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How-to Guides / Tutorials

Title Hitssort icon
Optimizing Vuze (formerly Azureus) for Speed 857,929
Optimizing µTorrent (or BitTorrent) For Speed 753,382
How to Make Vista Run Faster 705,588
32-bit and 64-bit explained 479,280
Tips and Tricks for Ubuntu after Installation [Ubuntu 10.04 to 11.4] 475,478
How to Back up Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 472,795
How to Disable Internet Explorer 440,868
Searching for Torrents (Best Free Torrent Search Sites) 423,823
Optimizing the Transmission Bittorrent Client for Speed 392,486
How to Move the My Documents Folder 369,857
How to Hide a Windows Folder 303,983
How to Work With Audio CD .CDA Files 295,762
Never Re-install Windows Again Part 2: Partitioning your hard drive 249,828
The Best iPad Tips and Tricks 237,608
How to Make Firefox Load Faster 231,093
How to Install Firefox 224,975
How to Install Comodo Firewall 221,150
Gizmo's Guide to Securing Your PC 214,760
How to Remove Google Text Ads 205,311
The Best Android Tips and Tricks 180,694
Vuze Meta Search: Adding Search Sites 166,492
Best Free Typing Tutor 165,337
How to Find Out Which Windows Process is Using a File 161,062
How to Know If Your Computer Is Infected 150,334
How to Surf More Securely 149,439
How to Schedule Programs to Run Automatically 146,214
How to rip DVD movies using freeware HandBrake 136,792
Tips and Tricks for Ubuntu after Installation [Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10] 135,233
Optimizing Bittorrent Clients for Speed 133,569
Additional Vuze Settings 133,435
Never Re-install Windows Again Part 1 130,234
Optimizing BitComet for Speed 125,293
Never Re-install Windows Again Part 3: Imaging your hard drive 123,055
Learn How to Use the Windows Registry Editor (Regedit) in One Easy Lesson 122,355
How to Clean An Infected Computer 120,432
How to Set Up Your Own Web Server 120,101
Tips and Tricks for Linux Mint After Installation [Mint 13 and 14 - MATE Edition] 117,720
How to Protect Your Online Privacy 114,989
How to Find the Best DNS Server 109,226
How to Change DNS Server 96,085
HIPS Explained 90,949
Installing Media Player Classic - A step by step guide 89,805
How to Create a Program Launcher 88,808
Migrating to Mozilla Firefox 88,716
How to Create a Bootable Rescue CD 87,972
22 Places For Legal (and Free) Torrents 87,794
Additional µTorrent Settings 85,990
How to Tell if a File is Malicious 83,416
Optimizing Tixati For Speed 81,676
How to Harden Your Browser Against Malware and Privacy Concerns 77,691
The Three Most Under-utilized Keyboard Shortcuts 77,539
Optimizing qBittorrent For Speed 76,853
How to build and host a website for free - 1 74,930
Safe Computing in Under an Hour 73,689
How to Move Windows 7 Personal Folders Like My Documents to Another Drive 69,849
How to Improve Your Security When Using a Public Terminal 69,135
How to Tame Comodo Defense+ 3 Without Disabling It 67,316
How to Convert PDF Files to Word Doc Files for Free 67,028
How to Remove Unwanted Formatting from Text 63,813
Encryption is Not Enough 59,425
Free Downloadable PDF Tech Guides and Tutorials 58,137
How to update Firefox or Thunderbird addons to work with a new release 54,017
How to Stay Safe While Online 52,759
How to Tell If A Website Is Dangerous 51,476
µTorrent Help: Using µTorrent's Torrent Search 49,206
Tips and Tricks to Make Full Use of Favorite Links 46,953
What Everybody Should Know About the Windows Registry 45,738
µTorrent Help: Selecting Files To Download In µTorrent 45,211
Optimizing Deluge For Speed 44,872
How to Reduce Spam 44,579
How & Why to switch from Yahoo! Mail to GMail 43,364
Tweaking and performance guide for XP, Vista, and Windows 7 42,966
How to Create an Audio CD from MP3 Files Using Free Software 42,834
How to Access Advanced Settings and Information for Your Chrome or Firefox Browser 42,676
How to Disable the Microsoft Java Virtual Machine (MSJVM) 38,622
Best Free Security Diet Plan 37,973
How to build and host a website for free - 2 37,521
How to Fix a Computer that Keeps Waking Up 37,217
How to Remove the NAG Screen from Diskeeper Lite 36,378
Understanding The Windows 7 UAC 35,816
