Have you ever had one of those moments where you can't remember what you just did? Like where you saved a document, spreadsheet or the file that you just copied to your hard drive.
It can drive you nuts and to the point where your just not going to find it quickly and easily.
Fortunately, there are a few ways to find those missing files, even if your computer does not keep track of recently accessed documents.
Here's five ways to find those missing files, documents or spreadsheets without going insane.
read more: Windows Tip: How To Find Files After Forgetting Where You Saved Them On Your Hard Drive
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Many people do not realize that their computer IP address is different from their Internet IP Address.
If you are on a network (either at home or work) more than likely you are behind a router and your computer network adapter card (NIC) has been assigned a "local" IP address.
When you access the Internet from your computer, which is behind a router, and check your IP address at a site such as whatismyipaddress.com, what you are actually seeing is the Internet IP address that is assigned to the router (provided by your ISP), not your computer IP address.
The only time your computer NIC adapter IP address can be the same as the Internet IP address is when your computer is connected directly to the Internet.
So now that you know the difference, how do I find my computer IP address? Here's three ways to find it…
read more: How To Find The Real IP Address Of Your Windows Computer
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USB flash drives have become really handy in storing different files of various sizes including, backups, personal documents, music, pictures, portable applications and more. Flash drives turned out to be so convenient that people start pouring in files of any kind without sorting them.
Because of these habits, flash drives end up getting real messy quickly and it becomes difficult to figure out how to clear up disk space to accommodate more files.
Deleting unnecessary files is a good solution, but can be tough to do when files aren't properly organized. If you want to clear up disk space the fastest way possible, the best problem solver to this is by formatting your USB flash drive directly.
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When it comes to GMail, sometimes the smallest changes make a big impact on functionality. For example, take the latest addition to GMail Labs called Title Tweaks.
What this cool feature does is move the number of unread messages (count) in parentheses, more towards the left in the browser tab, so you can easily see how many unread messages you have, when the browser is minimized in the task bar.
read more: Change How GMail Displays Unread Message Counts In Browser Tab
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Sooner or later it's bound to happen. You are cleaning up your hard drive and deleting files when one of the following error messages appears:
Cannot delete [filename]: There has been a sharing violation. The source or destination file may be in use
or
Cannot delete [filename]: It is being used by another person or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again
No problem, you go ahead and close any running applications or programs you have open, and try to delete the file again. Instead you get the same message and the file still can't be deleted.
More than likely a Windows process has locked the file, which cannot be deleted, until the process ends. This means you need to identify the process and kill it so you don't need to reboot your computer just to delete a file.
read more: How To Identify Which Windows Process Has Locked A File When Trying To Delete Open Files
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If you use Firefox browser when connecting to your Linksys wireless router
Consider yourself lucky if you do receive the same warning message, because it's an easy fix by:
- clicking the link at the bottom of the error message, Or you can add an exception…
- then click on the Add Exception button…
followed by clicking on the Get Certificate button (on the next screen) and clicking the Confirm Security Exception button at the bottom of the page.
The invalid certificate warning will not display the next time you connect to your router.
But for those of you out there (like me) that receives an error message similar to this…
192.168.1.1 uses an invalid security certificate.
The certificate is not trusted because it is self signed.
The certificate is only valid for <a id="cert_domain_link" title="Linksys">Linksys</a>
(Error code: sec_error_ca_cert_invalid)
…here's a possible fix to get things working again when connect to your wireless Linksys router.
read more: How To Fix Invalid Certificate Error When Conecting To Linksys Wireless Routers
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Probably the best thing since slice bread, USB Drives
What used to be a device for just storing files, USB drives have become a must have computer accessory. From creating bootable drives and speeding up Windows Vista to creating a pocket recovery tool, many non-saving-data uses have been found for these handy devices.
And while the list of ways to use a USB drive continues to grow, so does the list of tips to make them more functional.
So what are some of the tips? Below are the top 10 tips that make USB drives more functional.
read more: 10 Tips To Make A USB Drive More Functional Than Just Storing Data
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Google Labs has been busy lately and recently added a new feature to GMail called Multiple Inboxes.
What this cool feature does, is allow you to have multiple views of your tags or a search result of your mailbox using any combination of Gmail search operators by add addional panes to your inbox (up to five panes).
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