Technology Tips & Tutorials
Have you ever pressed the Power button on your Windows 7 computer, assuming it would turn off the computer, only to find that the computer has gone to sleep, or only the display has turned off? This occurs because the action taken by the Windows 7 Power button can perform a number of different tasks. […]
If you like to keep your email inbox clear, then you are likely accustomed to deleting emails when you are done reading them or responding to them. Your iPhone offers a couple of ways that you can complete this deletion. But you may notice that there is an extra prompt when you are deleting an […]
If the way that your computer connects to the Internet involves a cellular network or an Internet connection with a data cap, then you might be concerned about the amount of data that is consumed when you use your computer. If you discover that you are using more data than you would like to be, […]
If you’ve been an iPhone user for a while, then you are probably accustomed to turning off your device by pressing and holding the Power button, then swiping the button that appears on screen. However, in recent versions of iOS, another option has been added. Our tutorial below will show you how to shut down […]
Computer hard drives have gotten quite large in recent years, leading to more and more users worrying less about the amount of hard drive space that they have left. But this increase in hard drive capacity has been offset somewhat by the increase in media file sizes for things like pictures and videos. Long, high-resolution […]
Windows computers have long employed a method for opening files and folders that requires you to double click on the item that you want. This makes it much less likely that you are going to open the wrong item. But you may find that you have difficulty opening files or folders when the double-click is […]
When you’ve been using the same computer for a while, you become accustomed to certain things being in certain locations. This reliability makes it much easier to navigate your computer’s operating system. Windows 7 has a user interface that’s very customizeable, and many of the various menus and settings that you use can be adjusted […]
Do you like to keep a lot of folders open on your computer so that you can quickly navigate between the different files and directories that you have created? If so, then you may find it inconvenient that clicking on a folder in one window automatically directs you to that new folder and away from […]
Adding pictures to a spreadsheet can be important if you are sending a list of products to a potential customer and want them to see those products, or if you are creating a personal inventory and want a record of what the items in those inventory look like. Excel makes it easy for you to […]
When your Windows 10 computer starts up after a restart or a shutdown, it’s very likely that a number of applications will launch automatically. These are called startup apps, and are meant to ensure that your most important and needed apps are running automatically so that they are ready for use. But you may find […]
