Archive for September, 2010
Temporarily Lock Your PC if Somebody Tries to Guess Your Password
Have you ever worried that someone could figure out your password by trying different key combinations? Here’s how you can prevent this by temporarily locking your computer when the password is entered incorrectly a couple of times. What we’ll do is use Windows security settings to temporarily lock out the account for 30 minutes whenever [...]
27Sep2010 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
Safely Remove PPAs and Roll Back to Stable Versions in Ubuntu
If you’ve added a PPA and run into a nasty bug in your updated software, you should revert back to the Ubuntu repositories. Doing it safely can be tricky – fortunately Ubuntu Tweak can do this for us. Remove Unwanted Packages There are a few issues involved in removing a PPA. The simplest is to [...]
27Sep2010 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
Week in Geek: The Zombie Cookie Edition
This week we learned how to automatically lock a computer when away from it, use an iPhone or iPod Touch to remotely control a PC, customize the title bar and other system fonts in Windows 7, using Internet Explorer 9 with Windows Vista, calculate simple math quickly in OneNote, and more. Photo by Don Solo. [...]
26Sep2010 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
Desktop Fun: Iron Man Wallpaper Collection
Iron Man is one of Marvel Comics best known super hero characters. With two movies of the trilogy released now, we have a very nice wallpaper collection to help tide you over until the final movie becomes available. Note: Click on the picture to see the full-size image—these wallpapers vary in size so you may [...]
25Sep2010 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
Here’s Five Alternatives to iTunes 10 for Easily Managing Your iPod
When you think of iTunes, you might think of clunky, slow, and bloated software that isn’t always the easiest to use. If you’re looking for something that allows you to manage iPod content easier, today we look at some free and commercial alternatives. Even with the recent release of iTunes 10, speed and performance hasn’t [...]
25Sep2010 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
Friday Fun: All Ball
If you are looking for a fun way to pass part of your Friday afternoon then get ready for some good sports fun. Be quick with your mouse though as you help your two person team win at All Ball. All Ball The object of the game is to have your sports star kick or [...]
25Sep2010 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
How to Backup Your Linux PC with Simple Backup
It doesn’t matter if you are using Windows, OS X, or Linux, everyone should do regular backups of their information. In Linux one of the easiest ways to do automated backups is with Simple Backup (SBackup). Here is how you can set up SBackup to make sure you have a backup of all your important [...]
24Sep2010 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
Always Show the Menu & Other Toolbars Bar in Internet Explorer 9 Beta
Since IE 9 beta was released to the public, there has been a lot of discussion about it feeling strange without the Menu and other Toolbars. You can bring them back easily enough, and here we’ll look at a couple ways of doing it. Always Show the Menu Bar You’ll notice now that when [...]
24Sep2010 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
How to Change the Logon Background in Mac OS X
Bored of the staid, old login background that greets you every time you log into your Mac? Here’s how to customize the wallpaper image to anything you want with just a couple of quick steps. We’ll start off by showing you how to manually change the background image, and then how to use a simple [...]
24Sep2010 | Admin | 0 comments | Continued
Use Your iPhone or iPod Touch to Remotely Control Your PC
Have you ever wanted an easy way to remotely control your PC? Here we take a look at using Touch Mouse from Logitech which works over Wi-Fi so you can control your PC from anywhere in your house. Installation and Setup Download Logitech Touch Mouse from the iTunes App Store through iTunes or directly from [...]
24Sep2010 | Admin | 0 comments | ContinuedRecommended
