When the Mail app for Windows 8 first came out options were limited, one of options missing was the ability to configure IMAP accounts. Now, after the official release of the operating system many of the bundled apps have been updated, including the Mail app, and IMAP support is one of the new features that [...]
In this Windows 8 How-To, you’ll learn how to join HomeGroup to share and access content in a home network. Plus, you will also learn how to ensure home network interoperability on Windows 8 and previous version of Windows. Windows 8 is set to change the way we use computers today, with many new features [...]
Having a strong password is a good thing, but it would be better if there were something stronger. Well, for Google users, the giant of search has developed a new advanced security feature called 2-step verification, which makes a Google account a lot more secure by using a more sophisticated technique that helps to prove that you are [...]
As you might have noticed Windows Live Photo Gallery that was included in Windows Vista is now removed from Windows 7, but do not panic just yet because Microsoft did not retired the program, now it is part of Windows Live Essentials software suite that you can download and install for free. This is going [...]
It is important for computers to have unique names specially when they are connected to a network, so that systems can identify and communicate between each other. Now there are going to be times where you are going to need to change the computer name, for example, because you bought a used computer and it has [...]
In IE9, like in IE8, you can change the default provider you use when doing a search on the internet from the IE search-box, you can also add other search providers from a specific service if you wish, for example Amazon, New York Times, Google among many others — service that Internet Explorer 9 will [...]
Mozilla Firefox as any other Web browser software, in this case Firefox 4, temporally stores offline (locally in your computer) data such as scripts, images, and other type of data while you are visiting a Website to reduce bandwidth usage, server load, and perceived lag, which all this translate to a faster and better browsing experience. Now there is [...]
If you noticed the web code editor that is built-in on WordPress is kind of limited, it does not have code highlighting, line number, programming language support, or many other features that you can find in software code editors. And not having tools to work with could make it confusing when editing WordPress files. So if you [...]
If you are tired of Windows Command Prompt interface style, always the same black background and white font, you should know that there is a pretty darn easy way to customize it. In fact, the process is easy and it hasn’t changed for a long time, so you can even use the configuration steps in previous version of Microsoft Windows as well.
While Windows 7 comes with a lot of great built-in features to save energy, there is always space for one more. This time SmartPower, which is a small program that you install in Windows and it creates a service to hibernate and resume your computer in combination of customizable rules, saving energy and money. So, how does it works?