Many improvements have come with the most recent versions of Windows. Unfortunately, along with these improvements, support for running certain DOS programs has been lost. For those who are attached to their old DOS software, there is hope. You can still run your favorite DOS programs using an open source DOS emulator called DOSBox. DOSBox […]
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If you use USB devices, such as USB thumb drives or external USB hard drives a lot, you are most likely very familiar with using the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the system tray. You must click this icon to bring up a menu allowing you to eject external USB devices. We will show you […]
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All users of Windows 7/8/10 have the ability to change the look and feel of their computing experience. This includes cosmetic changes such as the screen saver and lock screen in Windows 10. However, many administrators deny users access to some customization features to create a uniform environment in a work setting. Learn how to […]
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If you have an old computer or a new computer with a small SSD drive as your primary drive, you may need to periodically move data out of the default Windows user folders and onto a second hard drive or even an external drive to save space. The default folders I’m talking about are Downloads, […]
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You can easily change the format of any cell in an Excel worksheet to let the application know what type of data to expect. Two often used formats are the date and time. In fact, inserting the date and time into Excel is so common, Microsoft built in a few shortcuts and functions to help […]
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In the past, we have written several posts on how to burn DVD’s, how to burn Windows 7/8/10 discs, and even some stuff on Blu-ray discs. However, we have yet to post about one of the most simple things. What to do if you get a CD or DVD stuck in your computer’s optical drive […]
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Running out of hard disk space because of the virtual machines you created for running other operating systems? There is a solution that does not require increasing your internal hard disk space. Previously, we have written about how to How to install Ubuntu in VirtualBox. We have now discovered that VirtualBox is available in a […]
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If you are experiencing performance issues with Tomcat, a common cause is the lack of JVM (Java Virtual Machine) memory allocation. The default setting of the maximum heap size is 64MB or 128MB. You can increase the maximum heap size of applications by setting the -Xmx JVM parameter. For example, -Xmx512m allows maximum 512MB heap to […]
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Ever run into a Windows problem where you have to register a DLL file on your computer? A DLL file, aka Dynamic Link Library, are files that contain functions used across multiple applications. For example, Microsoft Office has hundreds of DLL files that can be used between the various Office programs to perform certain certain […]
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Need the code to wrap text around an image? Normally when you create an HTML page, everything flows linearly, meaning one block directly after another. All of my previous posts are an example of this, i.e. text, then picture, then text, etc. Sometimes you may want to include text next to an image instead of […]
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