Basics of Computer and Information Technology

Safe mode is very useful if you think you may have an infection on your computer, or if there is some other problem with Windows . Safe mode...

A number of weeks ago I posted an article naming the various elements that you will find in in Windows programs. This is the second part o...

All the various controls on a Windows program have names that are not always intuitive. In this post I will identify the most common control...

Continued from part 3... File Types This tab contains a list of all the file types that Windows knows about and which programs are configure...

Continued from part 2... View Settings continued Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) This option is selected by default, to ...

Continued from part 1.... View Settings The 'View' tab has two sections. In the first section, 'Folder Views' you can either...

In the 'Tools' menu of any Explorer window there is a 'Folder Options' item. This opens a dialog box that enables us to cha...

Continuation from part 1 Networking Tab The 'Networking' tab provides a visual representation of the amount of data that your networ...

Starting the Task Manager There are a couple of ways to show the Windows Task Manager: hold down the Ctrl and Alt keys and press the Delete ...

The Windows Taskbar is usually to be found at the bottom of the screen, although it can be moved to any edge. It includes the 'Start men...