Computer How To's - Pureinfotech

Desktop Fun: Frost Macros theme for Windows 7

Pit — Fri, 18 May 2012 10:49:55 +0000

Summer isn’t here yet, but in some places you can already feel the heat. So what about keeping the temperature down with a cold drink and with this Frost Macros theme? This theme comes with 9 close-up wallpapers of leafs, reeds, and other plants in a cold morning cover in crystalline veneer...

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‘Reset Firefox’ feature fixes any problem safely without losing any data

Pit — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:13:23 +0000

With Firefox you can come across a number of issues over time, most of them require different types of troubleshooting steps, and you still won’t know if the problem is going to get fixed. Ultimately we all end up doing the same thing: uninstall and reinstall the browser, but this also means...

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Windows 8 Release Preview improves multiple monitors support [Video]

Pit — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:45:41 +0000

Microsoft details improvements made in Windows 8 Release Preview for multiple monitors support in a mysterious article at the Building Windows 8 blog (the link is to the original post cached by Google) that now has vanished from the site. Even though we’ve already seen enhancements in the...

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Download Google Chrome 19 stable, now with ‘Tab Sync’ across devices

Pit — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:11:25 +0000

Google Chrome 19 is just going to make it much easier for users who like to keep many open tabs in the desktop and mobile devices. All of this means that you’ll never again have to be concerned about forgetting the name of a website or a specific article that you were reading at work, because...

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Save files as PDF or XPS with this Microsoft Office 2007 Add-in

Pit — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:58:31 +0000

If you still on Microsoft Office 2007 you know that in order to create PDF files, you need to find and install a PDF manager software or you need to find an online service to upload documents and convert them. The problems with these solutions are that they can either cost money or you need to...

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Family Safety in Windows 8 will help parents monitor their children online – Weekly reports included!

Pit — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:55:27 +0000

In a new article published at the Building Windows 8 blog, Microsoft details the new Family Safety feature that will come included in Windows 8. This new feature will help parents to easily monitor what their children are doing in the computer and on online more effectively. According to the...

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CHKDSK in Windows 8: Improved self-healing and system up time

Pit — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:00:25 +0000

Do you remember the last time you used CHKDSK? Remember how long it used to take for your PC to boot because of this utility? Now this is about to change — If you aren’t familiar with it, this is a Windows’ utility that helps to check and/or repair data corruption (e.g., physical...

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Tech roundup: Google Drive tip, upgrade Vista to 7, and more

Pit — Sun, 13 May 2012 12:56:51 +0000

This week on Pureinfotech: Learn how to mount Google Drive’s folder to Windows Explorer and learn how to easily create new users profiles in Chrome when you need to share your computer with other people or just to keep things organized. Also by now most of you know that Microsoft has ended...

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Get to know Windows 8′s new shell commands

Pit — Fri, 11 May 2012 21:22:23 +0000

Windows comes with a hand full of well-known folders that contain globally unique identifiers — CLSID (Class Identifier), or with specific names — that are assigned in the system. Knowing which they are can make it quicker and easier to open these locations via commands line, by...

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