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The 20 Best How-To Geek Explainer Topics for 2010
It's near the end of 2010, and we've put together a list of the 20 best "Explainer" articles of the year---where we answer a question and teach you a
How to Search Just the Site You’re Viewing Using Google Search
Have you ever wanted to search the site you’re viewing, but the built-in search box is either hard to find, or doesn’t work very well? Here’s how to a
Assign a Shortcut Key to the Snipping Tool in Windows
Windows includes a screen capture/screenshot tool that is actually pretty decent.
How to Set Up Your Verizon FIOS Router with OpenDNS or Google DNS
Are you still using your service provider's DNS servers? You might have heard about Comcast's DNS servers dying and taking down the internet for anybo
How to Make Your Verizon FIOS Router 1000% More Secure
If you've just switched to Verizon FIOS and they've installed the new router in your house, there's just one problem: it's set to use lousy WEP encryp
Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Kills Viruses Dead. Download It Now.
Microsoft’s Security Essentials has been our favorite anti-malware application for a while—it’s free, unobtrusive, and it doesn’t slow your PC down, b
Opera 11 Adds Tab Stacking, Extensions, and More [Screenshot Tour]
Opera 11 has just been released, with lots of great new features. Let’s take a quick tour through the best features for the world’s most alternate bro
The Complete List of iPad Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials
The Apple iPad is an amazing tablet, and to help you get the most out of it, we've put together a comprehensive list of every tip, trick, and tutorial
How to Enable Priority Inbox on Android (and Setup Important-Only Notifications)
Yesterday Google released an updated Gmail application for Android 2.2 phones that supports the Priority Inbox feature—and more importantly, allows yo
The 50 Best Registry Hacks that Make Windows Better
We're big fans of hacking the Windows Registry around here, and we've got one of the biggest collections of registry hacks you'll find. Don't believe
How to Use and Customize Google Chrome Web Apps
Google announced their new Chrome Web Store today, with loads of web sites and games that can be installed as applications in your browser, synced acr
The How-To Geek Holiday Gift Guide (Geeky Stuff We Like)
Welcome to the very first How-To Geek Holiday Gift Guide, where we've put together a list of our absolute favorites to help you weed through all of th
How to Upgrade Your Verizon Mi-Fi Firmware to Fix Connection Problems
If you’ve got a Verizon Mi-Fi and you’re having problems with it disconnecting all the time, there’s a quick and easy fix—you’ll just need to upgrade
Why Doesn't Disk Cleanup Delete Everything from the Temp Folder?
After you’ve used Disk Cleanup, you probably expect every temporary file to be completely deleted, but that’s not actually the case. Files are only de
Google Chrome GPU Acceleration Crashing On You? Here’s the Fix
If you’re running Google Dev channel version of Chrome, you might have noticed that the latest update really broke—the problem is the GPU accelerated
Get the Complete Android Guide eBook for Only 99 Cents [Update: Expired]
The Complete Android Guide is a 280-page book chock full of every menu option, hidden settings, and secrets that Google’s Android has to offer, and to
How to Add Google Documents to the Windows Explorer “New” Menu
We've already shown you how to create shortcuts to create new Google Docs easily, but what if you want total Windows integration? Here's how to add th
How to Use the Kaspersky Rescue Disk to Clean Your Infected PC
When you're dealing with a PC that is completely infected in viruses, sometimes the best thing to do is reboot into a rescue disk and run a full virus
Our Favorite Tech: What We're Thankful For at How-To Geek
It's Thanksgiving, and this year we're going to share all of the great technology that we're really thankful for. Join us for a look at the tech produ
Remove "Troubleshoot Compatibility" from the Windows Context Menu
Reader Jeevus wrote in asking how to remove the "Troubleshoot Compatibility" item from the Windows context menu whenever you right-click on an applica