The square of a number is the number multiplied by itself. For example, two x two equals four, which is the square for that number. In Excel 2010/13 spreadsheets you can add squares of specified values together with the SUMSQ func...
The factorial of a number is the product of all numbers less than n. For example, the factorial of four would be four x three x two x one, which amounts to 24. You can find the factorial of number in Excel 2010/13 with the FACT fu...
After a long wait time, Microsoft finally released a new build (10041) for Windows 10 Technical Preview yesterday. As usual, this build still has many bugs. One of them will break your Mail, Calendar and People apps. Fortunately, ...
It would be great if you could have two Start Menus in Windows (in Windows 8 it’s great to have one). With FastKeys you can add a second, customizable Start Menu to Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8. The software adds a Start Menu ...
System restore points are a great way to find deleted files. However, a full system restore will also remove any updates and software added to Windows after the restore point. With System Restore Explorer you can browse a system r...
The Windows clock, in the system tray, doesn’t have a huge number of customization options. However, Windows Vista and 7 include an enhancement that enables you to add to add a couple of additional clocks to the system tray....
You can add characters & symbols to documents with the Character Map utility in Windows. Alternatively, add CatchChar to Windows. That enables you to add characters and symbols to documents directly from a pop-up menu. Save th...
The Run utility in Windows gives you a quick way to access various tools. You can open it by pressing the Win key + R. These are a few of the handy Run command shortcuts. Open the C Drive You can open the C Drive directly from Run...
Windows 7 users will have at least one user account. Those accounts are stored in the User folder that includes all profiles, data and settings. If you’re going to install a fresh copy of Windows 7, you can back up and resto...
If you need to transfer your Internet Explorer settings to another desktop, BackRex Internet Explorer Backup might be handy. That’s a freeware package with which you can back up your IE favorites, history, cookies and more b...
Vivaldi is the new browser on the block! This browser revives some of the things found in earlier versions of Opera and introduces new innovations. So it’s comparable to Opera, but certainly not a replica. The first launch p...
There aren’t many media players that include options to add passwords to videos. However, GreenForce-Player is a freeware media player that has video password options. So with that software you can add passwords to videos. O...
The registry is a database that includes configuration settings for Windows. There are a number of articles that cover how you can customize Windows by editing the registry. It’s a good idea to back up the registry so that y...
If you are using one of the latest smartphones from Google, or indeed one of the other OEM flagships in recent times, you might be aware of the new Android 5.1 update that’s the successor to the original 5.0 Lollipop. Androi...
If you often need to check your connections, a shortcut to the Network Connections in Windows might be handy. There are a few ways that you could add a shortcut to the Start Menu or desktop. One way is to set up a shortcut on the ...
