The Ultimate Guide to Making Firefox Safer

The Ultimate Guide to Making Firefox Safer Including our favorite privacy add-ons Out of the box, Mozilla Firefox’s open-source browser has more privacy functions than most other mainstream options. While a few of the default settings are powerful bastions against malicious cyber activity, the majority of this safety stems from settings—and as with any kind of software, you can improve the functionality by changing and modifying these settings. There are add-ons galore that affect your Firefox experience....

May 30, 2019 · 7 min · 1370 words · Heather Griffin

How to Fix Flickering LED Lights in Your PC Case

How to Fix Flickering LED Lights in Your PC Case Turns out it’s a very interesting problem When I first built my PC, I noticed the blue LED lights for the fans in my case were pulsing light, when they were supposed to emanate a constant beam of light. I couldn’t figure out what the problem was, and it didn’t seem to affect performance, so I just left it alone for a while....

May 29, 2019 · 4 min · 782 words · Sheena Brooks

The Best FTP Tools to Transfer Files to Your Website Domain

The Best FTP Tools to Transfer Files to Your Website Domain Great for batch uploads or slow connections You know about the cloud and how that’s basically your files on a server somewhere else. But how do those files get there? One way is through something called the File Transfer Protocol or FTP. If you’re running a website on a content management system (CMS) like WordPress, SquareSpace, orWix, you’ve probably uploaded images using their built-in tools....

May 27, 2019 · 5 min · 1013 words · Philip Scott

Exclude Files and Folders in Windows 10’s Quick Access

Exclude Files and Folders in Windows 10’s Quick Access So they won’t be prominently displayed Windows’ Quick Access is a quick and easy way to gain dynamic access to the files and folders that are most important to you on your Windows machine. It’s such a small feature, but it’s one that Windows just wouldn’t be the same without. WIndows isn’t perfect, though. As it’s learning the files and folders that you access the most, there may be a few that you don’t want to be displayed in a menu that’s so prominent in Windows Explorer....

May 26, 2019 · 4 min · 743 words · Kelly Turner

How to Convert a Disk from GPT to MBR

How to Convert a Disk from GPT to MBR Plus the difference between the formats Despite all the advantages of GPT (GUID Partition Table), many still rely on the technology it’s trying to replace, MBR. So it only makes sense for some users to convert GPT to MBR and use the latter in partitioning their hard drive. In this post, we’ll discuss the difference between GPT and MBR. We’ll also show you how to convert GPT to MBR in as few steps as possible....

May 25, 2019 · 3 min · 613 words · Toni Mcmahon
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