Not all PCs are the same. A string of error messages, blue screens of death (BSoD)?, “nothing happens crash” when you try to turn the computer on? Regardless of your PC’s crashed condition, you can still recover from it, or at least retrieve all your data, before completely reinstalling your OS computer. Steps Check your … Read more
A suggestive guide on how to move from Windows to Linux. Get a taste of Linux without disrupting your Windows installation. Steps Choose a Linux Distribution Research is key. Look into what distribution of GNU/Linux would be best for you. Everyone is different, and all Linux distributions are different, but there will probably be one … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to clear the app usage history, File Explorer history, search history, and Internet browsing history on a Windows computer. App Usage History Right-click the taskbar. The taskbar is the bar at the bottom of the screen. Doing so invokes a pop-up menu. Click Task Manager. It’s near the bottom of … Read more
Windows’ Snipping Tool makes it easy to capture a screenshot of your screen. We’ll show you how to use the many features of the Snipping Tool to take a screenshot of any part of your desktop. Taking a Screenshot Open the Snipping Tool. Click the “Start” button.” Type “Snipping Tool” in the search bar and … Read more
If you’re in love the OS X interface, but prefer the customizability of your Windows PC, you can modify your Windows environment to mimic that of Mac OS X. With just a few simple programs, your desktop will be virtually indistinguishable from OS X. If you want to actually install OS X on your Windows … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to remove the Windows validation notifications that you see when using an unregistered copy of Windows. The easiest (and most legal) way of doing this involves activating your copy of Windows from within Settings, but you can use a couple of different temporary work-arounds if need be. Activating Windows Make … Read more
This minHour teaches you the safest way to shut down any version of Windows. There are many ways to shut your PC down safely, but the most common way to do so is using the Shut Down option in your Start menu. To avoid data loss, make sure you’ve saved all of your open files … Read more
Does your Windows PC keep freezing or locking up? Whether your computer is frozen right now, hangs at startup or shutdown, or freezes at random, there are easy ways to narrow down the cause and fix the problem permanently. This minHour article will cover several simple troubleshooting tricks that are sure to help you resolve … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to use a USB flash drive to install a version of the Windows operating system onto a Windows computer. Using a USB flash drive is useful when your computer doesn’t have a CD drive or when you don’t have an operating system installation disc. Creating the Installation Flash Drive for … Read more
If you want your XAMPP modules (e.g., Apache, PHP, and MySQL) to launch automatically with Windows, you’ll need to add the XAMPP Control Panel to your Startup folder. This minHour teaches you how to make the XAMPP Control Panel start automatically when you boot Windows, and how to select which XAMPP modules open automatically. You … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to look up the Security Identifier (SID) of another user on a Windows PC. Steps Press ⊞ Win+X. This opens the Windows “power user” menu at the bottom-left corner of the screen. Click Command Prompt (Admin). A confirmation message will appear. Click Yes. Now you’ll see a terminal window displaying … Read more
While it’s technically possible to change your user folder name, this change can render many of your applications and possibly your entire user profile unusable. If you need to change your user folder’s name, follow our guide to learn how to create a new local account and link it to your current Microsoft account. Creating … Read more
MAME, which stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, is a program that allows you to play arcade games directly from your Windows computer. To install and use MAME, you must first download MAME from the developer’s official website, then download ROMs and move them to your MAME folder. Installing MAME Navigate to the release page … Read more
cURL is short for Client URL and is a command-line or script used to transfer data. This wikiHow will show you how to install cURL on Windows. Steps Go to https://curl.haxx.se/download.html in a web browser. cURL is used in command lines or scripts to transfer data. For example curl https://www.wikihow.com will return the HTTP response. … Read more
Every now and then, you may pass along your personal USB flash drives to friends and family, forgetting that you have some confidential files saved in them. When this happens, you open yourself to risks of having your data stolen. With SanDisk SecureAccess, you can have peace of mind knowing that your files are secured … 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
This minHour teaches you how to add a new user to a user group on a Windows computer. Adding a user to a group will apply all the group settings and permissions to the added user account. Steps Open your computer’s Start menu. The Start menu button looks like a Windows icon on your desktop … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to clear the Windows Run app’s command history in Windows 10, 8, and 7. Windows 10 Open the Start menu. Click the Start button (Windows logo) at the bottom-left corner of your screen or press the ⊞ Win keyboard key. Search for regedit in the search box. This will bring … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to see your current account’s username on a Windows computer. Using the Start Menu Open your computer’s Start menu. The Start menu button looks like four squares in the lower-left corner of your screen. Enter %USERNAME% into the search box. Click the search box on the Start menu, and enter … Read more
Windows 10 has a built-in app store, but it does not have as many apps available as Android. Luckily, there is a way to install Android apps on Windows. To do this, you first have to install a program called BlueStacks, and then install the apps through the program. BlueStacks is designed for games, but … Read more