You can do Karaoke at home for free, all you need is an Internet connection, and a device with a web-browser. On your web-browser go to YouTube a search the song you would like to sing followed by the word karaoke. (FYI: In Japanese karaoke means Empty Orchestra.) You will get results from channels like…
Category: Tips
Repairing Windows Problems
You know my philosophy, “Don’t waisted too much time trying to repair issues, just backup your data and reinstall Windows,” but hear are some things you can try before taking that drastic measure. Here are a couple of commands you could try: Run System File Checker sfc /scannow This scan will check for any missing…
Reset Your PC
It is a fact that the best way to improve your PC’s performance is to reinstall. There is no registry cleaner or any other voodoo magic that will do what a reinstall will do. This is especially true when you test and experiment with software as I do. There is no way around it, a…
Advanced Google Tips
Everyday we depend on Google to organize the world’s information. In most situation you can put in any term and the search-engine will find it. This might be called the shotgun method. You get results for all of the words in the quire. That said, Google is not a human and can doesn’t understand context,…
Finding Hidden Startup Programs in Windows
The best way to speed up your computer is to prevent programs and services from starting up when Windows starts. The problem, there are many places to find and stop programs from starting up with Windows. The first thing to check is “Startup Apps”. In Windows 10 and 11 hit the “Windows key” and type…
Hidden Windows Features
There are a lot of useful features in Windows 10 that you may not know exist like: Secret Start Menu – If you right-click the Windows Start icon in the low right corner of you screen you will see a menu giving you access right-away to many of the tools may want to access. Storage…
5G Is Coming To Your Home
Can 5G cell service replace your home Internet from Spectrum or Comcast? In the last year cable companies have lost customers or at least have not gotten any new customers. This maybe partly due to 5G cell networks. These networks are fast enough to watch 4K HD video. Eventually these networks could give us up…
Secretly A Zip File
Many of the most popular file types these days are actually a variation of a Zip file. ZIP is an archive file format that supports lossless data compression. That is a file that contains many more files within it. Microsoft Office files, LibreOffice, Epub, Mindcraft.jar, Adobe Illustrator files, and many other file formats are just…
Kali Linux and Pen Teasting
Kali Linux is an open-source, Debian-based Linux distribution geared towards various information security tasks, such as Penetration Testing, Security Research, Computer Forensics and Reverse Engineering. It is used security analyst to find vulnerabilities in networks of computers. Because Kali is an free and opensource tool it is also available to anyone including hackers.
Must Have Bootable Media
As computer geeks we must all have a bunch of CDs/DVDs/USB media in our toolkit. Among these are Windows install media, Linux install media, and Windows utilities. Windows Windows 10 – To install to and repair Windows 10 PCs. To get a Windows 10 ISO you must download the Media Creation Tool. Click ‘Download tool…
Good-N-Free Meetup 