How-To Geek

Brian Burgess-

Brian Burgess

  • 819
    articles

Page 2

About Brian Burgess

Brian Burgess worked in IT for 10 years before pursuing his passion for writing. He's been a tech blogger and journalist for the past seven years, and can be found on his about me page or Google+

Latest Articles

Getting Started With the New Windows Live Mesh 2011

Recently Microsoft has been indecisive with it's Live Mesh / Sync cloud based services. After introducing Live Mesh Public Beta and some renaming, it'

Beginner: How to Assign Tasks to Other People in Outlook 2010

The Tasks feature in Outlook is a great way to keep track of what you need to get done, but it’s also a good way to help collaborate with others and a

Convert Live TV Recordings from Windows 7 Media Center To Watch on Your iOS Device

If you use Windows 7 Media Center to record Live TV, you might want to bring shows with you on your iPod. Today we take a look at how to convert Recor

Convert DVDs, ISOs, and AVI Videos to Play on Your iOS Device

Since you own an iOS device, you know that by default it only plays certain video formats. You probably have other video formats in your collection y

Access Your Entire Media Collection from Anywhere on Your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch

If you have too much media in your collection that you want to access remotely, sometimes even the largest size iPods won’t do. Here is how you can us

Use Bookmarks to Navigate Word Documents Faster

Have you ever had a large Word document and needed to get to a specific part of it quickly? Here we take a look at how to add bookmarks to sections of

Automate Windows 7 Maintenance Tasks to Keep Your PC Running Like New

With a Windows computer there are several maintenance tasks you should run on a regular basis, though most of us forget. Here's how to automate the mo

Transfer Music, Apps, and Other Data from an Old Gen iPod to a New One

Recently Apple released their new 4th generation iPod Touch & iPhones, and if you get the new generation you probably want to transfer your data.

Enable the Reminder Bell in Outlook 2010

In Office 2003 there was a reminder bell icon that would be displayed when you scheduled appointments. The bell was not available in Office 2007, but

Create Your Own Windows 7 Style Automatic Defrag in Windows XP

One of the cool features in Vista and Windows 7 is it's set to automatically defrag your hard drive by default on a weekly basis. If you're still usin

Beginner: Group Similar Apps Using Folders on Your iOS 4 iPhone or iPod Touch

Do you have a lot of apps on your iPhone or iPod Touch and are tired of moving through screens to get the one you need? Here we look at a new feature

Here's Five Alternatives to iTunes 10 for Easily Managing Your iPod

When you think of iTunes, you might think of clunky, slow, and bloated software that isn't always the easiest to use. If you're looking for something

Always Show the Menu & Other Toolbars Bar in Internet Explorer 9 Beta

Since IE 9 beta was released to the public, there has been a lot of discussion about it feeling strange without the Menu and other Toolbars. You can b

Use Your iPhone or iPod Touch to Remotely Control Your PC

Have you ever wanted an easy way to remotely control your PC? Here we take a look at using Touch Mouse from Logitech which works over Wi-Fi so you can

Revert Back to IE 8 from Internet Explorer 9 Beta

If you've been trying out the public beta of Internet Explorer 9, you might want to revert back to IE 8 for some reason. Here we look at how to uninstall IE 9 and get IE 8 back.

How to Use Field Codes in MS Word to Create Word Counts

Have you ever been writing a document for your editor or boss and they request that you insert a word count? Today we take a look at how to do it usin

Add Bookmarks from Firefox or Chrome to IE 9 Beta

Now that IE 9 Beta has been out for a while, and you've had time to explore it, you might want to import bookmarks from other browsers. Here take a lo

How to Make Flash Work in the 64-bit Version of Internet Explorer

You're using the 64-bit version of IE 9 Beta and attempt to watch flash videos and realize they won't play. Here we look at fixing the problem by inst

Beginner: Add Google as Your Search Provider in Internet Explorer 9

Yesterday Microsoft released the IE 9 Beta to the public and it's very nice. You can search directly in the address bar like in Chrome but the default

Schedule Windows 7 Media Center Optimization for Better Performance

Windows 7 Media Center include an Optimization feature that will optimize media to work with WMC. The process can take a long time if you have a large

1 2 3 4 5
Page 2 / 41