Quick Links The caps lock key is aremnant of typewriters dating from the nineteenth century. Once you’ve pressed the key you want to remap, smack the OK button. Once you’re done click, OK, and then click OK again to close out of the parameters. Hannah Stryker / How-To Geek This does mean, however, that if PowerToys closes, the Caps Lock key will return. Use SharpKeys instead, which we detail below....

Pidgin for Everyone Pidgin is a chat program that lets you use multiple chat networks simultaneously. Pidgin runs on Windows, Linux, and other Unix operating systems. So no matter what platform you are on, you could use Pidgin as your chat client. Install Pidgin using the right installer fromtheir website. Pidgin supports quite a number of chat networks. grab the messaging client that you want to add and specify your user name and password....

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Check out our screenshot tour for a closer look. Simplified and Enhanced GUI The new interface is a significant improvement over the old one. The information was there but it wasn’t very well organized. By far the greatest improvement in the overview section, however, is the introduction of the live preview. Note: We experienced a very odd but repeatable error when downloading and installing the extension pack. This error only occurred when the extension pack was downloaded in Chrome....

Quick Links Taking a lot of pictures this Christmas? The whole guide is still available, if you need a refresher on how to use Photoshop. To do it one image at a time is tedious and boring. Download a small freeware tool and do it automatically in seconds, with this helpful How-To. Check out this simple tutorial and download the How-To Geek template to make the process that much simpler....

Quick Links You’ve got questions and we’ve got answers. Read on to see our fixes for this week’s reader dilemmas. My computer is infected with “System Tool 2011” malware and I’m in a bind. My entire system is being held hostage at this point. What can I do? You’re going to need access to a clean PC to create a boot CD. We have two guides you’ll want to check out....

Does your Firefox internet tool need a touch of holiday spirit to brighten it up? Note: The names and links for the themes are located above each image.

Freeware program Google Picasa can create excellent quality photo prints that’ll only cost you a download. Here’s a short list of various graphic programs that are good for a bit of light printing. Let’s take a look at how to print quality photographs in Picasa. In addition to these features, Picasa is a solid program for printing photographs. This is the print window, as opposed to the edit window in the previous screenshot....

Quick Links Are you still using your service provider’s DNS servers? Here’s how to set it up on your Verizon FIOS router for every equipment on your data pipe. smack the edit icon, or just punch the name to get to the edit screen. Once you’re there, head to the configs button at the bottom of the page. confirm to click Apply after you’re done on each screen.

Here’s how to use the Avira Rescue System to clean an infected PC. Download Avira Rescue Systemfrom the Avira website. The file is about 1.2 gigabytes, so it could take a few minutes. You also need todownload and install a utility called Rufus. Install Rufus or launch the portable version. The files should be in yourdefault downloads folder, unless you’vechanged the location. Using Rufus to makea bootable USB drivewill completely erase any files currently on the USB drive....

Here’s how to fix it. Next you’ll want to head to Advanced Security configs, and then hit the WPA2 option.

Again, you should download this new version.

But did you know proper setup can improve the quality of your prints? If you still have it, using this disc is an acceptable way to install a printer. But if newer drivers exist, minor or even major issues with prints might have been fixed. Most major printer manufacturers will provide software and drivers for free downloads. In this case, it is an HP D1530 working with Windows 7 Home Premium....