By default, Windows 10 is using your bandwidth by way of a new ‘feature’ called Windows Update Delivery Optimization (WUDO). In a nutshell, Windows 10 is uploading files in the background to other Windows 10 users. This brief guide will explain how to disable the Windows Update Delivery Optimization service. …
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This guide will take you each step of the way through setting up and configuring a VPN on your Windows 10 PC/laptop/tablet. …
This guide will you take you each step of the way through setting up a VPN on your Mac. The steps and screenshots used in this tutorial are from OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) but are nearly identical to previous versions of OS X, so you should have no trouble following along, even if you’re not using Yosemite. …
This step by step guide will walk you through adding and configuring a PPTP VPN in Ubuntu. It uses the steps and screenshots for Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS (Trusty Tahr – which is the current LTS) but are very, very similar to previous versions of Ubuntu. If you’re running something prior to 14.04.2, such as 12.04.5 LTS (Precise Pangolin) – you’ll have no trouble following along. …
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This tutorial will guide you through the steps to required to configure and use a VPN service on your iPhone (or iPad).
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In the latest version of Android (5.x, named “Lollipop”) Google has added the ability to “Pin” an App – which means only that App is accessible until it’s “Unpinned” – and that requires a 4-16 digit numerical code or password. This guide will show you how to enable “Pinning” on your Android device, and then how to use it. Finally you can hand your child a phone or tablet with Angry Birds open and know that when you get your device back, your email will still be there :) …
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This brief tutorial will show you how to enable the feature that sends your location to the Find My iPhone service right before the battery on your iPhone or iPad dies. …
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In light of the recent Heartbleed Bug and several other major website hacks (one of which involved 40 million credit cards being stolen) – it’s time to take your passwords seriously. Long gone are the days of thinking that a word with the vowels replaced by numbers (l1k3 th1s) can be considered ‘secure’. If you use the same password on more than one site or service, you’re asking for trouble. To keep yourself safe, you have to use a different password for every single service or site that you use, and those passwords have to be impossible to guess. Trying to commit dozens of secure passwords, like “#dOzu3!pDD”, to memory – not likely. So what’s the solution? To use a password manager. …
This very brief tutorial will show you how to disable the GPS information that’s attached to the photos you take on your iPhone, and why you may want to. …
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In addition to explaining how to remove the EXIF data from your photos, we’ll explain why you would want to do so. …
This guide will take you every step of the way through creating a “firewall rule” in Windows 8 that will block any program of your choice from connecting to the Internet. …
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This tutorial will show you how to save files of any kind, securely (password protected) on your iPhone or iPad. …
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This guide will take you step by step through the process of creating a secure (encrypted and password protected) “folder” on your Mac. …
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If you’ve recently noticed that Java Apps/Applets are not working in Safari or Firefox on your Mac – here’s the fix. …
Have you recently started up your Windows PC and been presented with an “FBI Screen” that just won’t go away? It means you’re infected with the FBI Moneypak Virus/Malware, and following the steps below, you can remove it. …
