How to Delete Accounts From Any Website | PCMag.com

How to Delete Accounts From Any Website | PCMag.com: "The words "I wish I could quit you" take on a whole new meaning when you want out of a relationship with an Internet service. Sure, you once thought you and Facebook or Amazon or Netflix would be together forever, but terms of service change, end-user license agreements mature, and, well, you're just not in the same place anymore."



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▶ How to upgrade to a larger hard drive | PCWorld

▶ How to upgrade to a larger hard drive | PCWorld: "You can’t simply remove your old hard drive, then install a new one, and expect Windows to boot. You need to bring everything, including Windows itself, to the new drive. That’s not a difficult task, but it’s not an intuitive one, either."



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▶ How to easily find drivers for Unknown Devices in Windows | PCWorld

▶ How to easily find drivers for Unknown Devices in Windows | PCWorld: "If you're mucking around with a new Windows installation, you're probably going to run into driver headaches.

No matter whether you're installing a fresh copy of Windows on a freshly built rig or simply upgrading your PC to a new version of Windows, the OS fails to properly identify all of the hardware connected to the system more often than not. I typically like to download drivers for all of the major components in a PC before I even begin an OS installation, but inevitably a motherboard will have an obscure controller on-board or the system will have a non-descript add-in card that Windows doesn’t recognize."



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Chromebook power tips: How to work smarter online and offline | PCWorld

Chromebook power tips: How to work smarter online and offline | PCWorld: "Don’t let the “Scroogled”-spouting Pawn Stars guys fool you: Chromebooks aren’t useless hunks of plastic.

Google’s Chrome OS has matured into a functional operating system, and not just because Web browsers themselves are evolving into something spectacular. Beyond a desktop-class browser and other software improvements, Chromebooks offer a full keyboard, mouse support, and peripheral ports."



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New mobile Chrome feature can cut your data usage by up to half — www.pcworld.com

New mobile Chrome feature can cut your data usage by up to half — www.pcworld.com: "Google is adding a feature to its Chrome mobile browser that can reduce data usage by up to 50 percent, which could avoid extra data charges from carriers.

The feature, which manages bandwidth and compresses data, will be in Chrome for Android and iOS, wrote Matt Welsh, a Google software engineer, on a company blog."



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Google Drive gets an activity stream — www.pcworld.com

Google Drive gets an activity stream — www.pcworld.com: "Google took another step toward giving its Apps suite an enterprise social networking (ESN) component with the new activity stream feature for the Drive cloud storage piece.

Google said in a blog post that Drive’s activity stream is “a single, easy-to-view place to review every action taken on your files and folders.”"



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How To Spot A Dangerous Email Attachment — www.makeuseof.com

How To Spot A Dangerous Email Attachment — www.makeuseof.com: "Emails can be dangerous. Reading the contents of an email should be safe if you have the latest security patches, but  email attachments can be harmful. Any type of file can be attached to an email, including .exe program files. Many email servers will perform virus scanning and remove potentially dangerous attachments, but you can’t rely on this. Look for the common warning signs so you can avoid viruses, worms, and Trojans."



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The death of Windows XP will impact 95 percent of the world’s ATMs — www.theverge.com

The death of Windows XP will impact 95 percent of the world’s ATMs — www.theverge.com: "Microsoft’s 12-year-old Windows XP operating system powers 95 percent of the world’s automated teller machines, according to NCR, the largest ATM supplier in the US. While the idea of Windows powering ATMs may surprise consumers, XP runs in the background powering the software that bank customers interact with to withdraw money. An upcoming Windows XP support change from Microsoft means ATMs will need to be upgraded and modified throughout 2014"



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How to Restart the Start Screen and Taskbar (Explorer.exe) in Windows 8.x — www.howtogeek.com

How to Restart the Start Screen and Taskbar (Explorer.exe) in Windows 8.x — www.howtogeek.com: "If your Taskbar, System Tray, or even the Start Screen starts acting up, you don’t have to power off or reboot your computer. You can usually just restart the Explorer process, and Windows 8.x makes that really easy.

Back in the Windows Vista or Windows 7 days, you could CTRL + SHIFT and then right-click on the taskbar to pull up a hidden option to close Explorer without loading Task Manager… but that doesn’t really help that much since you’ll have to re-open the process anyway."



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How to Troubleshoot Wireless Router Problems — www.howtogeek.com

How to Troubleshoot Wireless Router Problems — www.howtogeek.com: "Are you having a problem with your Internet connection or Wi-Fi? Whatever the problem — from a flaky connection to Wi-Fi troubles or even no access to the Internet at all — some router troubleshooting could fix things."



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