If you want to access a name-based website that you created e.g. in ISPConfig before the DNS records are set up, edit the hosts file on your workstation computer and add a line like this: 192.168.0.100 www.mydomain.com mydomain.com Edit hosts file on macOS X To edit the hosts file on a computer running macOS X, ... Read more
Everybody owning a PC has had to deal with the resulting degradation of the system boot. You can use the Event Viewer to watch precisely how it takes for your machine to start and shut down. The Event Viewer allows us to easily monitor any fault or warnings. What you might not know is that ... Read more
If your Windows installation starts slower after you defragmented the hard disk, it might be necessary to run the defragmentation utility on the boot files too which were normally skipped when running the defrag utility. Windows Disk Defragmentation for boot files To defragment the boot files, click on "Start" > "Run..." and then enter the ... Read more
Have you ever intended your computer to go back to sleep mode only to find that it is still turned on? In this article, we will guide you through the whole procedure to see which application prevents your PC in Windows 10 from going to sleep. See which application prevents your PC in Windows 10 ... Read more
It is a good practice to provide a meaningful and user-friendly name to your machine once you finished installing a new and fresh copy of Windows 10. Here is how you can do it step-by-step. Change the Windows 10 Computer Name Step 1: Press and hold the Windows icon key and X on your keyboard ... Read more
Windows 10 now offers a new way to view notifications. Modern applications will produce notifications of toasts that appear at the top right of the screen. If you want that these notifications should not display, you can disable them. In this article, we will guide you through the whole procedure to disable notifications to toast ... Read more
Since all of us know that our laptops operate on battery power that is why it is considered very important for these batteries to have good health. There are certain factors that account for the health of a laptop’s battery. Out of these factors, the battery cycle count holds crucial importance. It is defined as ... Read more
Whenever we create a new folder or file in Windows 10, it is always created with a default name such as New Folder or New Text Document, etc. However, you can always customize these names according to your choice. Today’s article will be based on the method of changing the default new folder or file ... Read more
There are floating output panels in the Windows Task Manager, but it also has a device tray icon showing CPU utilization. In this article, we will guide you through the whole procedure to preserve the CPU statistics of the task manager in your system tray on Windows 10. Add CPU statistics icon of the Task Manager to ... Read more
Looking for a system setting specific to Windows 10 but don’t know where to find it? There are a variety of ways to quickly figure out exactly which setting to modify. In this article, we will guide you through the different methods to find different system settings easily on Windows 10. Windows 10 System Settings ... Read more