Showing posts with label Windows 8. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Windows 8. Show all posts

How To Turn Your Laptop into a Wi-Fi Hotspot with Connectify!

Room distance away from WIFI router can cause minimum WIFI signal or you might be at a location where there is only one Ethernet connection available and you need to share the Internet connection with other people or devices. So you might need to create a WiFi hotspot quickly intervening so other wireless devices can use an Internet connection. Now you may make your laptop into an instant WiFi hotspot. To do so, watch this video tutorial.

VIDEO GUIDE

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NOTE: Connectify only works with Windows 7 Home and above, Starter is not supported.

How To Setup Mail Apps in Windows 8

Setup your email to work more comfortable and close with your mail or mailbox.With the help of this video you can easily setup your mail apps in windows 8. Just follow the steps, shows in this video.


Credit for Randy Mckown this nice video.

How To Disable Lock Screen in Windows 8

Time is important, and for others, it's simply just being impatient. Having your computer start up as quickly as possible is usually a plus for anyone. If you have Windows 8, the start up times have drastically improved compared to older systems, Win7, WinXP. You want to speed up things ever faster, just disable the lock screen.

The lock screen is a nice little addition, but not necessary for PC users. It's just a cover for the login screen that tells you the time, weather, and date. To get to the login screen, you can drag it up and away, hit escape, or click on it. To get rid of it completely, follow these quick guide.

Step 1: Open Run
You will need to launch the Local Group Policy Editor. To do this, hit the Windows Key and R to open up the all-too-familiar Run program. 

Step 2: Open Local Group Policy Editor
Type gpedit.msc and then click OK. This will now open up the Local Group Policy Editor.

Step 3: Open Personalization
From the screen shown above, click on Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Control Panel -> Personalization.

Step 4: Lock Screen Settings
You will see the option Do not display the lock screen. Double-click on this and the window below will pop up.

Step 5: Enable "Do Not Lock"
The Do not display lock screen is currently not configured, so make sure to select Enabled and press OK.

Not sure yet? Follow the steps from this video guide.

Double Check  To ensure you have done everything correctly, go back to the Local Group Policy Editor -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Control Panel -> Personalization, and make sure that it shows Do not display lock screen is Enable.

 Now, your Lock Screen should no longer come up. Share to your friends!

How To Bypass Password Login Screen on Windows 8

It's good to password-protect your PC to make sure that your personal files, folders, and important documents are safe and can't be modified without your permission. Though, entering the password all of the time before using your computer might frustrate you.  Here, you will be find an easy way to remove passwords in such a way that Windows will automatically get to the desktop without asking you to enter the system password. Though, you can restore it back whenever you feel that your system is not safe anymore.


VIDEO GUIDE

You can follow the same steps to bypass password screen on previous version of Windows too, not just Windows 8. Enjoy!

MemInfo - Check RAM Usage Easily

Sure you can use the task manager only to check the RAM usage and also for many other functions. However, for those who want to monitor the amount of usage over time, and do not want to open a any prompt window, you can just use MemInfo.


MemInfo add a small icon on the Task Bar in Windows, and show RAM usage figures that are updated in real-time. Users can also click on it and look at the top ten applications that use high RAM at any time, and off it continues to pass through, thus emptying the use of your computer's RAM memory.

 For those of you who are interested can download MemInfo to your Windows computer, and began to monitor the use of RAM easily.