Microsoft’s has recently entered the free anti-virus software market with their Security Essentials download, available for all genuine Windows users right from Microsoft. The software is solid while still remaining light weight and non-impactful on...

Have you ever had to reinstall Windows or Microsoft Office but had no idea what the product key is? It’s common for the manufacturer of your PC to have the Windows product key affixed to the side of the computer or stuck inside a DVD jewel case....

Yesterday I wrote about encapsulating a video with a media player in order to guarantee easy playback for a less savvy computer user. Codecs are a necessary evil and historically not the easiest to install – though it has gotten better. An improperly...

Sharing videos with your friends and family is rarely a straightforward process, at least initially. Assuming you’ve tackled the problem of actually getting the video into their hands, it still seems like most of the time playback is problematic....

Whether we all want to admit it or not, we are all systems administrators. It is each of ours responsibility to ensure that the computer under our direct control is secure – the anti-virus is up to date and all the latest software patches are applied....