How to Bring Back the Quick Launch Bar in Windows 7, 8, or 10
<img src="/geekers/windows7quicklaunch-thumb.png" />In yesterday's article we showed you how to make the Windows 7 taskbar work more like XP or Vista, but we left one thing out: the Quick Launch bar. It's really not too difficult to add it back, although it will take a few more steps.
How to Stop Websites From Asking For Your Location
<img src="http://www.howtogeek.com/geekers/up/sshot-2010-05-01-[03-15-13]-[1].png" />The latest release of Google Chrome has geolocation enabled by default, and if you are worried about privacy or just don't want websites to prompt you for your location, we've got the quick details on how to turn it off.
Did You Know?
The first left-handed U.S. President was James Garfield and the most recent left-handed President was Barack Obama. Between the two, there was also Herbert Hoover, Henry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton.
How to Find Your Router’s IP Address on Any Computer, Smartphone, or Tablet
If you’ve ever needed to access your router’s setup page to make some configuration changes, you know you need your router’s IP address gain access. If you’ve forgotten what that IP address is, here...
Which Chromecast Should I Buy (and Should I Upgrade My Old One)?
The Chromecast has been out long enough to have several generations of hardware. But what’s the difference between them, and should you upgrade to the newer versions?
How Does Thermal Imaging Work?
If you’ve ever seen photos or videos where everything is a red and yellow mess, that’s called thermography—more colloquially known as thermal imaging. Here’s how it works.
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 Set a Custom Startup Folder in Windows’ File Explorer
<img src="http://www.howtogeek.com/geekers/up/sshot-2010-05-16-[20-02-59].png" />When you open Windows Explorer from the Taskbar in Windows 7, it defaults to the Libraries view. Today we take a look at changing the target path to allow you to customize which location opens by default.
Did You Know?
A light year, the distance light travels in one Earth year, is 5.879 trillion miles. To put that into perspective, that’s roughly 12 million round trips between the Earth and the Moon.
