• How Do I Gain Administrator Access Without a Password?

  
  Anthony Venable purchased a used PC from a business going out of business. They didn't give him the password to the one administrator account.

• 5 Cool Hacks for Your Entertainment Gadgets

  
  Add external storage to your TiVo, beef up your Xbox 360, rip DVDs to your media player, play your iTunes purchases on any device, and use your standard cable remote to skip commercials.

Latest How-To

• How Do I Gain Administrator Access Without a Password? Anthony Venable purchased a used PC from a business going out of business. They didn't give him the password to the one administrator account.
• 12 Unnecessary Vista Features You Can Disable Right Now Tired of Vista's bloat? Reclaim your PC's performance by turning off a dozen wasteful features.
• 5 Cool Hacks for Your Entertainment Gadgets Add external storage to your TiVo, beef up your Xbox 360, rip DVDs to your media player, play your iTunes purchases on any device, and use your standard cable remote to skip commercials.
• Quadruple Your Fun (and Productivity) With a Four-Monitor System Think dual-display systems are the bee's knees? This quad-head setup will blow your mind.
• How Do I Back Up a Pre-USB PC? Edward Zolotarevsky still uses an old PC without USB ports. How should he back up the hard drive?
• Dual Monitors, the Only Way to Go Using two monitors can make your computing day much easier--Steve Bass tells you how to set them up.
• Burn Your Photo's Edges Use your image editor to simulate a traditional darkroom effect that emphasizes your subject.
• Why Do I Still Get Black Bars On My HDTV? Karlheinz Tyler wants to know why, even with a Blu-Ray player and discs, movies still don't fill the HDTV's screen
• How I Upgraded My Laptop's Hard Drive and Almost Lost My Mind In which a simple hardware upgrade allows me to channel my inner Laurel and Hardy.
• Unlock Advanced Features on Your Canon Digital Camera With this simple, free software hack, you can add RAW support, histograms, burst mode, and other high-end features to even a low-end Canon camera.
• Six Hacks For Your Mobile Gear Unlock your iPhone, supercharge your camera, and take your TiVo shows on the road for free. These six hacks unleash the hidden power in your mobile gadgets.
• 20 Tech Habits to Improve Your Life A few new habits can make the difference between staying on task, finding what you need, and getting things done--or having a tech meltdown.
• Smart Fixes for Your Printing, E-Mail, and Audio Hassles Save on costly printer ink, handle leftover Registry junk, and defeat a common Outlook annoyance. Plus: two cool volume-control tools.
• Time-Management Tips for Mobile Professionals The late Randy Pausch offered valuable lessons for managing our most precious commodity.
• Why Does My PC Suddenly Shut Itself Off? Phil Sydell of Boynton Beach, Florida asks why his PC suddenly shuts down for no perceptible reason. It displays no error message or blue screen of death, and starts up just fine.
• When to Worry About Security Holes--and When Not To Annoyed by all the computerese that litters security stories? Here's your guide.
• Heads Up: Trojans and Viruses Are Out to Get You Watch out for nasty Trojan horses--plus Steve Bass looks at free security tools, Microsoft tech support numbers, and goofy Olympic photos.
• Frequently Asked Photo Questions for August Here's how to take high-speed photos, burn videos and photos to disc, and more.
• Why Does My Scanner Produce Huge PDF Files? TechBeginner, on the Answer Line Forum, wants to know why his scanner produces such huge PDF files
• What to Look For in Your Next Color Laser Printer When choosing the right color laser printer for your business, you should weigh the importance of certain key features.

Popular Buying Guides

Buying Guides deliver continuously updated advice and test results from our editors to help you make critical purchasing decisions.

• Laptops
• Desktops
• Digital Cameras
• Printers
• HDTV
• Cellphones

Other Buying Guide Topics

• Digital Camcorders
• GPS Devices
• Graphics Boards
• Hard Drives
• Monitors
• MP3 Players
• Networking Products
• DVD Recorders
• Motherboards