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XP: Change Windows Automatic Update Settings

As the worms are coming out more and more rapidly after security exploits are discovered, many users are reconsidering the automatic update. This tutorial explains how to change automatic update settings.

View the Details of a Certificate Signing Request with OpenSSL

Once a certificate signing request (CSR) is created, it is possible to view the detailed information used to create the request.

Chrome: Display more than 10 results when searching from the address bar

When you search from the Google Chrome address bar, the result page typically displays only ten search results. After following these directions, you can search from the address bar and have as many results in one page as you want.

Ten Features of the Metro Environment in Windows

Windows 8 is all about Metro. What are the unique advantages of Metro that are generating all the buzz?

Touch Navigation Tutorial for Windows 8

Navigating Windows 8 on a tablet or touchscreen is a new skill. This basic tutorial will demonstrate how to use the touch or Metro interface.

Hotmail: Delete Emails Automatically after a Period of Time

Many of the old emails that take space in your inbox are unnecessary newsletters from websites or subscribed services. Manually cleaning this old mail is such a pain. Luckily, Hotmail provides some solutions to help you clean your mail automatically based on the age of the email.

Create/Modify a UNIX File with an Arbitrary Timestamp

The touch command in UNIX creates a file if it does not exist or updates the modification time of an existing file to the current time. An option of the touch command allows the modification timestamp to be set to any arbitrary time.

XP: Create a Hard Link Reference to a File with fsutil

UNIX users have long used symbolic or hard links to create a new reference to an existing file. Windows XP has a new function called fsutil which, among other interesting filesystem utilities, allows the creation of hard links on an NTFS volume. The referenced file behaves exactly like the original file.

Display or Remove Welcome Screen after Screensaver

Displaying the welcome screen after the screensaver is occasionally useful. This tutorial describes how to turn it on or off.

Windows 8: Reset or Refresh the system

Windows systems are infamous for slowing down after months of use. In the past, power users would experienced this phenomena would just reformat and reinstall Windows to clean out all the junk that drags down performance. Under prior versions of Windows, this reset process was not quick or easy. However, with Windows 8 the system can be returned to the factory or default settings very rapidly using these steps.

Playstation Vita: Customize the Vita’s Home Screens

Want to know how to change and tweak your PS Vita home screen? Here I will show how to arrange the icons on the Vita’s Home Screens. Additionally, we can also change the backgrounds for each home screens.

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