For the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Office applications on Windows and the web, you can use a handy (and somewhat hidden) search tool. This feature, introduced in the fall of 2022, flew a bit under the radar. We want to ensure you take advantage of this helpful way to find the commands you need. Search the Menus in Microsoft Office To use the search tool to find the action or command you want, access the shortcut (context) menu....

Antivirus Live is one of many fake antivirus applications like Advanced Virus Remover and Internet Security 2010, that are really rogue viruses that take your computer hostage—then they tell you that your computer is infected by viruses, and you have to pay them to get rid of the fake viruses that aren’t really there. It’s a huge problem, and they are not easy to remove, because they block virtually everything you try and run, including real anti-malware tools....

Remote Connections Remote system administration usually involves making a connection to the remote computer over a secure shell connection. The SSH connection provides you with a command prompt on the remote computer. You can then go right ahead and perform whatever system maintenance is required. Shell scripting helps by letting you wrap a sequence of commands into a script that can be run as though they were a program, combining many actions into one command line instruction....

Do you want to run multiple virtual screen sessions from a single terminal console? Or avoid Internet connection drops from terminating your console session via SSH? If so, welcome the GNU Screen terminal multiplexer into your toolset today! Using The GNU Screen Utility The GNU Screen utility for Linux is a versatile screen multiplexer that allows you to start multiple virtual screen sessions (think about them like additional console windows) from within your current terminal session!...

This is, of course, only one of the ways to maximize your battery life—your best bet is to adjust your screen brightness and get rid of crapware applications that abuse the CPU. Using the Troubleshooter You can click through a whole bunch of Control Panel links to get to the troubleshooter, but it’s a whole lot easier to just type improve power into the search box, and then click on the resulting item in the list....

Monitor profiling and calibration are serious business, often involving equipment costing hundreds of dollars. Thankfully, there are free tools for calibration both on the internet and in your operating system. In this article, we’ll briefly cover ways that have been covered by other sources, discuss the equipment professionals use to calibrate their monitors, printers, and scanners. We’ll finish up with what is likely the method most appropriate for many users that will improve the quality of your digital photograph editing....

Microsoft Word has offered an optional dark mode for a while now, providing a better reading and editing experience at night. It has been missing from the online version, but that’s finally changing. Starting today, dark mode in Word is no longer limited to the desktop and mobile apps. Microsoft said that a dark mode in the web app was a top request among Office Insider testers, and now it’s finally available....

Cloud computing promises to make file organization simpler, since you can save your files online and access them from anywhere. However, often the web interfaces are slow and difficult to use, which makes it hard to keep all of your files online. Gladinet is a free tool for Windows that lets you access many different online storage services directly in Windows Explorer. It mounts these accounts as networked storage devices, and lets you save, move, and rename files just as you would on your standard hard drive....

Cybersecurity for Businesses Cybersecurity for businesses is essential to protecting their digital assets. But while it’s relatively easy to implement strong and all-encompassing physical and digital security systems that cover all aspects and eliminate emerging gaps, the balance of the system can easily fall into chaos when the human element is introduced into the mix. Unlike with how devices, apps, and systems would react with the security system, it’s much harder to predict the actions of people in the system....

Reopening an Accidentally Closed Tab Easily Suppose you have multiple tabs open and accidentally close the wrong tab instead of the one next to it that you intended to close? Frustrating would be a good way to describe it. Usually that would mean going through the “History Menu” (or the “Address Bar”) to reopen that tab. What if you could do it quicker and easier? With the Quick Undo Tab extension all that you will have to do is right click anywhere within one of the remaining webpages and select the “Quick Undo Tab Command”....

Note: This process uses Local Group Policy Editor which is not available in Starter or Home versions of Windows 7. Disable Shutdown, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate Buttons To open Local Group Policy Editor, click on Start and type in gpedit.msc and hit Enter. In Local Group Policy Editor navigate to User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Start Menu and Taskbar and double click on Remove and prevent access to the Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate commands....

Note: For this process to work you need to verify the PC you want to restore is connected to your network via Ethernet. If you have it connected wirelessly it won’t work. Restore a PC from Windows Home Server On the computer you want to restore, pop in the Windows Home Server Home Computer Restore disc and boot from it. If you don’t have one already made, you can easily make one following these instructions....

AWS EC2 On-Demand is notoriously pricey, and AWS offers many ways to cut down on hosting costs. Savings Plans is the newest pricing model, which is easiest to get started with and offers a flexible way to save money. Reserved Instance Savings, Without Instance Commitment The two main savings models AWS offers—Reserved Instances and Spot instances—both still have their uses. Reserved Instances are long term contracts for specific instances. If you know that you’re going to need to run 4 c5....

Note: Requires .NET Framework 2.0 or higher (link provided below). IE Split in Action If you are using an older version of this software here is something to keep in mind before upgrading to the 2.0 release. Once you have installed IE Split you will notice a new toolbar added to your browser. As seen here, you can condense it down tightly and access it using the drop-down bar....

A while ago we took an overview look at the Office Live Web Apps feature and what you can expect. Here we’re going to take a closer look at it’s features with Office 2010 and what you can can accomplish with the new service. Using Microsoft Live Web Apps with Office 2010 In this example we take a look at sharing MS Office documents and also preparing them for collaboration online....

Getting Started Make sure you have both Pidgin and Dropbox installed on any computers you want to sync. To sync Pidgin, you need to: Move your Pidgin profile folder on your first computer to Dropbox Create a symbolic link from the new folder in Dropbox to your old profile location Delete the default pidgin profile on your other computer, and create a symbolic link from your Dropbox Pidgin profile to the default Pidgin profile location...

Before For our example we chose a great extension that unfortunately has not been updated yet. As you can see here Firefox is refusing to let the extension install. After As soon as you install Add-on Compatibility Reporter you will be presented with an information page on how the extension works and what you can do with it. You should definitely take a moment to read this as it is very helpful....

Aero Snap Tabs Side by Side Here we have IE 9 with two tabs open and would like to view them side by side instead of switching between them. All you need to do is click on the tab in IE 9 and drag it to the side of the screen like you would with any window using the Aero Snap feature. Moving the second one over… There you go! That’s all there is to it....

If you’re one of the many programmers who debug using console.log, or something similar, you’re missing out on a lot of features that debuggers can offer. If you’re often getting stuck tracking down logic bugs, you may want to try using this feature of your IDE. Moving Past console.log Of course, logging debug output to the console is very necessary in many situations. Sometimes, it’s good to just log an object and check out the value it’s set to, which can solve many basic problems....

The Problem With Passwords For a long time, we’ve been using usernames and passwords to sign into websites, apps, and devices. The concept is simple: You create a username—sometimes it’s just your email address—and pair it with a unique password that (ideally) only you know. The big problem with passwords is almost entirely with the people who create them. Since you have to remember the password, it’s easy to fall into the trap of using real words or phrases....