Metro apps from that screen, but did you know you can access them from Windows Explorer too? Here’s how to do it. To get started you need to create a shortcut, so right-click on the desktop, and choose New –>  Shortcut. When you are…

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• How to Print From Metro Apps in Windows 8

  - by Taylor Gibb

  Printing has become an application aware feature in Metro applications. This makes the outcome of a print job different from application to application, but the question remains, how do you print? Using the Keyboard Not all apps support printing in Windows 8, a good example of one that does is Mail. So fire up the default…

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• How to Easily Watch Netflix and Hulu From Anywhere in the World

  - by Taylor Gibb

  Ever wanted to access an online web service, only to find it’s only available to those people living in the United States? Read on to find out how you can get around this restriction by changing one simple setting in Windows. How to Banish Duplicate Photos with VisiPic How to Make Your Laptop Choose a Wired…

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• How to Restore Your Files From the Windows.old Folder After Upgrading

  - by Taylor Gibb

  If you have ever upgraded your Windows installation without formatting, you have probably come across the Windows.old folder which houses all the files from your previous installation. Here’s how to use it to restore your files. How to Factory Reset Your Android Phone or Tablet When It Won’t Boot Our Geek…

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• How to Name Groups of Apps on the Windows 8 Metro Start Screen

  - by Taylor Gibb

  The Windows 8 Start Screen certainly takes some getting use to, however, one of the things that I really miss about the Start Menu was how i was able to categorize my installed applications. While you cant create folders on the Start Screen, you can group your applications. To get started head over to the Metro…

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• Beginner: How to Find What Codecs You Need to Play Any Media File

  - by Taylor Gibb

  There must have been an occasion when you launched a video and got sound but no picture. The most likely cause is that you never had the correct codec installed, so here’s how to find out exactly which codec is needed to play any media file. How to Use an Xbox 360 Controller On Your Windows PC Download…

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• How to Enable Facebook Integration in Firefox

  - by Taylor Gibb

  The latest version of Firefox adds support for native Facebook integration, however the setting to enable it is hidden in about:config. Here’s how to enable it. Why Does 64-Bit Windows Need a Separate “Program Files (x86)” Folder? Why Your Android Phone Isn’t Getting Operating System Updates and What…

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• Stupid Geek Tricks: Extract Links Off Any Webpage Using PowerShell

  - by Taylor Gibb

  PowerShell 3 has a lot of new features, including some powerful new web-related features. They dramatically simplify automating the web, and today we are going to show you how you can extract every single link off a webpage, and optionally download the resource if you so wish. Why Does 64-Bit Windows…

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• How to Change How Long Internet Explorer Keeps a List of Sites You Have Visited

  - by Taylor Gibb

  There is a handy feature in most modern browsers that allows you to go back and see what pages you have visited on a particular day. But what if you don’t want your browser to keep track of your browsing history? Here’s how to disable it. How To Play DVDs on Windows 8 6 Start Menu Replacements for…

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• Byte Size Tips: How to Insert a YouTube Video Into a PowerPoint Presentation in Office 2013

  - by Taylor Gibb

  How many times have you needed to show a video during a presentation? Using YouTube and PowerPoint, it is now possible. Insert a YouTube Video Into a PowerPoint Presentation in Office 2013 Go ahead and open PowerPoint and switch over to the Insert tab. Then click on Video, and then Online Video… If…

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• How to Pin Any File to the Start Screen in Windows 8

  - by Taylor Gibb

  By default Windows 8 only allows you to pin a few file types to the Start Screen. Read on to find out how you can change that by editing the registry. How to Pin Any File to the Start Screen in Windows 8 Press the Win + R keyboard combination to open a run box, then type notepad and press enter. …

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• How to Create a Custom Refresh Image in Windows 8

  - by Taylor Gibb

  We have already shown you how to use the Refresh and Reset features in Windows 8, now we are back to show you how you can create a custom refresh image. This means next time you refresh your Windows 8 PC, you can use a custom image instead of the one that shipped with your PC. When you refresh…

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• Find Out Which Websites are Tracking You Across the Web

  - by Taylor Gibb

  Have you ever wondered where the websites you visit send your information? Well, if you have, read on to find out about this new extension from Mozilla that will tell you how you are tracked across websites. Editor’s Note: Most websites use cookies of some type, and all online advertisers do,…

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• How to Lock Down IE 10 by Disabling Flash in Windows 8

  - by Taylor Gibb

  Microsoft now includes Flash along with their Internet Explorer browser in Windows 8. Flash has been known as a big culprit when it comes to security vulnerabilities in the past, so here’s how to disable it. Note: We have outlined two methods for achieving the same goal, there is no need to…

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• 5 Cmdlets to Get You Started with PowerShell

  - by Taylor Gibb

  PowerShell is quickly becoming the preferred scripting language and CLI of Power Users as well as IT Pros. It’s well worth learning a few commands to get you started, so we’ve got 5 useful cmdlets for you to learn today. HTG Explains: What Is Windows RT and What Does It Mean To Me? …

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