Reading Time: 7 minutesIf your computer fans frequently hit top speeds, it’s a sign that your CPU usage is reaching 100%. Simultaneously, your computer may slow down. That’s annoying, especially if you’re not actually doing anything. The CPU (central processing unit), also known as the processor, is your computer’s brain. Like your own noggin, Read more…
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen you set up a new hard drive or buy a computer, the drive likely comes with a single partition. This places everything onto one logical sector of the drive. But you can easily create partitions to keep different types of data separate. Here’s what you should know about partitioning Read more…
Reading Time: 5 minutesDo you know the difference between a megabit (Mb) versus a megabyte (MB)? While the two sound the same and have the same abbreviation, they’re actually very different. And they’re both quite important, as they determine the speed of data, such as your internet connection (that you’re paying big bucks Read more…
Reading Time: 6 minutesMany email servers prevent you from sending (or the recipient from receiving) messages over a certain size. When this problem happens most users don’t know how to send large files. To send large files via email, you can either upload your attachment to cloud storage and get a link to Read more…
Reading Time: 5 minutesIf you’ve ever opened up your computer, you know there is a lot of hardware in there. It’s all a potential point of failure. There are certain pieces of hardware which are more prone to failure than others. Equipment that either generates heat or has moving parts tends to fail most Read more…
Reading Time: 5 minutesOne moment you’re dominating the latest online game while streaming a movie, but the next you can barely load a simple website. Maybe the connection is worse on one device or in a particular part of the house. You can’t seem to get full internet speed through your router. If Read more…
Reading Time: 11 minutesGmail is one of the most popular email services on the planet, so it’s no surprise that people want to check it easily from everywhere. Thankfully, Gmail is integrated with so many services you’d be surprised just how many ways there are to check your Gmail inbox. Would you believe Read more…
Reading Time: 8 minutesMicrosoft has slowly but surely pushed the command line aside in the Windows interface. This is not without reason; it is an antiquated and mostly unnecessary tool from an era of text-based input. But many commands remain useful, and Windows 8 and 10 even added new features. Here we present Read more…
Reading Time: 9 minutesYour computer is hanging. Same old Windows, right? Except you’re using a brand new Windows 10 device; you’ve only had it a few days. So just what is going on? Investigating, you discover that your system drive is running at 100%. Surely this can’t be, right? Sadly, it is. The latest Read more…
Reading Time: 7 minutesYou just cannot create beautiful Microsoft Word documents by cutting corners on tables. On Microsoft Word, tables are essential formatting tools. Microsoft Office has made it easier to create and format basic tables in Word for Office 365, Word 2019, Word 2016, and Word 2013. We haven’t covered tables as much as we would have Read more…