Here we’ll show you how to cut videos into parts using a well-known video splitter called Free Video Cutter. In some occasions, we would find a certain part of a video to be especially interesting. Instead of keeping the entire video, we can cut only the …

Here’s a question we received a while ago: how to extract audio from Youtube video? On some occassions, people don’t just watch youtube, they listen to it. Instead of having to load the video every time when you just want to listen to the music, you …

Before paying for any recovery software, try out all the methods in this post (100% FREE) to recover your corrupted or unreadable pptx, ppt, docx, doc, xlsx, xls, odt, ods, and odp files. We, the editors at Computertipsfree.com, will try out best to provide you the most …

If for any reason you need to remove Avira AntiVir, here we’ll show you how to completely uninstall Avira Antivirus (no leftover files) from your computer. Avira antivirus is one of the most popular antivirus software on the market, but it has the same uninstalling …

A proper Microsoft Office 2010 Serial Key is a proof of your license to use the software. If you ever need to reinstall Microsoft Office 2010 (perhaps because of a clean wipe out of your computer or simply a software crash problem), you will need …

Here we will show you how to convert or change rar to zip files using one of the rar to zip converter tools listed below. Rar file extension has been widely implemented since 1993. It is known to be the best file compression method even for …

Many people use BIOS password to lock up their computers, making them completely unusable without entering the correct password. This password has to be entered before loading the operating systems, normally on a DOS screen shortly after the computer started. BIOS password is usually stored …

If you ever encounter such an error message, saying that the webpage is not available along with some error codes (especially when you use Google Chrome) when you try to access www.paypal.com, you may want to try out the following solutions.

This webpage is not available.
The webpage …

We received an e-mail yesterday sent by one of our subscribers named Yasif requesting our help in solving this problem:
When I play rmvb files on windows media player classic, the video plays perfectly but no audio or sound. Any idea?

If this happen to you, you …

No doubt RMVB has become one of the most popular media formats on the network. Sometimes we just want to play a video on a simple player like Windows Media Player, instead of playing it on a complicated player with crappy interface that full of ads …

Are you having unknown lag issues and delay problems browsing the internet or playing online games? You are here probably because you do not know what is going in and out of your computer and what actually causes lag (slow down) to your internet connection. …

Over the last Christmas weekend, the iPhone Dev-Team have just released the so-called “backup plan“, the Redsnow 0.9.7, for untethered iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak. This beta release of Redsn0w will enable you to jailbreak [untethered] iOS 4.2.1 on iPhone 4, iPad and iPod touch 4G.
The following …

If you are unlucky enough to have a house mate that run PPS (PPStream) for like 24/7 and you’re so pissed off about that, here we will show you how you can block that bastard from using PPStream.
There’re multiple methods you can block a computer …

What on earth is P2POver? To me, hell yeah it’s a godlike software that does godlike stuffs! It is a piece of software that is able to hijack your home network and limit the bandwidth of any computer connected to the home network. I used …

究竟什么是P2POver？ 对我来说，这是一个神圣的软件，拥有出神圣的功能！ 这软件能够劫持您的家庭网络和网络带宽的限制在家中任何一台计算机相连。 我用这个词“劫持”，因为它可以无需访问你的路由器/集线器/交换机，这意味着你可以限制没有他们注意到了其他人的电脑内的网络带宽的工作。

If you encounter an error message with error number 0×80040206, 0×80040504, or 0×80040905 during the Google Toolbar installation process, then try the following solutions:

Close all your web browsers.
Uninstall Google Toolbar completely by going to Start -> Control Panel -> Uninstall a program.
Restart your computer.
Start your …

If the little pagerank bar on the Google Toolbar in your browser always shows you “No Pagerank Information Available” no matter which websites you visit, the very first attempt to solve this problem is to do a complete reinstallation of Google Toolbar:

Uninstall Google Toolbar by going …

If you ever get annoyed by group chat that keeps on flashing on your screen, you can disable the group chat sent from specific group, or simply turn off the chat feature by going offline for your chat status. Here’s how you can do it:
Method …

If you’re yet to hear about the newly released Windows Live Messenger 2011, better get yourself updated and install this gorgeous version of WLM, because it’s simply awesome! You can easily install WLM 2011 using the so called online installer (around 1mb) which can be downloaded …

Every time you start PPLive (an online video streaming software), it will also start a process known as PPAP.exe which act like a Web Accelerator. Just like PPSAP.exe from PPStream, even if you’ve closed PPLive, PPAP.exe will continue to run on background (which means you wouldn’t …

Each time you start PPStream (an online video streaming software), it will also open a “Web accelerator” known as the PPSAP.exe process. Even if you’ve closed PPStream, PPSAP.exe will continue to run on background (which means you wouldn’t notice its existence). PPSAP.exe is a process that automatically …

Facebook will reject (or ban) your name change request if one of the following conditions is detected by Facebook:

if you have made too many name changes
if you have a name that sounds like it could be fake
if you share your name with a celebrity
and of …

Recently, Facebook has restricted the ability to use characters more than one alphabet (usually symbols or Chinese characters) in their name. So, if you have second language or symbols in your name other than English, you should have noticed that Facebook requires you to change your name …

Victims will receive such error message: “Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue. We expect this to be resolved shortly. Please try again in a few minutes.”

