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A laptop can come in multiple shapes and sizes. They can come equipped with an iGPU which is built onto the GPU or a dedicated GPU that may or may not be soldered onto the laptop’s motherboard. Often times a laptop purchased today is considered to be obsolete within 6 months of its purchase. It...

Windows 10 has slowly become a staple when it comes to a stable, versatile and innovative OS. Compared to Windows 7, it’s now considered a better successor with recent updates. This tutorial will show you how to create a bootable USB installer for Windows 10. Please make sure that the laptop you...

As of this writing you will not be able to source Windows 8 from Microsoft’s servers. It has been discontinued in favor of Windows 8.1 which, according to the community, is a better OS than Windows 8. This tutorial will show you how to create a bootable USB installer for Windows 8.1. Please make...

Either to wake up from a power nap, or to manage how long of a break we take from our hectic lives to even setting out how much time we allocate to any one task or a set of tasks thereof, we all need alarms in our daily lives. Windows 10 has brought this feature out the smart phone and into the...

Being notified of what’s going around you increases your awareness and subsequent reaction time to trending events. Windows 10 happens to bring this feature to the forefront as a functionality to keep its users in the know with regards to their social environment and the laptop. Action center is...

Although one of the best of features found on any OS from Microsoft, the automatic update feature found on Windows 10 has been known to have a mind of its own when it comes to downloading updates for your laptop/system. Some have reported that the automatic update had downloaded drivers that...

Safe mode is necessary when you need to diagnose hardware and or software issues. It ensures that you have the basic of drivers for the OS to operate and thus rules out most, if not all, compatibility issues. It also disables a lot of the services that may otherwise be running in the background...

Since the invention of the laptop the next best thing to ever grant us freedom was the power of wireless connectivity. Most people call it Wi-Fi these days while some just call it wireless internet. This tutorial will show you how to turn on Wi-Fi on your Windows 7 laptop. 1. Make sure the...

Windows 10 has brought a number of features to the palms of an end user. That being said, you can project what you’re seeing on the laptop to a display located in the same room without the need to use chords and fat cables. The feature is dubbed screen mirroring and the option is built into...

When dealing with laptops given to an end user courtesy of their office, it’s imperative that you have all your personal files on a removable storage media. What if you’re too busy to do all that and were hoping to leave all data backup to your last day at the office? With the advent of Windows...

The touchpad on a laptop is a convenience as well as a hindrance to most of us in the laptop community. There are days where we can’t live without a touch pad and there are days we wished it wasn’t there to begin with. This tutorial will show you how to disable the touchpad on your Windows 7...

When gaming on a laptop, there can be instances where a toddler had rushed in and pressed a couple of keys on your onboard laptop keyboard and sent your gaming session to the bin. Times like this where you wished the onboard laptop keyboard wasn’t active. Another instance is where you’re using...

Rebooting your system is quintessential part of any installation or update process. Be it uninstalling and reinstalling your chipset, management engine interface, onboard raid controller or even you audio device drivers or even some apps that require deep integration like anti viruses, you will...

Contrary to previous versions of Microsoft’s Windows OS environment, when you delete a file from a folder or physical drive on Windows 8, that file is shot straight to your recycle bin without any warning notification. This can be a good thing where people don’t like to be pestered for an...

Sometimes you may think your eyes are playing tricks on you when you see that the icons and text on your laptop are all fuzzy. You might even be tempted to go to the doctors. In essence it could be possible you might need to visit the optician but try out Windows 8’s built in feature to clarify...

Touchpads can be a hindrance to some of us who have toddlers running around the house. Having them tinker with a touchpad and the mouse pointers subsequent motion might interest them further to the point of disassembling the laptop for the sake of science. We may know how to disable the touchpad...

Convenience for some can be an issue to others. Some may like to have their screen be on at all times due to their nature of work or simply because they like the look of their desktop background while others may be working based on a grueling schedule with sleep cycles being late into the night...

If you’re always working on something or the other and have an affinity towards looking at your to do list posted on the screen while you work then you know that it’s a pain to constantly tap the keyboard or roll the mouse (I’m lazy) to bring the screen back on. This tutorial will show you how...

Windows 10 has come into the limelight for some of the wrong reasons. One major reason was that it caused computers and laptops to overheat and shutdown. This tutorial will show you how to fix the overheating issue on your Windows 10 laptop. 1. Please rule out that your hardware is not at...

Windows 10 might have a fancy interface and a revamped way of how you navigate through the OS during your daily grind but the OSes biggest talking points is the degree of control you have on the OS and under the hood. The lock screen is touted to be a step above what people saw on Windows 8/8.1...

