Windows 10 Checking for Updates Taking Forever? A few simple steps to get them done with Windows Updates are either a godsend or a curse. While the program does help keep your computer up-to-date and protected, the endless updates can be annoying. Work can be disrupted because updates can hog your internet consumption. And the fear that your computer can restart at a crucial point can be disruptive. Even worse, sometimes Windows Updates can take forever to finish....

A Breakdown of File Transfer Speeds When you don’t have hours to move files In the modern world, large files are more common than ever before. In the early days of computing, programmers and developers did what they could to compress file sizes out of absolute necessity. In 2019, when NAS devices are readily available and petabyte drives are just around the corner, file sizes do not have to be small—but huge files do take extra time to transfer from one storage device to another....

How to Reset a Laptop Keyboard to its Default Settings We’ll give you a list of the 10 best ways Is your laptop keyboard not functioning like it used to? Is it taking too long to respond to your keystrokes? Does nothing happen when you press some of the keys? Did the keyboard stop working? In this post, you’ll learn how to reset your keyboard settings to make those pesky keyboard issues go away by....

How to Troubleshoot Common Printer Problems Without resorting to the baseball bat In the cult-classic film Office Space, there’s an iconic scene where a group of office workers take their lamentable printer/copier into a field and proceed to destroy it with a vengeance while an explicit rap song plays in the background. For many people that scene is a form of wish fulfilment. If only we could take the printers that make our own lives a misery out to a field for a quick execution....

How to Make a GIF from a Video the Easy Way Capture the moment that reflects your mood Aren’t GIFs great? They make responding to online comments way more fun. If you want to be part of the conversation but couldn’t find the appropriate GIF to use, why not create one? In this post, we’ll show you how to make GIFs you can share with friends. Find a Video Making GIFs starts with a great video....