Just as what it says, Facebook might be facing unexpected issue and they need time to resolve …

Rapidshare is often known as the most popular online file hosting site available on the internet. Purchasing a premium account will cost you 5.99 euro per month, or cheaper if you purchase a longer term. Some people are just can’t afford the price to own …

You may not want to be friend with every other person on facebook and only want to add people that you know. In this case, you can easily block someone on facebook, whom you do not want to interact with. If you’ve accidentally blocked someone …

Facebook is now the most popular social website on the internet. On facebook, you can find and make new friends via the friend searching tool or through your existing friends. This, however, enables people that do not interest you to send you their friend requests …

Hotfile is yet another file hosting site which is becoming more popular now because of its ease of user interface and fast download speed (even without a hotfile premium account). Hotfile has been on the market since early 2008 and has now grown to a …

Prefer the classic Messenger view? WLM 2011 says no worries! Some people might not like the new social connection feature in WLM 2011 or they simply don’t play facebook, in this case they would have no use for the full view. If you too don’t …

Sometimes Mediafire will keep refreshing and showing you the processing download request even after you’ve pressed click here to start download. This happens because Mediafire is prohibiting some countries from downloading at a certain time. It only happens for about 2 or more hours, so …

To change your Windows Live ID:

On your Xbox 360 console, sign in using your Xbox LIVE gamertag.
Go to My Xbox, and select your avatar.
In the Account Management panel, select Manage Account.
In the Your Information panel, select Windows Live ID.
Select Change Windows Live ID.
If you have another Windows Live ID, select Yes, …

If you’re not satisfied with the color or the look and feel of the default theme, you can easily change the theme to something much nicer than the existing one. Follow the steps below to change your theme in WLM 2011.

Login to your Windows Live …

In Windows Live Messenger 2011, the menu bar isn’t showing by default. To show the menu bar,

Login to your Windows Live Messenger account.
Click on your name which appears on the top right corner in WLM 2011 interface.
Select show the menu bar.
To hide the menu bar, simply …

Gmail isn’t slow. If you notice a slow down while loading Gmail, it’s most probably because you have a slow internet connection or other factors from your side that make Gmail load slow. Here we will show you some tricks to speed up Gmail and …

Here in this post, we will show you how to make a strong yet easy to remember password. Before we begin building a strong password, you need to understand what characteristic should a strong password possess.
An ideal password:

has all kinds of characters: letters, punctuation, symbols, …

In order to change the language for WLM 2011, you have to change the language of the entire Windows Live Essential 2011 suite, which will then be applied to all other Windows Live services such as Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, Mail, etc. You can easily …

Windows 7 is engineered for better speed than its predecessors (Windows Vista, etc). But even then, most of us don’t get satisfied with it. Most of us, especially gamers, want to use the least possible memory and resources for their Windows. In this way, more …

The Windows 7 Aero theme adds some extra beauties to the Windows 7 interfaces, but certainly is a resource hog. Unless you care about the looking of your Windows 7, what we want now is more performance juice from the OS, so disabling this feature …

There are, in fact, many services in Windows 7 that we don’t need for our daily use. For instance, services such as print spooler is only needed when you want to print something. If you don’t often use your printer, you can safely turn off that …

One of the most revolutionary changes in WLM 2011 is the removal of the block list. For those of you who have a long block list, it would be a sad case as all blocked contacts will now reappear on your friend list again. It …

The new Windows Live Messenger 2011 removed the capabilities for users to change their nickname or screen name for their accounts. Instead, the new WLM 2011 displays the full name of users (first and last name) which are set in their windows live profile. This …

In PDF formatted document, password restriction is used in two situations. One is to restrict a few functions such as copying, modifying or printing the PDF document. The other one is to password protect the document in a manner that might prevent you from opening …

A driver is a program that enables communication between your computer and a hardware (such as a sound card, video adapter, network adapter, printer or scanner), allowing the device to work correctly with your computer. That said, if a required driver is absent, the device …

We recommend Media Player Codec Pack, GSpot, Cinepak Codec, Indeo 5 Codec and Xvid Codec for your Windows Media Player. If you have the latest Windows Media Player 12 installed in your Windows 7 system, codec shouldn’t be a problem because most of the required codecs are …

In IE9, the address bar can be your search bar, which means that you can search from the address bar itself. By default, bing would be your search provider if no other plugin or toolbar is installed. Usually if you have Google Toolbar installed, your …

If you are not satisfied with the newly released Internet Explorer 9 beta, you can always remove it and revert back to IE 8 or IE 7. This tutorial will guide you through the steps of doing so.