Passwords protect our prized possessions from unwanted folks. You can have a password for pretty much everything and anything. On a laptop you can have a password to prevent folks from entering your account, files and folder or even to bar people from entering into BIOS and tampering with your...

SSD can bring back life to an aging laptop since it speeds up boot times and also reduces the time an app takes to open up after that double click. It produces less heat and it also draws less power. This tutorial will show you how to perform an SSD upgrade on an IBM Thinkpad laptop. For the...

A noisy fan can be caused by either the fan being clogged up with dirt and debris or that the fan’s bearing may be giving out or that the blade within fans housing has broken and/or brushing up against the housing. This tutorial will show you how to fix a noisy fan on your IBM Thinkpad. 1...

IBM Thinkpad’s have been the cream of the crop when it came to laptops meant for the business world. Some collectors look for them due to their aesthetic appeal while some also look towards their robust built form and construction. In spite of being a durable unit, it over time any laptop will...

Prior to the very popularity of Lenovo we all knew the company under the name of IBM. We’ve come a long since the early 2000’s where wireless connectivity was merely in its infancy and dial up connections ruled supreme. In this day and age access to wireless connectivity and blazing fast...

The best thing you can ever have on a laptop, apart from it sporting a high end CPU and GPU with ram to the brim, is having an SSD instead of an HDD. An SSD can bring back life to an aging laptop since it speeds up boot times and also reduces the time an app takes to open up after that double...

One of the biggest issues plaguing Sony Vaio laptop users is the fact that they have trouble with their wireless connectivity. A lot have stated that they don’t have proper signal strength, signal drops intermittently, the speeds are appalling in spite of sitting feet’s away from their hotspot...

Sony’s most notable lineup of laptops come in the form of the Vaio. They have had their fair share of good and bad reviews from the community. If you find yourself needing a guide to disassemble the laptop and replace the motherboard, you’ve come to the right place. 1. You will need to close...

Lenovo is known to be a go-to brand when it comes to building reliable and well-priced laptops. They seem to have pretty much every segment of the market covered with their laptops. Sometimes you can come across unusual issues. This tutorial will show you how to resolve a buzzing fan in your...

Lenovo laptop’s are known to generally have a good track record however there are some instances where the laptop may see some damage either due to wear and tear from multiple attachments and detachments or from end-user negligence or with the part in question being of low quality. This tutorial...

Like a well-oiled machine, if you maintain the laptop performing regular maintenance runs the laptop can see its useful lifespan increased as well as being a crucial hardware during a mission critical event. This tutorial will show you to replace the thermal grease in your Lenovo Thinkpad. 1...

Lenovo is known to be a go-to brand when it comes to building reliable and well-priced laptops. They seem to have pretty much every segment of the market covered with their laptops. Sometimes you can come across unusual issues. This tutorial will show you how to resolve charging problems on your...

Lenovo is known to be a go-to brand when it comes to building reliable and well-priced laptops. They seem to have pretty much every segment of the market covered with their laptops. Sometimes you can come across a myriad of issues. Some complex others being simple. This tutorial will show you...

The best thing you can ever have on a laptop, apart from it sporting a high end CP and GPU with ram to the brim, is having an SSD instead of an HDD. If you can cram both in your laptop that just brings the best of both storage worlds. The SSD is assigned as your OS boot media while the HDD is...

Lenovo is known to be a go-to brand when it comes to building reliable and well-priced laptops. They seem to have pretty much every segment of the market covered with their laptops. Sometimes you can come across a number of issues. Some complex others being simple. This tutorial will show you...

Plastic is known to be a durable material but over time no matter how robust any plastic’s manufacturing may be, it will yet give in to subsequent damage from wear and tear. Unfortunately the majority of victims with fairly old or aging laptops is that the shell gives way from multiple...

USB ports have been a convenience since their conception and implementation on various computing devices. There are numerous documented cases where USB ports on laptop have been rendered inoperable either due to user negligence or due to hardware failure. This tutorial will show you how to fix...

Toshiba have an impeccable track record when it comes to providing reliable and affordable laptops to the end user. Sadly not ever maker/manufacturer is free of defect. There are instances where a Toshiba laptop can lock up/freeze when the AC power input is plugged in. This tutorial will show...

On a desktop, having access to a BIOS jumper can come in handy. If you need to reset the BIOS to default, or you’ve messed up with your overclocks. The same can be necessary for your laptop. If you’re suffering from a black screen issue, or you need to reset your BIOS to defaults in order to...

After a daylong session with your laptop, trying to manage, organize and parse important documentation, you call it a day and power down the laptop. The next time you try powering it up, you’re left staring at an error message asking you to input the password for your hard drive. You know you...