How to Create a New Signature in Outlook 2013

Easily create a signature for business emails and a different one for personal emails. To create a new signature, open Outlook and smack the File tab. Click Options in the menu list on the left side of the Account Information screen. On the Mail screen, click Signatures in the Compose messages section. Click New under the Select signature to edit box on the Signatures and Stationery dialog box. A dialog box displays asking for a name for this signature....

October 16, 2013 · 1 min · 151 words · Gregory Hamilton

Why Do Old Games Run Way Too Fast On Modern Computers?

Why do old games run out of control on modern hardware? Time progression in the game was happening much faster than it should. There are even programs made toslow down your CPUso that these games are actually playable. I’ve heard that this is related to the game depending on CPU cycles, or something like that. My questions are: So what’s the story? Why exactly do the sprites in old games blaze across the screen so fast the game becomes unplayable?...

September 24, 2013 · 1 min · 117 words · Renee Cisneros

Why You Can't Just Copy a Program's Folder to a New Windows System (and When You Can)

But this normally won’t work. Some programs – games especially – do allow you to copy their folders over and trigger the program. Other programs specifically designed to be “portable apps” will also be able to do this. Why Do Programs Require Installation? However, it isn’t this simple. In practice, simply reinstalling the program is much faster and easier. The installer will set up everything the program needs on your system....

September 23, 2013 · 1 min · 95 words · Kevin Hughes

How Do You Remove a Default File Association in Windows 7?

Read on as we explore how to remove a default file association. Is it possible to remove it? You’ll have to kill and restart explorer.exe for this to take effect. You may also need to remove the same sub key fromHKEY_CLASSES_ROOTas well.

September 19, 2013 · 1 min · 42 words · Steve Sullivan

Windows XP Users: Here Are Your Upgrade Options

Quick Links Windows XP won’t be officially supported for much longer. Sure, you could keep using it – it won’t just stop working one day. It will just become more insecure over time as Microsoft and everyone else stops supporting it. Let’s face it, Windows XP has had a good run. It has been officially supported for more than a decade. In a nutshell, Windows XP is old. Windows XP is next in line for the chopping block....

September 16, 2013 · 2 min · 304 words · Nicholas Merritt

How to Disable SkyDrive / OneDrive Integration in Windows 8.1

If you’re running Pro, skip down further and read those instructions. For everybody else, this is how you do it. It’s pretty simple after that. Just reset your system and Skydrive shouldn’t be available. If you just want to remove it from Windows Explorer, keep reading and follow the instructions below. This will get rid of it from everywhere on the system though, including the Metro apps. Select Enabled and then click OK....

September 10, 2013 · 1 min · 119 words · Carrie Garner

Forget The Gimmicks: Here's the Best Way to Organize Your Gmail Inbox

Quick Links Email inbox gimmicks keep popping up. First Google introduced Priority Inbox, and now it’s usingcategory tabs. Dropbox purchased Mailbox, which turns your inbox into more of a to-do-list. Microsoft’s Outlook.com has aSweep featurethat automatically cleans your inbox. All of these are attempts to manage your email inbox for you. We’ll be using Gmail here, but the principles should be similar for any email client. These inboxes never get the categories and prioritization perfectly right....

September 5, 2013 · 2 min · 236 words · Richard Hernandez

Why Won't Windows Let Me Park an 8.6GB File in a 14.7GB Space?

Read on as we investigate why Windows will deny you even if there is plenty of space to spare. The fault signal is not very clear if you’ve never run into this issue before. You’d need to reformat the disk asNTFSorexFATto support larger files. you might upgrade from FAT32 to NTFS with the command.

August 27, 2013 · 1 min · 54 words · Susan Sanchez

How to Number Lines in the Margins in Word 2013

We will show you how to add unobtrusive line numbers in the left margin of a Word document. Open your Word document and smack the Page Layout tab on the ribbon. On the Page Setup dialog box, smack the Layout tab. Then, click Line Numbers. The Line Numbers dialog box displays. choose the Add line numbering check box so there is a check mark in the box. Click OK. Click OK on the Page Setup dialog box to close it....

August 26, 2013 · 1 min · 96 words · Gail Preston

How Attackers Actually "Hack Accounts" Online and How to Protect Yourself

The reality is that accounts are hacked in fairly simple ways – attackers don’t use black magic. Some people may even use the same password for every account they use. This is extremely insecure. If you reuse passwords and one company slips up, all your accounts will be at risk. You should use different passwords everywhere –a password manager can help with this. They then send this data to an attacker over the Internet....

August 10, 2013 · 2 min · 283 words · Michael Jones

Sandboxes Explained: How They're Already Protecting You and How to Sandbox Any Program

The software you use is already sandboxing much of the code you run every day. For example, your web surfing app essentially runs web pages you visit in a sandbox. Other programs on your box are also sandboxed. For example, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer both run in a sandbox themselves. These browsers are programs running on your rig, but they don’t have access to your entire computer. They run in a low-permission mode....

August 2, 2013 · 1 min · 132 words · Keith Martinez

How, Exactly, Does the Windows Recycle Bin Work?

What exactly happens during that whole process? I am a fairly experienced user, I just wanted a more depth explanation of the Recycle Bin. So what’s the story? How exactly does the Recycle Bin function as a sort of file purgatory? In the early days, on Windows 95 and 98 this was located in . On Windows 2000 and later it was renamed to . Since Windows Vista it is now a special folder called...

July 23, 2013 · 1 min · 144 words · Max West

4 Ways to Back Up Your PC Game Saves

You’ll need to back up and restore their save files on your own. test whether Cloud Syncing is Available Cloud syncing is the ideal. It can scan your machine for installed games and their associated saves, displaying them in a list. After installing GameSave Manager, smack the Make a backup option. You’ll be able to choose the installed games you want to back up. You could do this yourself by followingour guide to creating symbolic links on Windows....

July 22, 2013 · 1 min · 185 words · Mr. Troy Green Jr.