InPrivate Browsing (or filtering) allows you to browse the web without leaving any traces in Internet Explorer. This helps to protect your online privacy from other people who might be using your computer. It does not affect how you appear on the internet. To run …

To open a new tab, just Double-Click an area to the right of the tabs boxes, without having to click the little blank Tab Box.
Right-Click a blank area and click Favorites bar to enable the Favorites bar.
Right-Click a blank area and click Command bar to …

To view IE 9 in Full Screen Mode, you have to press the F11 key on your keyboard. But, a question comes to mind, how do I get Internet Explorer 9 to run in full screen mode every time I open it instead of having to always press the F11 …

By default, you are only allowed to download 2 files at a time from a single website. However, you can tweak it to enable more than 2 downloads at the same time.

One of the major changes in IE 9 is that the menu bar isn’t showing by default. It’s not missing, it’s just hidden. To view the menu bar, you have to press the ALT key on your keyboard to temporarily view it. This can a …

Symptom: When you log into your WLM 2011 account, you find that all your contacts appear offline, even though some of them are in fact online now.

Windows live messenger 2011 is finally out of beta and you can now download its final version from this page. Aside from the new user interface, there’re a variety of new features and improvement brought into this version. Yet, WLM is still the most preferable and the …

After using my Apple iPad for months, I find that it isn’t performing as fast as when I first bought it. So, I went through some steps and was hoping to speed up my iPad. Guess what? My iPad is now running like it’s new! …

When you try to remove your USB drive, you may get the following error message “Problem Ejecting USB Mass Storage Device: The Device Generic volume cannot be stopped right now Try stopping the device later“. The error indicates that one or more tasks are still …

Previously, I wrote up an article regarding how to reset an iPad when it hangs, which indeed happens a lot. If resetting your iPad doesn’t fix your problem, you can restore your iPad back to factory condition. The restore process will delete all the data …

If you have a Xbox 360 console, you might want to share your videos, photos and musics stored on your computer with your Xbox 360. This can be fun if you have a huge gorgeous TV and want to show your family and friends your …

When you try to install a software that is packaged using Windows Installer, you may receive an “error 1603: A fatal error occurred during installation” or similar error message. There are several things that cause this to happen.

Symptom: Receiving error message: Signing in to Windows Live Messenger failed because the service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. Error code: 8100030d
Solution Difficulty: Moderately easy

Symptoms: Receiving error message: Signing in to Windows Live Messenger failed because the service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. Error code: 8007007e
Solution Difficulty: Moderately easy

If you find any of your IE toolbars disappeared after upgrading to the Internet Explorer 9 from IE8 or IE7, you can always re-enable them again. This happened to me too after I installed IE 9 into my computer, and then I found that my …

One thing Microsoft should realize is that the address bar in Internet Explorer 9 is really TOO short for most webpage URLs. I believe many people do find this to be especially difficult when trying to read or type in the address bar. However, you can increase the …

Everyone’s looking for the best ads placement tips for their blogs or websites to maximize their revenue, yet most of them haven’t found one. Even I have not found the best for myself yet, but I believe the current positioning is nearly the best. After …

If you ever find an unattractive ad showing on your sites too frequently, you can block the particular ad from appearing on your ads slots via a tool called Competitive Ad Filter in your Adsense account. This is to prevent your ads slots from being wasted …

When you search this term, “stop windows update restart”, I’m pretty sure you’re annoyed by the popup which keeps prompting to you requesting you to restart your computer after some automatic Windows Updates.This thing kills my patience especially when I’m playing full screen games that …

There’s been some complaints recently regarding Windows 7 taskbar disappears all of a sudden especially when your computer wakes up from sleep mode or screensaver. This is somewhat a bug in Windows 7 that has been reported but does not have a proper fix yet. The below …

If one day you find your network connection icon disappeared from your taskbar notification area, don’t be panic. This article will show you how to display the missing network connection status icon in the taskbar again (in Windows 7, Vista and XP).
The network connection icon …

Usually when you open a webpage from an external software such as Messenger, Windows will call your default browser to open the webpage. If you have multiple web browsers in your computer, Windows needs to know which browser to use by default when you open …