The easiest way to find your public IP address is to search “What Is My IP? in any search engine. But how do you know what they are? Hannah Stryker / How-To Geek Here are a few ways to find each on Linux. What is an IP Address? your machine can have multiple different IPs that allow it to be identified on different networks. Most of them involve using the Terminal....

If you have Windows 7 Starter Edition installed on your netbook, the default wallpaper can get old. The install process is quick and simple but you will need to do a system restart afterwards. This is just the Starter Screen and can be easily changed… Note: Oceanis will auto-start with Windows each time. Using either the Desktop Icon or the Start Menu Entry, open up the Oceanis Main Window. You will see the set of four default wallpapers shown here....

Do you ever wish you could change the WMC start menu? Today we look at how to do it using Media Center Studio. Download and install Media Center Studio. Many of the actions cannot be performed with Media Center open. Once installed, you’re free to open Media Center Studio from the Windows Start Menu. When you first open Media Center Studio you’ll be on the Themes tab. punch the Start Menu tab....

Right-choose a word and select Add to dictionary. And changing the default spell check controls is easy too. In the menu, click Tools, then Options, and go for the Spelling tab in this dialog. But theres no obvious way to edit your custom dictionary. Live Writer actually stores your custom dictionary entries in a plain text file located in your appdata folder. It is saved as User.dic in the C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Roaming\Windows Live Writer\Dictionaries folder....

Well show you how to format a USB drive using the tool GParted. Note: Formatting a USB drive will destroy any data currently stored on it. Open a terminal by clicking on Applications in the top-left of the screen, then Accessories > Terminal. Assuming youre on the right drive, right-tap on the unallocated grey block and click New. Add a label if youd like, and then click Add. grab the green checkmark and then the Apply button to apply the changes....

Next bang out or copy the following path into the location field and click Next. Now you have your Group Policy shortcut… If you want it on the Taskbar just drag it there to pin it. And that’s all there is to it!

Here is how to do it. The Taskbar Icon has the classic fanned edge look just like any other software with Taskbar Thumbnail Previews active. Open IE and go to Tools \ Internet Options. When the Internet Options Window opens you will already be on the General Tab. Under the Tabs Section, tap on the configs button. The Tabbed Browsing configs window opens. Uncheck Show previews for individual tabs in the taskbar and click OK....

Are you looking for a way to help your Touchpad computer make you more productive? Heres a quick look at Scrybe, a new software from Synaptics that lets you superpower it. Touchpad devices have become increasingly interesting as theyve included support for multi-touch gestures. Scrybe takes it to the next level and lets you use your touchpad as an utility launcher. Scrybe works with most modern Synaptics touchpads, which are standard on most laptops and netbooks....

Here we look at some tools that will allow you to post directly to your WordPress blog. you might write blog posts directly from its Word-like editor, complete with pictures and advanced formatting. Once Live Writer is installed, open it to add your blog. Just click your blog’s name in the top right corner, and select “Add blog account”. Select “Other blog service” to add your WordPress blog to Writer, and click Next....

We’ll show you how to change these options. you’re free to do this either for one boot, or permanently for a particular virtual machine. In VMWare Workstation, the location of the .vmx file is listed on the virtual machine’s tab. If in doubt, search your hard drive for .vmx files. If you don’t want to use Windows default search, anawesome utility that locates files instantly is Everything. launch the .vmx file with any text editor....

From within Windows Media Center, launch the Music Library and opt for CD. By default, your CD will be ripped to .WMA format. The rip tweaks for Windows Media Center are pulled from Windows Media Player. So to change the rip parameters, we’ll need to do so in Media Player. From within Windows Media Player, select Tools from Menu bar, and select Options. Click OK when you are finished. Now, you are ready to rip your CD....

Portable applications are very useful for getting work done on the go, but how about portable servers? Download the latest version of XAMPP Lite (link below). spin up the installer, and click Browse choose where to install your server. XAMPP will create an xampplite folder and store all the files in it during the installation. Click Install, and all of the files will be extracted to your flash drive. This may take a few moments depending on your flash drive’s speed....

One way to speed up your Internet browsing experience is using a faster DNS server. Namebench Download the file and launch the executable (link below). Namebench starts up and will include the current DNS server you have configured on your system. In this example we’re behind a router and using the DNS server from the ISP. Include the global DNS providers and the best available regional DNS server, then start the Benchmark....