Category Archives: PC
Basics PC Tweaks
December 27, 2011 – 6:15 am
Sharing your photos with friends and family around the world has never been so easier. There are many applications available online amongst which Flickr is one of the easiest wo work with. Just by creating a Flickr ID you can upload pictures online and share it with as many people as you want. Every picture has a story to tell and with Flickr you can covey that story by adding a description. Furthermore you can tag keywords with your picture. This makes finding the image much easier for everyone. In this Flickr tutorial we will cover all the features that this platform provides you with.
Here are few simple steps to show you how to get the most out of Flickr.
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Graphics PC Tweaks
December 27, 2011 – 6:11 am
In this tutorial, we will guide you through a step by step process on how to geotag your photos. There has been a radical movement towards geo location and location based applications. You can easily specify a location where a picture was taken using the Google Maps application in Picasa. You can download the two applications and embed the location where the picture was taken. Furthermore, geotagging photos also allows your picture to be viewed via a satellite map that is rendered by Google Maps.
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Basics PC Tweaks
December 27, 2011 – 6:02 am
The online community is moving at a fast pace and business seems to be growing rapidly. Various tasks and procedures, which were done manually, can be completed within seconds due to technological advancements in this field. Apart from the many benefits of working online, there are always drawbacks, primarily in the shape of computer viruses, malware and other harmful scripts. Valuable data can be lost from your personal computer due to viruses. One way of protecting your personal computer from getting infected is by installing an antivirus application. You can use the application to scan your computer on a regular basis. This would help in detecting and getting rid of malware and other forms of computer virus. It should be kept in mind that scanning your computer requires a lot of time, which usually depends on the amount of data you are scanning.
If you don’t know how to setup and use an antivirus then this tutorial will guide you through the whole procedure. For this tutorial we would be using “Kaspersky” which is one of the most simple and powerful applications available to date.
Follow the steps below to learn how to download free online virus scans and security programs.
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Basics PC Tweaks
December 27, 2011 – 5:56 am
In this tutorial you would learn how to disable Mcafee, a diagnostic tool which protects your computer against various anti viruses and malware. This application allows you to set up a firewall, scan your hard drive for unwanted applications and clean up any threats that may be faced by your computer. If you don’t wish to uninstall mcafee and want to disable it temporarily, then follow the step by step mentioned below:
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Basics PC
December 26, 2011 – 10:05 pm
Perhaps the biggest advantage of the Windows 7 is the secured networking tool which allow easy sharing of resources from one PC to another. Less time can be spent drafting emails and attaching the files, waiting for the documents to get uploaded. Instead, you can create a shared folder and work within that folder. All the changes you make on that folder, be it adding documents or deleting files, can be seen by the rest of the people synced with the network. This, in return, ends up saving a lot of time. Other people can get shared files updated as soon as they open the shared folder. All files and folders are updated in real-time, as you make the changes.
Follow these few easy steps to learn how to create a shared folder in windows:
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Basics PC Tweaks
December 26, 2011 – 9:54 pm
Connecting two computers is not a difficult process as many people would think. With technological advancements, everything now has become simple and easy. You can share files between two computers, manage resources together, access information, edit the data and create a backup in no time. The windows operating system already comes with a built in application that allows two computers to connect with each other directly. Besides windows, there are other third party tools and softwares to connect two computers.
Here in this tutorial we will guide you on how to connect 2 PCs directly by creating a wireless network and connecting the two computers using that network.
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PC Web
December 26, 2011 – 9:49 pm
There are many things which you can do to enhance the security of your wireless computer network. One important step is giving your wireless network a unique name. It is advised not to use alphanumeric values for your network name, utilize the maximum characters allowed and never to use your name or any other personal information as the name of your wireless network. It is recommended to change the name of your wireless network after every few months.
This tutorial will help how to change the name of a wireless network. Technically the name of your wireless network is called “SSID” which means Service Set Identifier. You can choose anything from a cool SSID to your company name, for example, as the name of your network connection. What is required from you in order to change the name successfully is a router setup manual and a web browser installed in your computer.
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Basics PC
December 26, 2011 – 9:42 pm
Windows has become a part of our everyday life. All our processing needs is taken care of thanks to this particular operating system. The windows platform is also useful for storing the data on a regular basis, allowing us to view the data anytime. With so much data processing done on a regular basis, it only makes sense for the platform to provide a backup application to prevent any kind of data loss. You can easily restore the data and get back up within a few minutes.
There are many other applications available which allow you to back up your data, but with the windows built in backup and system restore application, you would have one less thing to worry about. The windows backup system has the option to keep creating restore points and backup the data on a regular basis and store it on your hard drive. Therefore in the case where some data has been lost, you can simply use that file to restore windows to a previous point.
This application is a part of Windows Essential and is helpful in backing up all your important data. You can restore windows programs back to the default settings in no time. Below is a step by step guide on how to back up your data on a windows PC.
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Basics Graphics PC
December 26, 2011 – 9:38 pm
Today, Photoshop is one of the most popular designing tool available to you. It provides very easy and comprehensive editing tools with a user friendly UI that makes maneuvering around the application very easy. Photoshop also contains a text editing tool. You can use its pre-installed fonts for making banners, advertisement and lots of other creative projects, or you can add several fonts to the application and use them to add that creative touch to your images. There are various other fonts available on the internet and many of them allow you to download Photoshop fonts for free. You can choose from the several font sites which are specifically developed for this purpose.
Follow through these simple steps to learn how to add Photoshop fonts on your computer. In this tutorial we will be logging on to “Urban Fonts”, which is a web platform containing a database of several different fonts . You can download these fonts for free from the website. Simply log on to:
www.urbanfonts.com
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Basics PC Tweaks Web
December 26, 2011 – 9:25 pm
With the rapid growth in the technological world, people can connect with each other in real time in a split second. Nowadays people can even access computers remotely through various applications and softwares. Such applications are widely used in schools and colleges for presentation and training purposes. It allows a user to virtually access any PC from his personal computer through internet or a local area network. These applications provide remote access to your computer from anywhere in the world. In this tutorial we will be using “Team Viewer” which is a free application which allows easy remote access between computers.
Follow through these simple steps which will help you to learn how to remotely access your computer.
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