In the past computer monitors had the problem of image burning due to the long period of time showing the same screen and image when the computer was not used. People used to install the screen saver to avoid this problem. When the computer was idle for a specific time period that screen saver runs ... Read more
Most of the people know about the significance of taking screenshots, which are in fact, the images of the current screen. Similarly, there should be a way through which we can record our screen i.e. we can make a video of the current screen. However, screen recording is something with which most of the people ... Read more
Screen rotation is a very fascinating feature provided by Windows 10. By enabling this feature, the Windows 10 PCs look like tablets or mobile phones. This feature is most useful when your PC’s screen is detachable and you can use it as a tablet. In this article, we will explain to you the method through ... Read more
Second monitors that are connected to a machine with already one or more monitors installed are often set to serve as extensions of your desktop by default. In some cases, e.g. if your second monitor is a television and you want to watch a movie running on your computer, it might be helpful if your ... Read more
One of the most unnecessary things that Windows 8 brings to desktop computers might be the lock screen you need to wipe away every time you start your machine - luckily it's also one of the things you can disable. To do so, open the Local Group Policy Editor (as shown here). Browse the left ... Read more
Just as in Windows you have the option to rotate your screen into any direction in Linux, too. While in Windows you only need to press some keys, a key combination is not configured in Linux by default. But as you may have figured out, there are some terminal commands that let you do the ... Read more
In the age of widescreens, Windows offers a really helpful function for viewing documents, or just play pranks on your friends. With a simple key-combination, you can rotate your screen into any direction - flip it upside-down, or lay it on the side: To rotate the screen, press Ctrl + Alt + Arrow key. The ... Read more
Screen brightness is an attribute that is reset automatically upon rebooting your machine on Ubuntu and all its fellow distributions. Lucky you if you find the settings okay, but on notebooks and similar machines, you might want to lower the brightness, you it doesn't suck your batteries dry. To do that, open the following file ... Read more
Ubuntu's login manager, lightdm, offers a guest login option by default. Most of you won't use it anyway, so why keep it at all? You can disable that entry in the lightdm configuration file, which is /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf. Open it from a terminal using sudo gedit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf At the bottom of the file, insert following line: ... Read more
Apart from the usual Bookmarks and Bookmarks Toolbar, the SpeedDial screen introduced a great visual option for quick access to your most commonly used websites. It currently is the main new-window-replacement on the Opera browser and can be downloaded as an add-on for Firefox. It can be downloaded on the Mozilla Firefox add-on page here: ... Read more