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How to Crack Your Forgotten Windows Password
Here at How-To Geek, we've covered many different ways to reset your password for Windows---but what if you can't reset your password? It's time to cr
How to Backup Your Linux PC with Simple Backup
It doesn't matter if you are using Windows, OS X, or Linux, everyone should do regular backups of their information. Here's how to use Simple Backup i
3 Easy Ways to Connect to Windows Shared Folders from Linux
Connecting to file servers is something most people do on a daily basis even without thinking about it. In Linux, it may not be intuitive how to quick
Record Videos of Your Desktop on Any OS for Free
Sometimes screen shots just aren’t enough to explain how to do something or to show the steps you took to reproduce an error. There are a few tools av
Copy and Paste in Outlook Without Messing Up Your Formatting
Often times you will need to copy and paste text into an email from various sources. By default Outlook keeps the formatting of whatever it is that yo
Upgrade Your old iPod with Rockbox
If you are tired of trying to keep up with Apple's new iPod releases, upgrade your old iPod for free with Rockbox. Rockbox allows you to upgrade your
Help Computer Users Remotely with TeamViewer
Before remote software, helping your friends and family with computer problems often meant hours on the phone trying to remember what a menu looked li
Build Your Own Personal Wiki Accessible from Any PC
A personal wiki is an amazing place to store all of your notes, to-do lists, projects, and links. Traditional wikis are no easy task to set up and typ
Install Homebrew Apps in the WebOS Emulator
After your webOS emulator is set up, it can get boring without any new apps to play with. The official Palm App Catalog isn't supported in the emulato
How to Create a Wallpaper Slideshow in Ubuntu
Just like Windows 7 and OS X, Ubuntu has the ability to create a slideshow wallpaper thanks to GNOME 2.28. Here is how you can take control of your wa
Create a Windows 7 Theme Pack From Scratch
Windows customization isn't anything new, but with Windows 7, customization got a lot easier with theme packs. Here is how you can create your own the
Test Drive webOS Without Buying a Phone
With all the new mobile operating systems how do you to know which one to pick? Like Android, Palm has a webOS emulator to allow developers to test ap
Four Ways to get Instant Access to a Terminal in Linux
Have you ever found yourself in need of a terminal available at all times in Linux, here are four different ways you can bring up a terminal with a ma
Tag and Rename Music with TagScanner
There are plenty of automatic music organization tools but for those who like to do things by hand, TagScanner is a powerful music organization tool t
Run Android on Your Windows Mobile Phone
Interested in Android but think you need to buy a new phone to try it out? Actually, your Windows Mobile phone may already have the capability of runn
How to Batch Edit Photos with Phatch
If you have ever needed to edit a whole folder of photos with the same effect or need to repeatedly crop, add watermarks, or drop shadows to images fo
Use Ctrl+Alt+Del for Task Manager in Linux to Kill Tasks Easily
In Windows you can easily kill any task by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del and bringing up the task manager. Linux running the GNOME desktop environment (i.e. D
Rip Audio CDs in Linux with Sound Juicer
There are a plethora of programs that can rip audio CDs on Linux, but very few are as simple as Sound Juicer. Sound Juicer is a GUI front-end for the