Usman Khurshid, Author at Make Tech Easier

Understanding the Various Compression, Encryption and Archive Formats

There are several archive formats and each comes with its own pros and cons. Find out more about the compression, encryption and each archive format and see which one is most suitable for you.

Enhance Your Online Security. 7 Encryption Tools to Protect Your Data

In this article, we will show you various encryption tools that you can use to encrypt your data, be it emails, chat or even local data in your computer.

How to Fix Foreign Characters Not Showing Up issue In WordPress

If you enter foreign character in WordPress, but only see question marks (???) showing up, here is the fix for this issue without losing any data.

The Differences Between Viruses, Worms, Trojans, Spyware and Malware

Most users conveniently classify viruses, worms, trojans, spyware as “viruses”, but the fact is they are not really the same. This article explains it all.

Back Up Now! Back Up And Restore Data With Windows Shadow Copy

The Windows Shadow Copy feature is a useful, but hard to configure feature. we will show you how you can back up and restore data from Windows Shadow Copy.

How To Use PowerShell Help System Effectively

The PowerShell help system is the most useful thing that you ever need to use PowerShell effectively. It provides help for the commands that you are going to use and even allows you to search for the commands to get your work done.

Run Windows Programs Without Having to Install Them

Fancy a way to run Windows programs without having to install or update them? Here is a good way that you can do so.

Create Automation Scripts For Windows With AutoIt

There are plenty of automation tools for Windows that are easy to use, but if you prefer to use a more powerful automation tool, AutoIt is a useful tool for you to create automation scripts.

3 Search Engines For Online Learning

With tons of online learning courses, it can be difficult finding the best one around. Here are 3 search engines that you can use to search for the courses you are most interested in and is the most value for money.

How To Create Your Own RSS Feeds Server Using Sismics Reader

While there are plenty of Google reader alternatives, most of them are web-based and few allow you to host your own RSS feeds server. Sismics Reader is a new open-source RSS feeds server which allows multiple users to connect to it and host their own RSS feeds.

How to Use Windows 8 Performance Monitor to Analyse Your System Performance

Windows Performance Monitor is a tool created by Microsoft to analyze Windows performance over a period of time. Using this tool, you can find out how your system performs over time and what you can do to improve the performances. In this article, we will show you how you can use the Performance Monitor effectively in Windows 8.

How To Capture And Analyze Network Traffic Using NetworkMiner

Network security is one of the main focus areas when creating or monitoring a network. The network administrators carry out random audits of network traffic by capturing the network data and analyzing the packets being transmitted from one host to another. In this article, we will discuss how to capture and analyze network traffic using the NetworkMiner tool.

How To Easily Manage Windows Drivers And Their Services

Windows Device Manager is good, but it does not provide detailed information about the installed devices. ServiWin let you manage Windows drivers with the detailed information that Windows Device Manager doesn’t provide.

Better Ways to Check the System Information in Windows

In earlier days, it was quite a tough job to check the hardware or software configuration of a computer. Now, with more advanced software, you can check your system information easily. Here are several useful tools that you can use to check the system information and get more detailed information about your hardware and software configuration.

How to Download Windows Updates and Install on Multiple PCs

If you are using multiple computers, you may find it a troublesome to update all the computers, especially when you are not connected to the Internet. In this article, we will show you how you can download Windows updates offline and then install on multiple computers without downloading the updates again.

Using Evalaze to Virtualize Windows Applications

Would it be great if you can bring your Windows apps wherever you go? This article will show you how to use Evalaze to virtualize Windows applications and make them portable.

Making Effective Use of Windows Action Center

The Windows Action Center is the place that monitor your system and keep it running smoothly. If you have seen a white flag showing up in the system tray, that is when the Windows Action Center is working in the background. This article show you how to make effective use of the Windows Action Center.

How to Receive Better Windows Notifications with Snarl

In Windows, there is no centralized place to configure the notification system. Snarl is a free Windows Notifications replacement which can handle all the notifications and also features a centralized configuration. The best thing about Snarl is that it will not steal the focus of the window when showing a notification.

