Change what the power button does when you press it in Windows 10/8/7

We have already seen how you can define what the closing of the laptop cover does. Today we will see how we can define or change what the computer power switch does.

If you have read our previous article, you may know that sleep options consume little energy, so your PC wakes up where you left it faster and in no time. The Hibernate option consumes even less power than Sleep Mode and takes you to where you last stopped. Reading these articles will tell you the difference between Hibernate & Shutdown and Sleep & Hibernate. read more

Windows 8 scroll bar difficult to see or use? Windows 8 Change the width of the scroll bar

What happens when a person with large fingers touches a scroll bar and attempts to move it up, down or over. He’s not doing very well, is he? This is the problem that has long occupied some people working on touch-sensitive Windows 8 laptops or tablets. The scroll bar is a vertical or horizontal bar that appears when you scroll through the content. It is visible on the outside of the screen and sometimes also at the bottom of the screen. If you have difficulty seeing or using the Windows 8 scroll bar, you can change the width of the Windows 8 scroll bar. read more

How to ensure the security of websites. Threat and vulnerability management.

Visiting a malicious website can be one of the worst things that can happen to people who surf the Internet, especially those who are interested in shopping online. Webmasters need to know the threats to websites and their devastating capabilities – losing customers is the first thing to do. If you run a website or blog, you should be aware of possible threats to the website. This article discusses the threats and their results, some methods used by hackers to slander your site, and then discuss ways to ensure site security. read more

Lock all taskbar settings under Windows 10 / 8 / 7

In this post, we will see how to lock or unlock taskbar settings and prevent access to the taskbar control panel and prevent resizing, organizing, moving toolbars and so on. You can lock all taskbar settings using the Group Policy Editor or Windows Registry.

Lock all taskbar settings

Using Windows registry

Open Regedit and navigate to next key :

Admin Templates > Start Menu & Taskbar

Find Lock all taskbar settings. Open its properties. Change the setting to Configured.

If this setting is Enabled, the user is prevented from changing the taskbar settings via the Taskbar Properties dialog box. Enabling this setting prevents the user from accessing the taskbar control panel, unlocking, resizing, moving or rearranging taskbar items. read more

Disable Google Now Chime Notifications from Chrome on the Windows 8 taskbar

Chrome users may have noticed that when using the browser on their Windows computer, a small grey bell icon may sometimes appear in the taskbar notification area. I occasionally use chrome and I was confused to see how it looked.

Disable Google Now notifications

Remove the chrome bell icon

If you wish, you can disable or disable Google Now notifications. To temporarily disable these bell icon notifications, right-click the icon and select one of the options listed :

  • Do not disturb
  • Do not disturb for one hour
  • Do not disturb for one day.

To completely and permanently disable Google Now Cards in Chrome, click the icon to open the Notifications Center. In the notification center, click the gear icon in the lower right corner and uncheck the box next to Google Now. This will disable Google Now notifications. However, other chrome notifications may also appear. So if it doesn’t help you, here’s what you do: read more

Disable Facebook notifications and notifications about close friends

A new Nearby Friends feature has been integrated into the Facebook mobile application. The social network claims that it would allow Facebook users to find or locate friends nearby and help them organize a meeting.

Facebook ‘Close friends’ is designed to help friends meet offline to describe the feature definition in detail. It uses geolocation technology in the user’s smartphone to determine when he is near one of his Facebook friends. He is sometimes warned when one of his friends in the group is in the immediate vicinity. For example, if you go to the movies, Nearby Friends will tell you if there are friends around so you can watch the movie together or meet later. read more

How to manually update Microsoft Office 2016/2013

Microsoft recently released Office 2013 Service Pack 1 for customers who want a higher level of overall stability, functionality and security in Office, SharePoint Server and related products. The package includes many enhancements and modifications, compatibility patches for Windows 8.1 and Internet Explorer 11, better support for modern hardware, such as DPI devices and precision touchpad, and more.

Microsoft Office 2016/2013 update

Load a normal Office application such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or Excel. Move the mouse pointer over the’File’ menu. Select’Account’ below. read more

Find and disable energy-intensive chromium extensions with the Chrome task manager

I don’t remember how many extensions I download and use to make my work easier and often forget to turn them off after use. Because of this laxity, I have found that these improvements have slowed the performance of my chrome, so I have no choice but to remove them. Now working with the introduction of Chrome Task Manager has become easy. Yes, Google Chrome has introduced a web browser task manager that can help you detect and disable energy- and resource-consuming extensions in seconds. Chrome claims that it uses a so-called multi-process architecture that allows the browser to maintain its overall responsiveness. read more

The risks of staying with Windows XP after the end of life

Operating system, Windows XP. While there are many people who still claim that the operating system is not yet completely dead, there are many important reasons why you need to take a call now to upgrade to a new operating system like Windows 8 or at least Windows 7!

Windows XP End of life risks

Windows XP reaches end of support 2014 in 5 months. According to Microsoft, the extended support for Windows XP will end from 11 to 8 April 2014. Although Mainstream support ended on February 14, 2009, extended support ends on April 8, 2014, explaining in detail the difference between Mainstream support and extended support. However, Windows Embedded products based on Windows XP have different data for the end of support. read more

Development and history of computers – PPT / PDF

by specialists, the latter was purchased by organizations to accelerate their accounting.

14] The IBM 8086 brings us to the state of the art. This is an obsolete model with CPU and big screen, but he worked on transistors and complex ALUs. These types of models were called desktop computers because they could be stored on desktops and used with the keyboard and mouse. These computers were entered using the keyboard (ASCII characters) and mouse (screen coordinates). If you have programmed in MS BASIC, you can easily understand how these input devices work. read more