If you are a computer nerd, then you know hard drives are complicated. While one might think things deleted from it are completely gone, they can also be recovered by a data recovery company quite easily. If your computer is running slower lately, it might be time to defragment your hard drive. A computer’s hard […]
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CCleaner is a computer “cleaning” tool for Windows and Mac created by Piriform. For many, CCleaner is an excellent utility program that allows users to clean out temporary Internet files and history, clean up the registry and remove potentially unwanted files and data. Don’t know what it is? Here’s a quick CCleaner 101 to get […]
Admit it: cleaning your computer isn’t on your regular to do list, if it even makes the list at all. But, it’s one of the most important things you can do to improve performance and extend the life of your computer. Whether you have a desktop, laptop or both, here are things you’ll need to […]
Along the top of most computer keyboards are a series of function keys. They are numbered from F1 to F12, and go from left to right. But do you know what they actually do? Most of the function keys are pre-assigned to perform certain actions when they are pressed. These are usually called shortcut keys. […]
Ever wondered why a keyboard’s keys are arranged the way they are? The modern keyboard arrangement can be traced to the late 1800s when Remington & Sons manufactured the first commercial typewriter, called the Remington Number 1. It was similar to our modern keyboard, with the letters Q, W, E, R, T, Y starting the […]