Monthly Archives: December 2010

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Why the Length of the WPA Passphrase is Important

Published on: December 29, 2010 in Networks and has 2 Comments

One of the most common issues that my visitors contact me about is that they have difficulty saving the passphrase for their WRT54G wireless router when securing the router with WPA. Many times the problem is resolved once they use Internet Explorer instead of another web browser. Other times, however, switching browsers may not even [...]

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How to Find Autorun Programs in Windows

Published on: December 17, 2010 in Windows and has 5 Comments

For a vast majority of us that use Windows on a regular basis, we have come across performance and stability issues from time to time, so it is important to find autorun programs in Windows. On a freshly formatted PC, everything seems to run pretty quick and the system doesn’t crash as often. After a [...]

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How to Properly Resize a CSS Sprite Image in GIMP

Published on: December 15, 2010 in Web Site and has 1 Comment

GIMP is a popular image editor, but to require some knowledge if you want to properly resize a CSS sprite image in GIMP. In my previous post I provided instructions on resizing a CSS sprite in Photoshop, but I realize that Photoshop is expensive to buy, and many people may not be using that photo [...]

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How to Properly Resize a CSS Sprite Image in Photoshop

Published on: December 8, 2010 in Design and has 6 Comments

Once you have created a CSS sprite image for your website, it is important to learn how to properly resize a CSS sprite image in Photoshop if you wish to add additional images. The reason for this is that when you resize the canvas of an image in Photoshop, the additional pixels added to the [...]

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What is the Most Important Component in a Computer?

Published on: December 3, 2010 in Hardware and has 9 Comments

Not many people would stop and think about the most important component that is currently in their computer. If they had to stop and think about it, some would say the processor (CPU), memory, the video card, or even the hard drive. Depending on what they use their computer for, everyone would have a different [...]

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Keep Yourself Online By Changing DNS Servers

Published on: December 1, 2010 in Networks and has 12 Comments

There are many ways that you can protect yourself online, but one method many people probably don’t think about is changing DNS servers. Let’s face it, the average Internet user probably doesn’t even give a second thought about their DNS servers. The reality is, however, that changing DNS servers could yield both a security and [...]

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