This minHour teaches you how to view your computer’s screen on an external display such as a TV, monitor or projector. You can connect your computer to a display via an HDMI cable, or use Window’s Miracast feature to mirror your screen on a wireless projector, monitor or TV. Using Miracast Wirelessly Make sure your … Read more
The Windows Hosts file is a system file you can edit to map hostnames or servers to IP addresses. Most people won’t ever need to edit this file, but sometimes certain apps and services require making some changes. This minHour teaches you how to open, edit, and save the Windows Hosts file. Steps Press the … Read more
If you have a lot of files you want to share with a person or group of people, you can share those files by putting them in a folder and sharing the folder. The easiest way to share a folder is to use a cloud service like Google Drive, Dropbox, or iCloud. You can also … Read more
Do you want your computer to (running on Windows operating system only) greet/welcome you whenever you switch on or restart it? Follow some simple steps to do so. Steps Press ‘Windows+R’ from your keyboard. It’ll open ‘Run’ window. Type notepad without the quote, and press the ‘Enter’ key. It’ll open a ‘Notepad’ window. Type these … Read more
Creating a shutdown shortcut in Windows will allow you to shutdown your computer in a single click. This can be especially useful if you use Windows 8, which has hidden the shutdown command behind several menus. Windows 10 and Windows 8 use a slightly different format than older versions of Windows. Windows 8 and 10 … Read more
Do you have a game that needs to be played with a vertical monitor? Are you trying to set up a unique home computer display? Are you building a retro arcade? Rotating your monitor isn’t a common procedure, but with the right equipment you can configure your monitors however you’d like. Once your monitor is … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to turn off and then disable the built-in screen reader on a Windows computer. Turning Off Narrator Use the shortcut key combination. If you have a keyboard shortcut enabled for Narrator (this setting is enabled by default), you can turn off Narrator when it’s on by holding down Ctrl and … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to register a DLL file, which creates a path from the file to the Windows registry. Registering a DLL can fix startup issues for some programs, but most DLL files either don’t support registration or are already registered. Keep in mind that you cannot register DLLs that came pre-installed on … Read more
Lots of games can lag. It can become really frustrating, particularly when it happens extremely frequently. This article is for those who love to play PC games but hate annoying lag spikes and FPS drops. Assume all information on this page is intended to be for offline gaming; for info specifically pertaining to online gaming, … Read more
Want to go to your favorite website without even having to log on to the Internet? Read on! This method is written for Windows, and if you are not connected to the internet you will not see the most up-to-date version of the site. Steps Go to your desktop and right-click anywhere. Click on Properties. … Read more
Minimizing all open windows can be accomplished a variety of ways without the Windows key. On a PC, try pressing Alt+Tab ↹ to minimize each window individually or use taskbar buttons to minimize all open windows at once. Using the Taskbar to Access Your Desktop Right-click on the taskbar. The taskbar is the bar at … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to find a list of all the saved log files for IIS (Internet Information Services) events on your computer, and view an event’s recorded logs, using Windows. Steps Click the search button on your computer’s taskbar. This button looks like a white magnifier icon next to the Start menu in … Read more
Night Light on Windows is a useful feature when using your computer at night. Blue light emitted by our devices can contribute to poor sleep, and Night Light decreases your display’s blue light and increases its red light which is softer on the eyes. Unfortunately, many users report that even after activating and customizing their … Read more
Want to upgrade your old computer to Windows Vista? Maybe your computer is running slow and you want to wipe it and start from scratch. Installing Vista is a quick and mostly automated process, and with a little preparation you can have it finished in about an hour. Read on after the jump to learn … Read more
Ever want to mix things up on your computer screen? Ever think about moving your task bar on the top for a twist? Want your Windows 7 computer to look more like a Mac? This article will tell you how to move your task bar anywhere on your screen. Right-click the Start button. Right-clicking the … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to install the Apache Tomcat web server environment on your computer, using a Windows PC. Tomcat allows you to run Java code with several specifications in an HTTP web server environment. You will first have to install and configure Java Development Kit (JDK) on your computer to install Tomcat. Installing … Read more
This minHour article will teach you how to clear the thumbnail cache in Windows. A thumbnail is a preview of a file when viewed in File Explorer. On older versions of Windows, whenever you view a thumbnail in Windows, a file called Thumbs.db is created so that your thumbnails can load faster next time. On … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to turn on SSL 3.0 support in Firefox for Windows and macOS, as well as Chrome, Edge, and Internet Explorer for Windows. SSL 3.0 is already enabled in Safari for macOS and cannot be turned off. Firefox for Windows and macOS Open Firefox on your PC or Mac. You’ll usually … Read more
How many of you have been frustrated when going on a trip and your office manager asked for some important documents to send them out, but without luck, you saved them on your home computer? Well, there is a way that you can access your PC remotely with the use of the Remote Desktop feature … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to disable any internet connection on your Windows PC. If you’re using Windows 10 or 8, you can quickly disable all internet access by turning on airplane mode. For a longer-term solution, you can disable your wireless or wired network adapter on any version of Windows. Turning on Airplane Mode … Read more