TechLink Online Blog http://techlinkonline.net/blog Uniting with the world through technology Thu, 17 May 2012 21:10:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Show Desktop Windows 7 http://techlinkonline.net/blog/2012/04/30/show-desktop-windows-7/ http://techlinkonline.net/blog/2012/04/30/show-desktop-windows-7/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:08:13 +0000 TechLink http://techlinkonline.net/blog/?p=757 The taskbar change in Windows 7 has prompted many people to wonder what happened to the show desktop icon, a rather popular little feature.

The operating system and icon have changed but the functionality is still there. The show desktop icon in Windows XP was located in the quick launch area by default, of [...]]]> http://techlinkonline.net/blog/2012/04/30/show-desktop-windows-7/feed/ 0 Defrag That Drive http://techlinkonline.net/blog/2012/02/28/defrag-that-drive/ http://techlinkonline.net/blog/2012/02/28/defrag-that-drive/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:39:02 +0000 TechLink http://techlinkonline.net/blog/?p=751 Computer hard drives are known to get a little fragmented from time to time and sometimes you might need a little more than just the Windows built in defrag tool, which is where Defraggler comes in handy.

Defraggler is more than just a disk defragmenter. Defraggler will check the health of your hard drive [...]]]> http://techlinkonline.net/blog/2012/02/28/defrag-that-drive/feed/ 0 Free Online Storage http://techlinkonline.net/blog/2012/02/19/free-online-storage/ http://techlinkonline.net/blog/2012/02/19/free-online-storage/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:29:42 +0000 TechLink http://techlinkonline.net/blog/?p=742 Ever get tired of having all your photos, videos and files spread out across different computers and devices? Online storage can help solve those problems.

Dropbox makes it easy to get access to all your stuff when you need it. You can also pick and share any folder you want with anyone. Dropbox [...]]]> http://techlinkonline.net/blog/2012/02/19/free-online-storage/feed/ 2 Remotely Shutdown a Computer http://techlinkonline.net/blog/2012/02/14/remotely-shutdown-a-computer/ http://techlinkonline.net/blog/2012/02/14/remotely-shutdown-a-computer/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:00:38 +0000 TechLink http://techlinkonline.net/blog/?p=732 There is a simple way to remotely shutdown a computer using Windows built-in remote shutdown tool. You can do this using the command prompt and typing in the command shutdown -m \\computername -s but there is also a GUI version of this same tool which we’ll cover here.

Open the Remote Shutdown Dialogue Box:

Click [...]]]> http://techlinkonline.net/blog/2012/02/14/remotely-shutdown-a-computer/feed/ 0 Upgrade Memory In Acer Aspire Laptop http://techlinkonline.net/blog/2012/02/02/upgrade-memory-in-acer-aspire-laptop/ http://techlinkonline.net/blog/2012/02/02/upgrade-memory-in-acer-aspire-laptop/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:52:15 +0000 TechLink http://techlinkonline.net/blog/?p=727 An Acer Aspire 5349 laptop made its way to me when my friend, Jesse, said he needed help adding memory that he purchased for his new laptop. It only came with 2 GB of RAM which is the minimum to run Windows 7 so it was a good idea to add more memory.

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