If you’re running Windows 8.1, you’ve probably noticed that Internet Explorer is the default web browser on the Start Screen even if you have set Google Chrome as the default on the Desktop.
Or perhaps you haven’t even gotten around to installing Chrome at all. If you haven’t, I strongly recommend that you go ahead install it now and set is as your default browser.
The instructions below will walk you through the process of installing Chrome (if necessary) and setting it as your default web browser in Windows 8.1 – even for the Start Screen. [Read more…]
In times past, loading the BIOS Setup Utility on most any PC was as simple as pressing a special key at the beginning of the boot process.
As you probably already know, Twitter has never allowed their users to send direct messages (DMs) to other users who don’t follow them. But as of today, that is no longer the case.
Microsoft effectively killed off Windows XP in about a year ago, and many XP users are trying decide whether to upgrade their PCs to Windows 8.1, dump Windows altogether and 
If you prefer using the Desktop instead of the Metro Start Screen in Windows 8, you might be wishing you had a shortcut to the ‘Computer’ dialog sitting right on the Desktop. Well, you can. and it’s very easy to set up. Here’s how: