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 …

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 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 …

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 …

As I changed my domain name from ontechnews.com to computertipsfree.com a few months ago, I needed to replace all strings that contain my old domain name with the new domain name in MySQL database. Do it manually? No way! There were probably more than 10 …

VLC Media Player is often known as the GOD player because of its ability to play almost anything you throw on it. In many cases, people use VLC to play broken files retrieved from a failed memory card. I’ve also experienced the exact same situation which all data in my camera memory card was accidentally deleted. I used …

Where is my automatic scanner and camera wizard gone to? Why isn’t it appear automatically when I plugged in my scanner or camera? Don’t be panic, just continue reading. This post is made to answer these questions.
Scanner and camera wizard is a built-in feature included in …

Do you often download files from these online file storage websites? Tired of typing captcha and waiting for the countdown timer? What if I tell you that you don’t have to do so? Yes, there’re actually some auto downloaders available on the internet that can …

Getting trouble with “run as administrator”? Does it ever annoy you? Wanna know how to get rid of it or stick with it with the most simple way? In today’s tip, we’ll show you 3 tricks on how to play around with it. 

The Snipping Tool is another wonderful feature avaible in Windows Vista and 7 that allow you to crop anything on-screen before saving them to image format of your choice. Here in this article, we will guide you through the proper ways of using Snipping Tool.
How to use …

Do you have a large monitor? Or do you have difficulty when reading some texts on the screen? If so, you’re in the right place now.
It’s becoming a lot more common for people to use larger and larger monitors. With this fact, zooming feature are in high demand …

In this crazily busy world, we can’t always remember every little detail of every little thing. That is why we jot down important notes and keep it for later reference. Windows 7 Stick Notes helps us to do this.
In this tip, I will show you …

Like everyone said, time is gold. Every single second is precious and time is not to be wasted. Do you notice that sometimes we actually used up to 10 seconds to open a windows program? With today tip, you can probably open any programs in less than 5 seconds. So …

Have you ever wanted to set a time for your computer to shutdown automatically? There’re times that we would leave the computer to finish some tasks itself, such as scanning for virus, downloading a large files, etc. In such cases, we might need to shutdown …

Here’s a list of Windows shortcut keys widely used by Windows users. Use them often and you will eventually get used to them. They can really save you lots of time. Some of these might not work in the older versions of Windows. Try them …

You can synchronize your computer time automatically with internet standard time server. Normally this feature is enabled by default in Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows Vista. If you ever find your computer clock to be wildly offset and plain wrong, you have probably encountered …