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I need to get a history of which processes have run on my Windows machine, and when they were run.  However, I cannot use any third-party software, as I cannot guarantee that it will always be running. Is there any way to get this information only using Windows built-in functionality? Solution: Sure. You can use […]

. On the left is firefox 4, on the right is chrome 12. Is there a way to make chrome render prettier fonts? The above image was taken on windows xp. Below is another example from windows 7. Solution: Check ClearType settings – the Chrome screenshot looks like it’s being forced to render non-anti-aliased. That

Like many people I take quite a few photos, and also like quite a few people I don’t back up as frequently as I should. What I’d like to be able to do is automatically synchronize my “to be backed up” folder to some of the other machines that live on my home network. I

I’ve got a bunch of files named with a the pattern 99 – DescriptiveName.txt and I’d like to remove the number from the front so I just have DescriptiveName.txt. How can I do this? Can I do it from the command line or is there a utility that can do this? Solution: I know in

I would like to monitor the temperature of the computer’s components and also the fan speed. How can I do this? Solution: Speedfan does all that.   SpeedFan is software that can read temperatures, voltages and fan speeds of computer components. It can change computer fan speeds depending on the temperature of various components. The

I have a bunch of machines on an IP address range which I want to ping simultaneously as a quick and dirty way of telling which ones are switched on. What (free) software can I use to do this? I’m using Windows Vista. Solution: The quickest way is to use Angry IP Scanner I use it

I know that almost everything on Windows, like opening any sort of application, can be done from the command prompt or from the Run menu. How can I put my computer to sleep or shut it down? What is the command for that? Solution: You will find shutdown.exe to be your friend. Other handy commands

Right now, I have all my music on my internal hard drive, but it is running out of space. So, I bought an external hard drive, copied all my music over and went into the advanced preferences in iTunes and changed my music location.  However, when I view the iTunes music library XML file in

One of my laptop’s keys has fallen off. Is there any way I can remap another key to serve as that key?  I’ll ‘sacrifice’ the other key because I never use it. Solution: Here is a good article from Howtogeek about using a utility called SharpKeys: ##Map Any Key to Any Key on Windows 10,

What should I do if my Windows computer seems to be infected with a virus or malware? What are the symptoms of an infection? What should I do after noticing an infection? What can I do to get rid of it? how to prevent from infection by malware? This question comes up frequently, and the