What should you do if you have a computer that you aren’t using and want to store? To properly store a computer, you typically need to package it to protect it from foreign material such as dust, moisture, and impact damage. Factors that need to be considered when making your choices include where it will …
People talk about the need to have good computer skills, but what does that mean? Having good computer skills means you understand how to interact with and reset the machine, you can use basic software to access the internet and email, and work with files and folders in a basic manner. You are also able …
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If you’ve been around computers a little, you may have heard about the file system, but what is that exactly? A computer file system is used to organize files & data in your computer’s non-volatile memory or hard drive in a hierarchy of nested folders. It’s typically organized in a tree data structure, with one …
What if you could use shortcuts to customize your computer so that the things you need and use the most are fast and easy to access? That’s where Windows desktop shortcuts and their simple features really shine. Shortcuts in Windows are icons that point to what you’re trying to access by storing a location for …
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This article assumes you can read product reviews and sort out the lemons. It also assumes that you can review general features and decide if the printer you’re considering has everything you need or not. Here, we will talk about the bigger game afoot when it comes to the home printer market. There are three …
Learning about command-line arguments or switches and how to use them is a step along the road to using your computer more effectively. Command-line arguments or switches are options or file paths that you can pass to an application on startup. Usually, they are added when you start an application by typing its name into …
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As it was renamed in Windows 8, previously known and still often called Windows Explorer, File Explorer has been the file manager for Windows operating systems since as far back as Windows 95. File Explorer is the graphical user interface for accessing files in MS Windows, and it forms the backbone of how people access …
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Did you know you can use home computers to create a variety of digital goods? In fact, most home computers today are powerful enough to create almost anything you can think of. This can be from the artistic, to informative, to the more utilitarian. I’ve compiled a shortlist of what I think are the most …
When I’m ready to buy a new computer, I often consider the brands I recognize as producing reliable quality products. The most reliable computer on the market will have the least mechanical parts, the best part quality, & the highest manufacturing standards. For example, tablets and mobile phones are typically the most reliable because they …
I remember hearing the word “computing” from a teacher before I got into computers in any meaningful way, and I really didn’t understand what that was. The difference between computers and computing is that computers are physical machines capable of computing. Computing was once considered the same as counting or calculating, but today it typically …
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