SOLVED: File Explorer Crashing After Right Click On Desktop in Windows 10
After upgrading to Windows 10 from an older version of the Operating System, many users complain of the File Explorer (explorer.exe) crashing on them whenever they right-click anywhere on their Desktop...
View ArticleBEST FIX: Constant Blue Circle Next to Mouse Pointer in Windows 10
After upgrading to Windows 10, many users started complaining of constantly seeing the blue flashing loading circle (Windows’ patented “loading” icon) next to their mouse pointer. Affected users’...
View ArticleBEST GUIDE: Changing Default and Display Language in Windows 10
Switching to a newer product should be an easy process. Yet somehow, the switch from earlier Windows versions to Windows 10 is just not quite as smooth though. Issues pertaining to the default and...
View ArticleSOLVED: Windows 10 Sleeps After 1-4 Minutes of Inactivity
After upgrading from an older version of the Windows Operating System to Windows 10, or even after upgrading from an older build of Windows 10 to a newer one, quite a few users start experiencing a...
View ArticleBEST FIX: File Explorer Crashes on Windows 10
Even though Windows 10 is the latest and greatest in a long line of Windows Operating Systems, it is far from perfect. There are a lot of known issues with Windows 10, one of which is Windows 10’s file...
View ArticleIntel’s Next Gen CPU the Kaby Lake Core i7-7700K is coming! Here’s what to...
A few weeks ago, benchmark results of the yet to be released Kaby Lake Core i7-7700K were leaked. Since then, our minds have been swimming with questions like, “Will I need a new motherboard?” and “Is...
View ArticlePART 1: Installing an Ubuntu Server 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) LEMP Stack
LEMP is an acronym for (L)inux, Nginx – pronounced (E)gine-X, (M)ySQL, and (P)HP. Nginx is a reverse proxy and an alternative (sometimes an enhancement) to Apache. Why Ubuntu Server 16.04? Ubuntu...
View ArticlePART 2: Installing NGINX, MySQL and PHP on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus
Since we are using Ubuntu 16.04, you don’t have to build NGINX from source to get the enhancements of 1.9+. Instead, you can install nginx using the sudo apt-get command below. This will install the...
View ArticleInstalling Free SSL Certificate on LEMP Stack with Let’s Encrypt
Let’s Encrypt is a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project, open certificate authority, provided by the Internet Security Research Group. Free for anyone that owns a domain name to use Let’s Encrypt to...
View ArticleBEST GUIDE: How to Check Hard Drive Space on a Mac OS
As unbelievable as it sounds, most of the users don’t regularly keep track of the free space they have left in their Macs unless the system starts giving up on them and when it’s usually running out of...
View ArticleBEST FIX: Icons Always Show Up in List Mode in Windows 10
After installing certain updates to their Windows 10 computers, many users see that the icons in one or more of the folders they have on their computer show up in List Mode even though they had...
View ArticleBEST FIX: Error 0x80246002 and BSOD during Windows Update in Windows 10
Many Windows 10 users have suffered from and continue to suffer from an issue with Windows Update where they are met with error 0x80246002 almost every single time Windows Update attempts to download...
View ArticleHow to Sync Your Chromebook Downloads Folder with Google Drive
If you own a Chromebook, you probably have all your documents and media on the cloud. With Chrome OS, Google wanted us to get used to living off the cloud. The Downloads folder in the Files app is the...
View ArticleSOLVED: Drag and Drop Not Working on Windows
The drag and drop functionality is used by almost everyone to move or copy files/folders using mouse to organize stuff on Windows. The same can be achieved by Right Clicking on a file/folder and then...
View ArticleSOLVED: Failed No Route to Host On Ubuntu With Multiple Networks
When you have a complex network setup, it is frustrating to have the “No Route to Host” start appearing after raising a new interface. This is frequently due to the default route being either changed...
View ArticleHow to Fully Utilize the Potential of the Chrome OS Search Box
With the Chromebook lineup, Google is tightly integrating its apps and services into the hardware and software. In that spirit, all Chromebooks come with an additional search button, that when pressed...
View ArticleSOLVED: “Unable to initialize audit layer: Permission denied” bug in...
Today I decided to go ahead and upgrade one of my servers from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04. It is not recommended to do this on a production server, as there are many issues that can go wrong. Best...
View ArticleHow to Overclock Skylake 6600K
If you are thinking of buying one of the Intel Skylake CPUs, you are probably going to wonder, sooner or later, about its overclocking potential. That is nothing unusual since we are talking about...
View ArticleHow to set-up and use multi-touch gestures on the Chromebook Touchpad
Chromebooks have a reputation for quality touchpads. Google ensures that each Chromebook has a good enough touchpad because Chrome OS is heavily loaded with touchpad functionality. Let us take a look...
View ArticleHow to fix Pear install issues after installing from Repositories
Pear (PHP Extension and Application Repository) is a useful tool for installing PHP extensions and repositories on Linux, Max and Windows. It allows for adding functionality to PHP, without the risk...
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