These were Computer, User, Control, Recycle Bin, and maybe Network icons. These icons are very useful for managing and locating system settings. If you previously used these icons in other versions of Windows and you’d want them back, then the steps below will show you how to do that. In Windows 11, the computer has been renamed to “This PC”. When you click on the icon, it takes you directly into the File Explorer system drive(s)....

If your device’s touchpad sensitivity is not very responsive, you may have to adjust it in Windows to suit your needs. For example, if you must tap harder to open files, folders, and apps or actions to be performed, then changing the touchpad’s sensitivity might help. If the pointer is also moving erratically on the screen when using the touchpad, you may have to adjust its sensitivity as well. Other settings one can perform on a device’s touchpad are; turning on or off the on-screen touchpad, using touchpad gestures, turning off touchpad clicks or disabling your device touchpad altogether, and more....

When you log in to Windows and you’re experiencing issues, you can’t understand or how to resolve, booting into safe mode might help you troubleshoot the problem. Windows safe mode is a feature that starts Windows with a substantially reduced set of drivers and services. If the problem you’re having doesn’t happen in safe mode, then it means Windows default settings, the operating systems, and basic drivers aren’t causing the issues....

Using Windows playback settings for apps that use Window’s built-in video platform, you can control how these apps playback videos to automatically enhance the videos being played. Apps such as Universal Windows Platform (UWP), which include Microsoft Edge, Photos, and Movies & TV, as well as many third-party video apps you get from Microsoft Store (for example, Hulu, Netflix, and Vudu) can use Windows playback settings. When you set up Windows to play video at lower resolutions, you can have your PC process video to enhance it (depending on your PC’s hardware)....

System Restore in Windows 11 creates restore points so that your computer can be restored to its previous working state. It’s like going back in time when you need it most. Windows system restore can be a lifesaver for many and can come in handy when needed by most. For example, you can create a system restore point before upgrading or installing a new app. And if the process fails and makes your system unstable, simply restore Windows to its previous working state....

If you are running a WordPress website, using FastCGI caching to improve performance should be considered. When you combine Nginx and FastCGI modules, you will greatly improve your PHP-based applications. FastCGI module caches dynamic PHP content that is served through the Nginx backend. When dynamic PHP content is cached, repeated requests for the same content are quickly returned from the cache store, instead of compiling all the dynamic data that make up the page each time a request is made....

It is a recommended practice to always lock your computer screen when you are away to prevent other people from using your desktop and accessing your files. This is true in Windows, Linux, or macOS. Because we are humans, we do tend to forget sometimes. If you sometimes forget to lock your screen, you may wish to have your computer’s screen lock automatically after a set period. This is where automatic screen lock comes into play....

When you have sensitive information to share, you might want to use a secure thumb drive. Securing a USB thumb drive in Windows 11 is easy and pretty straightforward with BitLocker To Go, the steps below will show you how to do it. Windows uses BitLocker drive encryption to encrypt hard disk drives to protect data on them in case it is lost or stolen. BitLocker helps protect data on your device so only authorized users have access to it....

By default, when you search Google, all information necessary related to the keyword is displayed and made available. There are no filters. Content that is not appropriate for kids is also displayed. With the new Microsoft Edge, you can now filter content and restrict Google search results to only display safe content. This is will remove content that is not appropriate for kids. Google SafeSearch is Kids Friendly Search Engine run by Google....

Doptor CMS is an open-source, responsive Content Management System (CMS) based on the Laravel framework, comes with cross-browser and bootstrap support that you’ll want to power your next websites or blogs. This new, lightweight blogging platform provides an end user with the tools to build and maintain a sustainable web presence for professionals and businesses alike. Doptor CMS also has built-in modules that extend its functionality and the platform is actively being developed....

Elefant is a refreshingly simple open-source content management (CMS) that provides a modern interface and allows anyone to create and manage their website or blog content. Elefant takes the best WYSIWYG editor in the world and makes it better through deep integration with your content. Whether you’re creating a personal or business website, Elefant CMS can help you create and manage your content on every device with its minimalist and modern user and admin interface....

ElkArte is a modern, community-building forum software based on Simple Machine Forum (SMF), but with improved code and new features that may not be available on SMF. Many other forum software is based on SMF, including ElkArte. SMF is designed for ease of use to allow webmasters to create forum communities with all the features needed from a bulletin board with fewer resources. If you’re looking for a simple forum platform that’s free to use and easy to customize, you’ll find ElkArte to be useful....

To build and use Java applications in Windows 11, you’ll need to install Java JDK. The JDK includes tools for developing and testing programs written in the Java programming language and running on the Java platform. Below are steps that one can take to download, install and add Java executables to Windows PATH environment variables. How to download and install Java JDK in Windows 11 As mentioned above, to build a develop Java programs in Windows, you’ll need Java JDK installed....

MySQL and MariaDB are the most popular open-source database servers in use today and run on the majority of websites online. This is the sixth post in this series which can be used as a beginner’s guide to learn how to create a website domain, set up a Google Cloud server with Ubuntu Linux, and install software and packages to build and run a website online. In this series:...

This is the fifth post in this series which can be used as a beginner’s guide to learn how to create a website domain, set up a Google Cloud server with Ubuntu Linux, and install software and packages to build and run a website online. In this series: How to create a website domain How to set up a Google Cloud server with Ubuntu Linux How to install Apache on a Google Cloud server (alternative to Nginx) How to install Nginx on a Google Cloud server (alternative to Apache)...

Plex is a media server that allows you to create and organize all your video, music, and photo collections and stream them to your mobile devices, TV, and computer from anywhere. It has two main components: Plex Media Server and a client application that runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux and almost all mobile devices. In most environments, a Plex server is installed on a computer that has a lot of storage space or has a NAS attached to it to store and access a large collection of a variety of media....

LAMP is an acronym for Linux (Ubuntu), Apache2 HTTP Server, MariaDB or MySQL Database Server, and PHP Scripting Language. It is a group of open-source software and building blocks of many of the web applications and the majority of the content management systems (CMS) in use today. Now that you can install Linux OS inside Windows via WSL, the steps below show you how to install the LAMP stack in Windows....

To do that on VMware Workstation Pro, continue with the steps below. If you own a Windows or Linux computer and would like to experience Ubuntu, then installing it on a VMware Workstation software as a guest machine is a fastest and most cost-effective way to go. When you’re ready to run the VMware Workstation guest machine with Ubuntu, the below steps should be a great place to start. This should also be a great way to test the upcoming Ubuntu 18....

If you need the latest version of Varnish, you’ll have to manually compile it yourself and install it. this post shows students and new users how to manually compile and install Varnish cache 6.0 which is the latest at the time of this post on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04 LTS servers. For this post, we’ll install the Apache2 web server and configure it to listen on port 8080. then install Varnish and configure it to listen on port 80....

Windows has two command-line shells: the Command shell and PowerShell. Each command-line shell provides an entry point for typing commands in the Command Prompt or PowerShell console window. You can automate routine tasks, like user account management or nightly backups, with batch (.bat) files. In some cases, running the Command Prompt before logging into Windows is the best way to troubleshoot issues. If you cannot open a command prompt from within Windows 11, you can open a command prompt at boot to use instead....