3 Ways to Protect Your Document in Microsoft Word 2013

While creating your Word document, some of you might want to secure it and prevent others from viewing or making changes to it. There are some security features in Microsoft Word 2013 that allow you to protect and secure your documents. Let’s check it out.

Everything You Need To Know About Word 2013 Read Mode

Microsoft Word 2013 comes with a completely new layout called the Read Mode that is especially targeted towards the modern digital world of tablets. In this article, we will go deep into the Read Mode and show you the various ways you can configure it.

How To Use Android’s Pattern Lock Security In Windows 8

Are you keen to use the Android’s pattern lock security mechanism on your Windows 8 tablet? Here is how you can do so.

How To Manage The Windows Services In Windows 8

There are tons of ways to optimize your Windows machine, and disabling the useless services is one of the easiest way to make sure your computer without additional overhead. In this article, we will show you how to manage and disable Windows services.

Stellar Phoenix Partition Recovery Review

For the giveaway of the week, we have 10 license keys for Stellar Partition Recovery (worth $990 in total) to be given away. Read on for more detail

How to Secure Your USB Drive And Prevent It From Spreading Virus

USB flash drive is a convenient tool for bringing your data around, but it can also be exploited to spread virus and malware across computers and networks. Here is how you can secure your USB drive and computer and prevent it from spreading virus.

4 Ways to Host Your Website on Dropbox

You may have known that Dropbox can host your static webpages and make them available to the world, but you may not know how to do it. Here are 4 easy ways that allow you to host your website on Dropbox and make it publicly available.

How To Repair Windows 8 Using The Refresh and Reset Feature

Since Windows XP, Microsoft included a “System Restore” feature so you can easily restore to a previous working version when the system go down. In Windows 8, it goes a step further and added a “Refresh” and “Reset” feature that is able to repair and re-install Windows. Let check it out.

How To Customize And Make Better Use Of Windows 8 Start Screen

The new Start Screen is the most visually interesting feature in Windows 8. While it has received a mixed response from the users, it is undoubtedly the highlight of the OS. If you are new to Windows 8 Start Screen, here is the ways to customize and make better use of it.

How To Disable Start Screen In Microsoft Office 2013

Start Screen is a new feature introduced in Microsoft Office 2013. Like Windows 8, many people are used to the old layout and prefer to disable the Start Screen by default. Here are several ways to disable the start screen in Microsoft Office 2013.

How to Tweak And Customize Windows 8 Taskbar

Windows 8 comes with very little taskbar customization option. If you are looking to personalize your desktop and taskbar settings, here is how you can tweak and customize Windows 8 taskbar, with the help of 7+ Taskbar Tweaker.

Save Complete Websites Offline With PageNest [Windows]

The easiest way to make a website available for offline reading is to save it as a webpage in your desktop. The only limitation is that it only saves the current webpage and doesn’t save external elements. Here is how you can save a complete website with all the links, images and videos intact.

Complete Guide To Setting Up A SIP Server In Windows

Setting up a SIP server in your system allows you to easily communicate with other users in the network. If you are looking to setup your own SIP server in Windows, here is the complete guide.

7 Ways To Improve Performance Of Windows 8

Windows 8 may be an improved version of Windows 7, but if you are not using it on a high end PC, there will still be some strain and lag while running the applications. Here are 7 ways that you can use to improve the performance of your Windows 8 system.

Frustrated With Slow Windows Search? Here Are Some Good Alternatives

Are you frustrated with the slow Windows search, especially when it causes your system to pause momentarily or hang completely? Here are your alternatives to do the perfect desktop search

How to Improve And Optimize Windows Laptop Battery Life

The short battery life is always an issue for laptop users. Here we will show you how to improve and optimize your Windows laptop battery life.

Various Ways to Organize Files And Folders In Windows And Keep Your Efficiency In Check

Having a clean desktop often has a positive impact on efficiency and productivity. Here we will show you the various ways to organize files and folders in Windows.

How To Use Different Startup Profiles In Windows

A startup profile is the set of services/applications that get loaded on Windows startup. While Windows comes with a default set of profiles, you can easily create a variety of startup profiles, each geared toward different purposes, like gaming, work, relaxing etc. In this tutorial, we will show you how to set up and save your own startup profiles and switch to it.