How to Rip to, Play and Split One-Album FLAC Files? 34,066
Nifty Way to Safely Move Folders or Programs to Another Drive or Partition in Windows 7 34,026
How to Unlock Extra Functions on Canon Compact Digital Cameras 31,378
How To Avoid Spam 30,852
What DNS Servers Do 30,567
How to Fix a Malware Infected Computer 29,281
How to split, trim and join wmv video files with AsfBinWin? 28,580
How to Report Malware or False Positives to Multiple Antivirus Vendors 28,175
How to Find Stuff on Your Windows 7 PC 27,426
How to Report Spam 27,307
How to Stop Vista Objecting to Programs at Startup 27,009
How to Backup the Windows Registry 25,973
How to add an Additional Layer of Security to Your PC 23,627
What Else Have You Just Downloaded? 23,313
How to Convert CSV to TSV files by Batch 22,808
How to Customize the Windows 7 Notification Area (System Tray) 22,415
How to create a Multi episode DVD with DVDStyler 22,229
How to Use Mouse Shortcuts 22,202
How to Find Out the Real Manufacturer of a Recordable DVD 21,882
Optimizing BitTorrent For Speed 21,511
How To Locate The Best Free Radio Stations Streaming Classical Music 20,985
How to Get the Best Use from the 7-Zip File Archiver Program 19,962
A Novel, Easy-To-Remember Technique for Creating Strong Passwords 19,447
Best Use For An Old Machine 19,226
How to Find Help at Microsoft for Your Computer Problems 18,817
How to Create a BartPE disk Containing Acronis Universal Restore 18,544
Optimizing Halite For Speed 18,032
How to Find Out the Actual Quality of an Audio File? 17,792
How to Report Dangerous Websites 17,491
How to Make Your Computer Screen Easier to See 15,863
How to create certain number of full+incremental backup archives with Acronis 15,862
How to Easily Insert Special Symbols and Characters in Windows - Part I 15,540
How to Adjust the Visual Settings in Windows 7 for Best Performance 15,496
Vuze Help: Installing The Mainline DHT Plugin 15,449
How to Add a Classic All Programs Fly-Out Menu to the Windows 7 Start Menu 14,809
Best Free Technical Support Sites 14,228
ReInstalling Windows 14,111
How to Launch any Program Quickly Using Vista's Run Command. 13,628
How to Write Compelling Articles on Technical Topics 13,445
How To Use the Snipping Tool in Vista 12,885
How to Get a Report of the Health of Your Windows 7 PC 12,883
What is a bit? 12,701
How to Stop the Pesky Interference from Laptop Touchpads When Typing 12,602
What ISO Files Are - How to Open and Use Them 12,311
Optimizing Transmission For Windows For Speed 11,644
qBittorrent Help: Using the qBittorrent Torrent Search Engine 11,566
How to Suggest a New Software Category 11,372
How to Repair a Windows 7 System with an Installation Disc 11,338
An Introduction and a Quick Guide to Sandboxie 11,306
How to Extend the Lifetime and Make Better Use of Solid State Drives (SSDs) in Windows 7 PCs 10,976
qBittorrent Help: The Main Window 10,971
How To Use Torrents 10,756
How to Interpret a Top Download List on Your Favorite Download Sites 10,520
Use OpenWithAdd and Other Methods to Run a File with the Program you Want 9,906
What is a byte? 9,712
Learning to Make Your Own Website For Free 9,498
What is 64-bit? 8,624
What is 32-bit? 8,385
How to Schedule Programs to Run Automatically in Windows 7 8,360
qBittorrent Additional Help and Information 7,951
Seven Tips To Improve Your Security On Facebook 7,868
How to Easily Insert Special Symbols and Characters in Windows - Part II 7,435
Bits and Bytes Explained 7,289
How to Personalize the Windows XP Start Menu 7,255
How to Ask a Question When You Want Technical Help 7,198
What is 256-bit? 6,622
Easy Way to Securely Erase a Drive 6,252
What is 8-bit? 6,005
What is 128-bit? 5,114
Optimizing µTorrent for Mac For Speed 4,962
Understanding the Windows 8 user interfaces 4,654
What is 16-bit? 3,764
Installing µTorrent (or BitTorrent) Without Toolbar and Ads 3,276
µTorrent & BitTorrent Help 1,432
Installing Vuze Without Toolbar 1,347
µTorrent Help: Dealing With ISP Interference 1,096
µTorrent Help: How To Hide & Lock µTorrent 983
µTorrent Help: Moving Downloads Into Category Folders 960
Vuze Help 883
Vuze Help: Dealing with ISP Interference 796
qBittorrent Help 536