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Burn an ISO to a CD or DVD [How To] [Updated]
Tue, Jun 19 2012 3:30
An ISO image is an archive file of an optical disc, which contains all of the contents of the optical disc it represents. ISO files are useful because you can archive a bootable disc (see examples below) and distribute it to users to burn and use locally...
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Make Your Workspace More Productive and More Comfortable [How To]
Fri, Apr 22 2011 8:00
I find thinking about going in to my office to work a more pleasant experience. Get FREE books (Password: mintywhiteBooks ) © Windows Guides , 2010. Rich Robinson | Make Your Workspace More Productive and More Comfortable [How To] Read More...
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How Secure is your Browser ?
Thu, Apr 14 2011 9:24
These days with the Internet being all around us, using a secure browser is essential. We all have that one browser we love to use, and often in disregard to its security or lack there of. The lack of security may lay in an outdated browser version, but...
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Guidelines for Dealing With Computer Uninstall Errors
Thu, Mar 17 2011 8:00
In this guest post, James Ricketts discusses how deal with computer uninstall errors. Find out more about James at the end of this post. Uninstalling applications is never as seamless a process as installing them. Although Windows PCs come with a built...
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Copy Windows Setup, Drivers or Bundled Software from the Recovery Partition [How To]
Tue, Mar 15 2011 11:00
When I first bought my netbook from Acer it came with the Windows 7 Starter (scam) Edition. Luckily for me I had an extra Home Premium license I could use. Problem was that the graphics driver needed was not available for download, and was not available...
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Easily Create a Windows Installation Flash Drive [How To]
Fri, Mar 11 2011 11:01
Windows Guides’ Rating User Rating Compatible with System 4 out of 5 PROS: Easy. No Expertise needed, what so ever. Just run it, follow the wizard. CONS: Still in Beta. But that’s about it VERDICT: If you are looking for a simple solution...
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Screenpresso Pro Giveaway [Competition]
Mon, Feb 28 2011 8:00
A few weeks ago we posted a full review of Screenpresso, which is an excellent screen capturing tool for Windows. The Screenpresso team is kind enough to let us have 5 Screenpresso Pro licenses (each license costs about $28) for Windows Guides readers...
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How To Easily Handle PC Sound Card Problems
Thu, Jan 6 2011 8:00
In this guest post, James Ricketts discusses how to handle PC sound card problems. Find out more about James at the end of this post. You just double-clicked your favorite song, turned the volume up, but guess what – there is no audio! You wait wondering...
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Computer Drivers The Basics
Wed, Jan 5 2011 8:00
In this guest post, James Ricketts explores the basics of computer drivers. Find out more about James at the end of this post. Device Drivers – An Introduction Computer operating systems, such as Windows, Linux and Mac, and hardware components, such as...
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Create Multi-part Archives to Split Large Files for Emailing, Writing to CD [How To]
Tue, Jan 4 2011 8:00
In the last guide, I showed you how to extract files from multi-part archives. If you want to create on of these archives yourself, follow this guide. This guide will show you how to create multi-part archives with the following tools: 7-Zip WinRAR Why...
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Span Volumes, make Widows think two drives are one
Sat, Jan 1 2011 11:18
Do you have several physical hard-drives on your computer, but would like to have them collaborating as one? This can be useful for smaller SSD-drives or similar. A quick Note before we continue! Spanned volumes are not RAID volumes and they are not fault...
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Use Windows 7′s Display Color Calibration to Optimize Your Display [How To]
Thu, Dec 30 2010 8:00
As all screens are not created equal, which is why Microsoft have bundled a display color calibration tool with Windows 7. This tool is easy to use and this guide serves as a checklist for using it. You should use this tool if: You’ve not calibrated...
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Big Screen EPG Puts the “E” in Electronic Program Guide [Part 3 of 3]
Fri, Dec 24 2010 19:00
Localization: For those of you tuned in from around the world – welcome. I’m a Kiwi (a person from New Zealand) and this article was written primarily to address NZ Windows Media Center users lack of access to the Electronic Program Guide...
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Big Screen EPG Puts the “E” in Electronic Program Guide [Part 2 of 3]
Thu, Dec 23 2010 19:00
You’ll recall from New and Improved EPG that Big Screen has just released a final (not a beta) version of their Big Screen EPG program that grabs program guides from the internet, prepares them, and loads their data into Windows Media Center’s...
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Re-Enable 2.0 – Restore Windows functionality after virus and Trojan attack [Freeware]
Tue, Dec 21 2010 11:48
Getting attacked by virus and Trojans in itself is an annoying experience. And if you’ve been so lucky as to get one of those intruders that delete or turn off Windows features… I feel your pain. Even when the virus or Trojan are removed,...
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LookInMyPC Gives You a Complete Computer Audit
Mon, Dec 20 2010 8:00
Windows Guides’ Rating User Rating Compatible with System 4 out of 5 PROS: Provides comprehensive information on the components, software, and changes on your PC. CONS: The interface is a little ugly and the information isn’t helpful for casual...
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Win one of 10 Licenses for JV16 Powertools, $29,95
Sun, Dec 19 2010 11:55
Windows Guides’ Rating User Rating Compatible with System 5 out of 5 Some of you already guessed it, I know. If you didn’t see the review on JV16 PowerTools 2010 you might want to do so now. jv16 PowerTools is the ultimate Windows optimization...
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Create Multiple Choice Menu in a Batch-File [how To]
Sat, Dec 18 2010 10:23
Batch-Files are small yet powerful tool that you can create to easy your daily chores. Back in the day when Windows was glass covered holes for letting air and light into your house, Batch scripting was an essential and every day tasks. Today, most people...
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Display Lyrics in MediaPlayer and WinAmp [Freeware]
Wed, Dec 15 2010 10:49
Having a Sing-A-Long party in the near future are you ? Or simply like to check out the lyrics of your favorite songs ? No matter your reason, here is one way to get the Lyrics your way. All you need is a Lyrics Plug-In. Doing a bit of research around...
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iExpress: Convert BAT-files into EXE-files [How-To]
Tue, Dec 14 2010 11:07
Inspired by a comment from one of our readers (Frogman) about a tool from the “good old” DOS days. He told us that he used to convert his batch-files into EXE-files using DOS commands. The good news is that this tool still exists inside your...
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