By Patrick Miller

1. Don't double-click everything. Windows 101: Double-clicking is how you open items in Windows. It's not how you open links in your Web browser, click buttons in dialog boxes, or do pretty much anything else--and if you reflexively double-click, you might accidentally zip right past something important ...

1. Never give your password to anyone else. it’s the most important rule..
2. Use numbers, symbols and letters altogether to create higher security passwords. Mixed passwords are ...

If you want to know which will suit you best, you need to know the difference. Are the terms "image" and "backup" interchangeable?

Not quite. Though these terms are often used as if they mean same ...

We set out to build a Sandy Bridge box that takes up little space in our entertainment center and fulfills all our streaming needs

Back in the August 2010 issue of Maximum PC I built a 3D HTPC that I was pretty damned happy with, but the times have changed. The CableCard quad tuner that was featured prominently in that machine is no longer needed, as I have joined the ranks of the Cable Cutter Movement™. So without the need for a CableCard, I wondered if I could build a rig with all the same capabilities but make it much, much smaller.

Ingredients

• Case/PSU Silverstone Lascala LC12 w/120W PSU $180
  
  • www.silverstonetek.com
• Mobo Zotac H67-ITX WiFi $160
  
  • www.zotacusa.com
• CPU Intel Core i3-2100T $130
  
  • www.intel.com
• Cooler Silverstone NT07-1156 $30
  
  • www.silverstonetek.com
• RAM 4GB Corsair DDR/1333 $50
  
  • www.corsair.com
• Optical Drive Sony Optiarc BC-5640H-01 $160
  
  • www.sonynec-optiarc.com
• Solid-State Drive 60GB G.Skill Phoenix Pro $130
  
  • www.gskill.com
• OS Windows

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We all know about the new feature "Windows Experience" or "Performance Index" in Windows Vista that ...

Sometimes it is necessary to use a FirstRun.cmd instead of the SETUPCOMPLETE.cmd when integrating your silent apps in a ...