-
Guides
-
How To: Change The Default Location of Documents, Pictures, and Music Folders in Windows
08 Jun 2009 by Evan Wondrasek
Saving your documents, pictures, and music to a separate partition from your operating system is a great practice to follow because it makes installing/reinstalling an operating system easier, allows you to access your files from a different operating system, and helps save your data in the event of a hard drive failure. This guide will show you how to set the new location of these new directories...
-
How To: Create, Edit, and Share Documents Online with Google Docs
03 Jun 2009 by Evan Wondrasek
I feel like the guy who showed up late to a really good party. Google Docs has been around for quite awhile now, but it wasn’t until last week that I actually tried it for the first time and I can’t believe I had been missing out on this fantastic service. Google Docs is a web-based office suite that contains applications for word processing, spreadsheets, form creation, and presenta...
-
Fix: Firefox Won’t Save Cookies or Auto-Logins
02 Jun 2009 by Evan Wondrasek / 10 Comments
Update 06-16-09: Mozilla has announced in Firefox 3.0.11 that “Several issues were reported with the internal database, SQLite, which have now been fixed by upgrading to a newer version.” So if this guide works for you, be sure to upgrade to the newest version of Firefox. It can strike when you least expect it – Firefox amnesia. The symptom: Firefox no longer keep...
-
How To: Try Ubuntu Using Wubi
31 May 2009 by Reis Pritchard / 8 Comments
Many people are interested in trying Ubuntu – a popular Linux distribution – but are unfamiliar with terms such as “partition” and “dual-boot” and how to perform those actions on their systems. Although partitioning a drive is reasonably simple, it’s not always the best or easiest choice to make when deciding to install Ubuntu on your PC. Wubi Installer is a...
-
Files Over Miles: Browser to Browser File Sharing
29 May 2009 by Dustin Patterson
A newly launched service allows you to send files (large files included) directly from your web browser to another web browser. Files Over Miles is a service that is built upon the P2P file transfer capabilities that are included in Version 10 of Adobe Flash Player. With this P2P capability, the need for an intermediate server is eliminated, transferring the file directly from one web browser ...
-
How To: Figure Out What svchost.exe Is Actually Doing
28 May 2009 by Evan Wondrasek
Windows XP/Vista: If you’ve ever dug around in your Windows Task Manager (available by pressing CTRL + SHIFT + ESC and clicking the Processes tab), you no doubt have noticed multiple instances of a process called svchost.exe. Not only is the title of this process ambiguous, it typically exists as System, Network Service, and Local Service resources. So what exactly are these processes do...
-
How To: Restore Built-In Zip File Integration in Windows XP
26 May 2009 by Evan Wondrasek
Have you ever used a new computer and found, to your dismay, that a 3rd-party shareware program (such as WinZip) was currently set to handle compressed .zip files? Windows XP already has built-in .zip file integration, so unless you’ve decided to replace it with a program such as 7-zip, it is usually best to let Windows handle those files. To restore Windows XP’s built-in .zip file h...
-
Gather Hardware Information With CPU-Z
22 May 2009 by Dustin Patterson / 1 Comment
CPU-Z is a lightweight freeware program that very useful when it comes to finding out your computer’s detailed hardware information. CPU-Z focuses on gathering motherboard, processor, and memory information and displays it in an organized and easy to read format. Information Gathered CPU Name and number Core stepping and process Package Core voltage Internal and external clocks and clock ...
-
How To: Find Out if Your PC is Windows 7 Ready
11 May 2009 by Evan Wondrasek / 7 Comments
With the final release of Windows 7 approaching, many people are wondering if their current PC will be able to run the new operating system. As we mentioned in our previous coverage of the Windows 7 RC release, the system requirements for Microsoft’s forthcoming operating system are surprisingly light: 1GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor 1 GB of RAM (32-bit)/2 GB of RAM ...
-
How To: Filter the Noise From Your Facebook News Feed
09 May 2009 by Evan Wondrasek / 16 Comments
Update: We’ve published a new edition of this article for the updated version of Facebook. Check that out instead. Facebook has made some interface changes lately which have caused some frustration with its core users. Most recently, they’ve removed the ability to exclusively view status updates on the Friends tab, which leaves you with only the “full firehose” of the h...
-
-
Get Techerator in Your Inbox
Techerator Staff
Evan Wondrasek Founder, Editor-in-Chief
Craig Lloyd Managing Editor
Dustin Patterson Co-founder, Editor
Kevin Schulte Editor
Derek Johnson Contributor
Kevin Ivanca Contributor
Brian Nelson Contributor
Bryant Sombke Contributor
Andrew Kalinchuk Contributor
Sophronis Mantoles Contributor
Dave Parrack Contributor
Carl Natale Contributor
Benny Taylor Contributor
Chitraparna Sinha Contributor
Twitter
RSS
Emailhttp://www.techerator.com/wp-content/themes/magpress
