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
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If you're reading this article, you've probably had a problem with the Windows taskbar refusing to auto-hide, even though you've set the option in Con
Make Outlook 2007 Mark Items as Read When Viewed in Reading Pane
The default setting in Outlook 2007 is to not mark items as read until you switch to a different email, which leaves the new mail notification sitting in the system tray even though you've clearly read the email.
How to Use the BitDefender Rescue CD to Clean Your Infected PC
When you've got a PC completely infected with viruses, sometimes it's best to reboot into a rescue disc and run a full virus scan from there. Here's h
Set the Default Terminal Emulator on Ubuntu Linux
Ubuntu has a number of terminal emulators that you can use, including xterm and the gnome terminal.
How to Restart a Super Mario Run Level Without Dying
Super Mario Run is a really simple game, until you try to complete all if the extra coin challenges---all of a sudden those easy levels become tough when you're trying to get all the pink, purple, or black coins instead of just running through.
How Do You Make Upside-Down Text?
Have you ever seen somebody use upside down text on the web? Ever wonder how to do it? Let’s take a quick look at how the characters are actually put
Quickly Create Appointments from Tasks with Outlook 2007's To-Do Bar
Like any geek, I spend many hours looking for ways to save a few minutes out of my day. Everybody knows that dragging emails or tasks to the calendar icon on the left hand Outlook menu will open a new appointment... but wouldn't it be simpler to drag it to a specific day?
How to Change the Priority of Wireless Networks in Windows 7
If you’ve got multiple wireless networks or you’ve got one of those dual-band Wireless-N routers that have two separate networks, you might wonder how
Disable the Irritating Sticky / Filter Keys Popup Dialogs
Have you ever been doing something, like playing a game, and had that obnoxious Sticky Keys dialog pop up? You answer No and it goes away... and then
How to Schedule a Scan in Windows Defender
Windows Defender automatically performs background scans during your PC's idle moments, but doesn't include an easy way to schedule a full scan.
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How to Create a Bootable Linux USB Flash Drive, the Easy Way
We've already covered how to use an Ubuntu Live CD to backup files from your dead Windows computer, but using the boot cd can sometimes be a little sl
How to Add "Open with Notepad" to the Windows Context Menu for All Files
The default method of opening unknown files forces you to go through a list of known applications and is generally a pain to deal with. That's why I like to have a context menu option for "Open with Notepad" so that I can quickly open up files without having to go through a lot of trouble.
How to Remove Local User Accounts From the Login Screen in Windows
If you have multiple user accounts on your computer you might find it annoying to have to click on the icon for your username each time you start up t
How to Select Multiple Windows on the Taskbar
If you are like me, you probably have dozens of windows open at any given point, so if you want to tile just a couple of windows you have to minimize everything and then show two of the windows, and then tile them... so how do we just quickly select two taskbar buttons together?
Open a Command Prompt in Any Folder from the Right-Click Menu
If you don't already have a quick launch icon or a hotkey set to open a command prompt, there's really quick trick that you can do on any Windows Vista computer to open up a command prompt without having to navigate the menu.
Undo an Accidental Move or Delete With a Keyboard Shortcut in Windows Explorer
Have you ever accidentally deleted the wrong file, or duplicated files while trying to select them with the mouse? Those types of mistakes can be extremely frustrating, but there's a really, really simple way to reverse them.
Load the Last Tab's URL in a New Tab in Firefox
Yeah, you're pretty sure that you're the master of all things Firefox. I mean, why else would you be reading this article? So, we've got to ask, have
How to Duplicate a Tab with a Shortcut Key in Chrome or Firefox
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