Lowell Heddings
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About Lowell Heddings
Lowell Heddings is the founder of How-To Geek. Over the last decade, Lowell has personally written more than 1000 articles which have been viewed by over 250 million people.
Prior to starting How-To Geek, Lowell spent 15 years working in the IT field doing consulting, cybersecurity, database management, and programming. The last decade of his previous career, however, was largely spent doing business automation for large corporations. The e-commerce integrations he created are still being used to automate billions of dollars worth of transactions today.
Latest Articles
Clear History from Totem Movie Player in Ubuntu
If you've been using the default movie player in Ubuntu to play videos, you might have noticed that there's no way in the application to clear the recent history of watched movies.
Workaround for Vista Taskbar Thumbnail Previews Not Showing Correctly
The new taskbar previws in Windows Vista are pretty slick, but they seem to stop working for me after a while.
The "Up" Keyboard Shortcut for Windows 7 or Vista Explorer
The new Explorer window in Windows Vista doesn't have an Up button, which drives me completely batty. Thankfully I found a keyboard shortcut replacement.
Backup or Restore Saved Network User Credentials in Windows Vista
What you may not realize is that you can backup or restore the list network logon credentials using a mostly hidden control panel utility.
Keyboard Ninja: 21 Keyboard Shortcut Articles
I took a look around the site and found 21 articles about using keyboard shortcuts to speed up your daily work.
Roll Back Troublesome Device Drivers in Windows Vista
If you've installed a new driver that is causing problems on your computer, you can easily roll back to the prior version of the driver with a few simple steps.
Why is Amarok's "Burn This Album" Disabled in Ubuntu?
If you want to burn your music to CD from Amarok under Ubuntu, you'll need to follow this tip. KDE users should have no issues.
Tune Your ClearType Font Settings in Windows Vista
Tune your ClearType settings in Windows Vista. You can finally make those fonts darker if you want.
Create a Restore Point for Windows 7 or Vista's System Restore
How to create a restore point in Windows Vista.
Fixing "Visual Studio 2005 SP1 requires an update for Windows Vista"
What's with the Visual Studio 2005 SP1 requires an update error?
Using Ubuntu: What Package Did This File Come From?
How many times have you noticed a file sitting in a directory and wondered... where did this file come from?
View Hidden 3D Benchmarks in Windows Vista
View some cool hidden 3D benchmarks using the winsat utility from the command line.
Add "My Computer" to Your Windows 7 / Vista Taskbar
Adding a folder to your taskbar gives you much easier access, especially when it's the Computer icon.
Make Virtual Machines Always Hide To The System Tray in VMware Workstation
Make your VMware Workstation virtual machines always minimize to the system tray on close instead of prompting you for an action.
Re-Enable Sleep Mode in Windows Vista
If your Sleep mode menu item is now grayed out, you can follow these simple steps to re-enable it.
Put Close/Maximize/Minimize Buttons on the Left in Ubuntu
Move your title bar buttons around with a simple config setting. You can even remove items you don't like.
Quick Tip: Disable Favicons in Firefox
You can easily disable favicons entirely in Firefox with a simple config change, but why would you want to?
Make Safari Stop Crashing Every 20 Seconds on Windows Vista
Fix those crashing problems with Vista's Compatibility Mode.