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Speccy: System Information tool

Speccy is a System Information tool designed to gather information about your CPU, RAM, Motherboard, Graphics Card, Hard Drives, Optical Drives, and Audio Card and let you view advanced information about it. Speccy can tell you more detailed and advanced … Continue reading

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Data Recovery Program: Recuva

Where can I find a free data-recovery program? Recuva is a free data recovery from Piform, the company that created CCleaner, the free program for cleaning out your computer. From their website: “Accidentally deleted an important file? Lost something important … Continue reading

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How To: Download All Google Docs Documents

How can I backup, download, or export all of my Google Docs Documents? (For the sake of simplicity, I am going to refer to backups and downloads as exports.)Google has made it surprisingly easy to export your entire Google Documents … Continue reading

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GTA: San Andreas on Linux

How can I play Grant Theft Auto: San n on Linux? Some people have reported that the installer works just fine under Linux without any additional packages, however I suggest using PlayOnLinux to install this game. PlayOnLinux (PoL) can typically … Continue reading

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Prevent food from sticking to your pan

What is the best way to prevent food from sticking to a pan? Whether it be cast iron, aluminum, plain old metal, or even non-stick, it seems like every pan will just clench to food and not let go. I … Continue reading

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Watches: Can't Get the Back Back On?

Can’t get the back plat of your watch or pocket watch back on? If you are having a lot of trouble getting the back of your watch or pocket watch back on, this advice may be able to help you: … Continue reading

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Boot Description

How can I change my boot description of my Windows installation? Simply boot into the Windows OS that you want to change the name of, and open Command Prompt as an Administrator. Type: bcdedit /set {current} description “Your Description Goes … Continue reading

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Hardware Keyloggers

Are Hardware Keyloggers a security risk? Short answer: Not Really, in most situations. Unless you are an organization that has extremely sensitive data, specifically when someone might know that fact, it shouldn’t be an absolute concern. Let’s look at what … Continue reading

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EXT Filesystem on Windows

Can Windows see/read the EXT Filesystem from Linux? Yes. The easiest way to use this is the free, open source program called Ext2 IFS For Windows. Just download and install. Does Ext2 IFS For Windows allow you to write to … Continue reading

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Adding Sitemaps to your Robots.txt

How do I add my sitemap to my Robots.txt file? It is amazingly simple. Just add: Sitemap: www.example.com/sitemap.xml Easy, eh? More Information can be found out here, as well as the Robotstxt.org website

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