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What does it mean to use technology productively? How do you use devices and computers with Windows, Android, or iOS? Which gadgets make your work easier? How to personalize the operating system and the gadgets that you are using?

7 ways to tell how many cores your processor has

7 ways to tell how many cores your processor has

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 22.01.2019
Unless you own an old computer, and by that we mean a computer that's from the nineties, you probably have a multicore processor inside it. Do you know how many cores and logical processors your CPU has? Do you want to find out this information?...
How to use the Resource Monitor in Windows

How to use the Resource Monitor in Windows

  • tutorial
  • Daniel Parchisanu
  • 17.01.2019
When Windows slows down or freezes, we usually turn to the Task Manager to figure out what is going on. If you need a better understanding of the way Windows and its apps use the resources of your computer, Resource Monitor (resmon.exe) is the right...
11 ways to start Resource Monitor in Windows

11 ways to start Resource Monitor in Windows

  • tutorial
  • Daniel Parchisanu
  • 16.01.2019
Resource Monitor extends the Task Manager in Windows by giving access to more details about the way Windows manages the resources (memory, processor, disk, network) of your computer. The information is given in real time which makes Resource Monitor an excellent tool to help diagnose...
Connect to a Windows PC from Ubuntu using Remote Desktop Connection

Connect to a Windows PC from Ubuntu using Remote Desktop Connection

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 11.01.2019
One useful feature of Windows is that you can connect to your desktop from another location to remotely manage your computer. Fortunately, major Linux distributions also offer this feature and Ubuntu is one of them. If you want to connect to your Windows computers from...
9 ways to remove desktop programs and Microsoft Store apps in Windows

9 ways to remove desktop programs and Microsoft Store apps in Windows

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 09.01.2019
From time to time, we stumble upon applications that are hard to remove or delete, as some users would say. Sometimes their Add/Remove Programs entries are deleted for whatever reason, or they do not have a handy Uninstall shortcut available. The problems vary from case...
How to use OneDrive for Windows 7

How to use OneDrive for Windows 7

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 07.01.2019
Microsoft's OneDrive service has become ubiquitous in a world dominated by Windows 10. However, it is not the same for Windows 7, which is an old operating system that was not designed with such tight OneDrive integration in mind. However, that does not mean that...
3 reasons to create more than one partition on your PC

3 reasons to create more than one partition on your PC

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 20.12.2018
We all know that most computer users have one physical hard disk drive or solid state drive on their PCs and only one partition is labeled C. Some people also know that you can create more than one partition on a computer and there are...
5 ways to boot Windows 7 into Safe Mode

5 ways to boot Windows 7 into Safe Mode

  • tutorial
  • Daniel Parchisanu
  • 17.12.2018
If you want to boot Windows 7 into Safe Mode, it means that there is probably something wrong with your computer. Safe Mode can help you diagnose and sometimes even repair issues. However, before doing so, you must first know how to boot your Windows...
Microsoft Surface Arc Mouse review: Beautiful and highly portable!

Microsoft Surface Arc Mouse review: Beautiful and highly portable!

  • review
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 14.12.2018
Microsoft Surface Arc Mouse is a beautiful Bluetooth device, that looks like a mix between the Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse SE, and Microsoft Touch Mouse (We loved using Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse SE, and we disliked the Microsoft Touch Mouse). You can imagine that we...
How to view, insert, or remove section breaks in Microsoft Word documents

How to view, insert, or remove section breaks in Microsoft Word documents

  • tutorial
  • Daniel Parchisanu
  • 12.12.2018
When you edit Microsoft Word documents, you may need to change the page layout for some of your pages, restart the automatic numbering or change the number of columns. In all these cases you need to introduce sections in your Word document. Read this tutorial...
ASUS ZenScreen MB16AC review: A beautiful portable monitor!

ASUS ZenScreen MB16AC review: A beautiful portable monitor!

  • review
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 11.12.2018
For this review, we tested a rather interesting device: a portable Full HD display created by ASUS, called ZenScreen MB16AC. It is a monitor which you can connect to your laptop via USB Type C or USB Type A, and which is small and light...
Download the shortcut for “Shut Down Windows”

Download the shortcut for “Shut Down Windows”

  • misc
  • Daniel Parchisanu
  • 05.12.2018
Do you want a shortcut that opens the "Shut Down Windows" menu, so that you can quickly shut down or restart your Windows computer or device? Based on requests from our readers, we have created this shortcut for you to use on any Windows computer....