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How to Turn Off Sticky Keys in Windows 10 & Windows 7

Windows

What are Sticky Keys? Sticky Keys is an operating system feature designed to minimize the repeated pressing of keys. People typically trigger this behavior by accident when they quickly press…

How to Turn Off Filter Keys in Windows 10 & Windows 7

Windows

What are Filter Keys? Filter Keys is a potentially annoying Windows feature that ignores keyboard input unless the key is held down for a significant period of time. It’s also…

How to Get rid of Thumbs.db

Windows

Thumbs.db is a system file that stores previews of the images you save to a folder. It’s automatically generated by Windows 10 (or older) and is supposed to be hidden,…

How to Open .xlsx Files

Windows

An XLSX file is an Excel spreadsheet that was created with Microsoft Office. MS Office includes a new XML-based file format — files saved in this new format have an…

How to Remove Read-Only From All Files in a Folder

Windows

Here’s how to deal with files copied from a disc to a computer that suddenly end up as “read-only”. After copying a batch of files to your Windows PC from…

How to Open .tar.gz Files (TAR GZ)

Mac OS X

A .tar.gz file is a compressed archive similar to zip and RAR files. Some operating systems can handle them by default, while others require you to install a program. Regardless,…

How to Install new Desktop Gadgets in Windows 7

Windows

New Windows 7 Desktop Gadgets can be installed from Microsoft’s web-based Personalizaton Gallery. You can get to the Personalization Gallery website one of two ways: Through the Control Panel Click…

How to Install Apache on Windows 7

Windows

In order to install the Apache HTTPD web server software on Windows 7, you must do a couple of different things. Download & install the Apache software. If you want…

How to Burn Files to a CD or DVD in Windows 7

Windows

The “Burn Disc” feature of Windows 7 works the same for both CDs and DVDs. You can burn files to either type of disc through the Explorer without any third…

How to Disable Windows Media Player in Windows 7

Windows

Windows 7 features the capability to disable many core features, including the Windows Media Player application. This option is located in the Windows Features portion of the Control Panel. How…

Where’s the “My Computer” Icon in Windows 7?

Windows

With Windows 95 through XP, PC users became accustomed to seeing default icons like “My Computer” on the desktop, but if you haven’t spent any time on Vista, you may…

How to Open .7z Files

Windows

.7z files are compressed archive files similar to zip files. They originate from the Windows archiving software 7-zip, and can be opened by both 7-Zip and a variety of third…

How to Get Rid of Desktop.ini

Windows

Desktop.ini is a Windows XP system file that stores information about customized folders. If you have customized the display of a folder in any way, such as changing its icon…

What are .rar files?

Windows

RAR is a file format for data compression, similar to ZIP files. RAR stands for Roshal Archive; the format is named after its creator, Eugene Roshal. Someone sent me a…

Change file and shortcut icons in Windows XP

Windows

Changing icons in Windows XP is a very simple process that takes just a few clicks of your mouse. We will cover two methods of changing icons: changing the icons…

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