Windows Tools, Help & Guides

If you have more than one computer in your home, you’ve probably considered setting up a home network. If you’ve set up a home network and it doesn’t work the way you’d like it to, you’ve probably considered throwing your equipment out of the window. Please, close the window and read on. This week, I’ll walk you through what hardware you need to set up a home network, where to buy it, and how it works together. I’ll then show you how to share files on your network, how to stream media across your network (and out to the world—even your phone), and how to back up your data, automatically, to any PC in your home.

Note: these guides are written for all recent (XP, Vista, 7) versions of Windows unless otherwise noted. If you find any incompatibilities, please let me know.

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If you would like µTorrent to automatically download torrents (i.e. a TV Series), follow this guide.

I pay for a cable subscription that I rarely get to use and I often miss my favorite shows like The Office and How I Met Your Mother. I can stream these shows, from the official sites, in most cases; however my internet connection isn’t always great and, at peak hours, the connection is too slow to stream well enough to view. In this guide, you’ll learn how to set up µTorrent and have it download your favorite TV shows.

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Note: This guide is part of the Windows Guides’ Legal File Sharing Series. If you want to find out more about file sharing, check the topics covered here.

File sharing, though used in majority for illegal purposes, can be used for good. This week, I’ll show you how to file share, where to get legal stuff, and how to automate the process.

Note: these guides are written for all recent (XP, Vista, 7) versions of Windows unless otherwise noted. If you find any incompatibilities, please let me know.

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This solution I owe to my brother – who made me figure this one out for him. My brother is one of you Laptop users that, when home (or the office), hooks up his computer to an external monitor, extending his desktop. This works fine – unless you forget to move every application window back to your main desktop before disconnecting the extra monitor. Then what do you do ?

If you’re still at home (or the office) then it’s no “biggy”, but if you’re on the road somewhere, suddenly realize that your PowerPoint presentation is showing on the “other” monitor… What then ?

Don’t worry – Read on

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komalo over at deviantart has shared a tool that will give you an Aero look to your command prompt.

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