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Gone are the days when you had to adjust to your entertainment and daily tasks because the annoying notification tone popping in the background now has a fix.
From amplifying your bass volume to adjusting the volume in individual Chrome tabs, there is now a solution for every situation. [Read more…]
Have you ever downloaded a file from the Internet and worried that it might be infected with malware?
That’s a real concern these days with all the malware that’s floating around the web.
It’s getting harder by the day to know exactly which sites to trust since malicious files are even making their way onto legitimate download sites.
Luckily, it’s pretty easy to determine whether any file on your computer is malware-free or not by running a couple of simple scans. [Read more…]
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Have you ever tried to find a web page you had visited in the recent past but you couldn’t remember the title of the page or even the name of the website it was on?
I often find myself needing to revisit pages I’ve visited, and I’ve discovered a handy little trick that usually helps me find them in just a few seconds: Searching the browser history!
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Question from Arnold: I’m an early riser and my wife always sleeps later than I do.
When I turn my HP laptop on in the mornings the sound it makes while it’s starting up sometimes wakes her up.
I’m getting tired of her being grumpy all day when that happens.
Is there a way to turn that sound off and make the laptop boot up silently? [Read more…]
Most computer users have no idea what type of CPU is inside their machine, and that’s fine.
As long as your computer works properly and gets the job done, its CPU type is rarely a concern.
That being said, there might well come a time when you’ll need to know what kind of CPU is inside your PC.
Here are three ways to discover the CPU type in a Windows PC without having to open the case: [Read more…]