How To Synchronize Your Application Settings Among Different Computers [Windows]

Backing up and syncing your files over the Web is an easy task, but syncing your applications settings among different computers can be a challenge. Dropboxifier is a little program that allows you to synchronize our application settings among different computers. Let check it out.

How To Use A USB Drive To Logon In Windows

Remembering a long and complex password is not easy. It becomes a headache especially when you have to logoff and logon to the computer frequently. Rohos Logon Key is a fantastic free utility which turns your USB flash drive into a logon key. Just insert the USB flash drive and you’re logged on automatically.

How To Measure And Speed Up Windows Startup

Measuring the speed of your startup allows you to find out how much time you have saved after implementing the speed up measures. Here’s a quick way to measure and speed up your Windows startup.

Online Microsoft Word Alternatives With Collaborative Capabilities

Microsoft Office is the most popular productivity suite in the world and it comes with plenty of features that you won’t ever need it. If you can live without the bells and whistles, you will be able to find a lot of similar alternatives which will make your work done and will do exactly what you require.

How To Easily Transfer Files Between Different Cloud Storage Services

Backup Box is a service which will let you transfer files from one cloud service to another. This process is completely web based and does not require any local computer resources or bandwidth. Backup Box supports several services including Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft SkyDrive, SugarSync, FTP and SFTP. It also supports full MySQL database and Amazon S3 transfers. You can transfer files from any service to any other service directly.

Protect Your Folders With Folder Locker [Windows]

Security is an important aspect of digital life. It becomes even more important when people are using a shared computer with a single account. Most of the families do not have multiple accounts for each member of the family and enforcing limited access to confidential data could be a difficult task. In this case, the Windows encryption and security will not work for everyone. Folder level password security is required in this case.

Replace the Windows Task Manager With A More Powerful Alternative

The Windows Task Manager has always been an inconvenient and incomplete task manager for advanced users and network administrators. It is slow and doesn’t show much information about the processes. A better way is to replace it with a more powerful and useful alternative.

How To Edit Multiple Images And Merge Them Together

With the rise in popularity of pocket camera and photography, it is to no surprise that the next thing to be in hot demand is an entry level photo editor. Today, we are going to show you how to edit multiple images and merge them together with a simple tool – FotoMix.

How To Remote Control Your Computer From A Web Browser

While on the move, you may want to keep connected to your office’s computer so you can monitor your work remotely. There are several tools that can give you remote access to your computer remotely, including using Gmail. In this article, we will discuss a more robust solution to connect to your computer remotely without […]

8 Important Configurations For Windows Live Writer Before You Start Writing

If you are a blogger, you must have used or heard about Windows Live Writer. WLW is a great desktop client for blogging. It supports many services and platforms like WordPress, Blogger, TypePad etc. In this article we will focus on some of the main and important configurations which have to be setup before you […]

How To Install OwnCloud In Windows

A lot of other cloud storage solutions have popped up in the last few months. Today, instead of reviewing how each of these services work, we will try to create our own cloud storage solution which can be hosted at our own Windows servers, whether local, remote or over the Internet.

How To Monitor And See Network/Internet Traffic From Any Application [Windows]

Windows comes with built in performance monitors which can be used to track down different performance problems. For example, you can go to the Resource Monitor tool (from Windows Task Manager) which will give you a deeper look at which application are using which resource. You can easily identify the apps and close problematic apps […]

How To Control Your PC Remotely Using Gmail Account [Windows]

Going on holidays where there is limited Internet access is a tough decision especially for those who are always connected to the Internet. If you are an Internet geek and never turn off your computer, it will be a hard work to go anywhere without your computer. But if it is necessary to go without […]

How to Add Office Auto-Complete And Spelling Correction Features To Entire Windows

Microsoft Office is currently the best Office suite across the globe. Although there are other free Office suites like LibreOffice, they are in no comparison when it comes to the feature set of Microsoft Office. Microsoft Word includes features like auto-complete, automatic spelling correction, Autotext etc. which make Microsoft Word the most productive word processor. […]

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