Whenever you delete a file on your Windows machine, that file is not immediately removed from the system. Instead, it goes to the Recycle bin where it sits until you delete it permanently. If you don’t empty the Recycle Bin, it will hold all the files until the bin has reached its maximum capacity, then will empty the oldest files first. This process gives you time to go back and recover files you may have deleted accidentally or changed your mind about....

You can try the conventional way – use command-line tools to expand it and a partition tool to expand the HDD size in the guest OS. There is another unconventional way – expand the HDD size in Virtualbox and treat your virtual PC as a real one! Instead of trying to alter the virtual machine’s HDD, we’ll do what we’d do with a “normal” PC: create and “attach” a second HDD, then use a standard, bootable version of the favorite imaging/backup tool CloneZilla to copy the contents of the old virtual HDD to the new one and then remove the old HDD, leaving you with more storage without having to deal with cryptic commands and strange failures....

If you want to test out Firefox 3.1 beta 2 (or other versions) on your Ubuntu, but don’t want it to mess up your existing Firefox setting, you can easily do so by creating a new profile. Here is how you can do so. Go to Firefox 3.1 beta 2 download page. Download the Linux package (firefox-3.1b2.tar.bz2) for your preferred language to your Home folder. Unzip the downloaded file to your Home folder....

This allows you to install this distribution on just about any system and storage medium possible. For example, you can install and boot a working copy of the latest version of Puppy Linux on a 512MB flash drive. This article shows you how you can do just that. Why Use Puppy Linux One of the biggest advantages of Puppy Linux is its ability to completely load and run from your machine’s memory....

With the release of KDE 4.2, Google Gadgets became fully integrated into Plasma. You can add them to your desktop with a few clicks of your mouse, unless you happen to be a Kubuntu user. For reasons that are outside the scope of this article, Kubuntu developers decided to remove the Google Gadget code from Plasma. Being the stubborn hackers that we are, however, we are going to get them back....

If you happen to log in to multiple websites daily on your computer and find it frustrating to log out of each website individually, there is a simple way to log out of all those websites at once. Log Out of Multiple Websites At Once To do the task you are going to use a free website. With the browser open, head to the Super Logout website. Note: please do not click the above link if you are not yet ready to be logged out of the websites....

Benefits of Using Alexa If you select Alexa as your default voice assistant on an Android device, you can add items to lists you may have started at home. So if you want to keep a to-do list on Alexa, and you think of something to add to that list while you are at work, you can use Alexa voice assist right from your phone. There are some drawbacks to replacing Google Assistant with Alexa....

Why Use Ledger Mode and Do Your Bookkeeping in Emacs? Ledger Mode is simple and intuitive to use. It automatically balances your finances and notifies you when there is any issue with your records. It also allows you to categorize your expenses and sources of income which could, then, be sorted and analyzed from the package itself. Simply put, Ledger Mode is a brilliant addition for someone that uses Emacs as their productivity suite....

Getting Specto Depending on your Linux distribution, you may already have Specto available in your standard repositories. If not, or if you’d like to use the latest development versions, you can download Specto here. If you are using Ubuntu Lucid, you can install Specto from the Ubuntu Software Center or simply type in the terminal: Other distros can check out the download page for the Specto Launchpad PPA. Setting Up Internet Services Once the installation is complete, you can start Specto by running directly from command line or Run box, or by clicking Applications -> Accessories -> Specto from within Gnome....

Most OEM choose to install Windows on their PCs and notebooks, and a free pre-installed software is always welcome. It is easy enough to operate, even for someone who is new to computers. Most software and applications are built for Windows because it is the choice of (or thrust onto) the majority. Yes, there may be times when you will complain about Windows, when the automatic updates and the various screen pop-ups annoy you and make you wish that this dratted OS would just leave you alone, but if you know how to maximize your Windows experience, there is just the chance that you might enjoy it more than you do right now....

Export Your Data The method we are using to merge both accounts relies on merging the local files present on the system. All the local files present in a user’s Home folder are saved in a disk image, which can be accessed on the new account. Since the local files do not include any app backups, you’ll need to export this data separately. The first step before merging the two accounts is to export all of your basic data....

While video editing software like Adobe Premiere CC or even the rudimentary MovieMaker are ideally suited for such jobs, there is a downside. With a full editing software, you will first have to import the video clips into the timeline to smooth the edges. This is definitely time-consuming. Nowadays, a perfect screen-recording software is what you need as an alternative to video-editing solutions. Here, we will show a few ways to capture any video that you see online and achieve a high quality video clip....

While useful for some, users who want to turn off this feature in Windows 8 and beyond will be annoyed to discover that it isn’t optional! Past Windows 7, there’s no longer an option within Windows to fully shut down automatic maintenance. All you can change is the time that Windows will perform the maintenance which doesn’t help if you want to stop it activating altogether. You can still turn it off once it has started, but what if you don’t want it starting at all?...

If you have followed our previous example of creating a Show Desktop icon for Windows 7, I bet you are also wondering how to pin that icon to the taskbar just like any other application. Don’t worry, here’s the way to pin your favorite files/folders to the taskbar. 1. Open a notepad. Go to File -> Save As. Save the file as ‘Show Desktop.exe’ in your desktop (you can give any name you want, but it must end with a ....

With all of that aside, there is an excellent program that is available for Linux that can read Blu-ray disks. It’s called MakeMKV, and it’s partially open source. That’s a big part of the reason you probably haven’t come across it in your distribution’s repositories. The closed source part handles reading Blu-ray, while the rest of it is open, striking an unusual balance for this particular task. MakeMKV is available for free....

Thankfully, a video compression standard called High Efficiency Video Coding (or HEVC/H.265) is available to help. The good news is that Windows 10 PCs can play H.265 video files. The only problem is you have to pay for it. Or do you? What Is HEVC? H.265, or HEVC, is a video compression standard. It’s predecessor, H.264, has been the go-to video compression standard for many years. The H.264 standard was used in virtually all video consumed, whether it was streamed, downloaded or an HDTV broadcast....

There are a few ways to get around this restriction, including downloading some apps that take care of it. However, this isn’t an ideal solution for some people; either they have no more room on their phone for more apps, or they simply don’t want to install more apps to do a job that shouldn’t be an issue in the first place. However, there’s a way to do with this an app that most Android users will already be using: a mobile browser....

Two-factor authentication adds an additional method of logging into your blog; a method that no one else has access to besides the user. Any hacker can easily figure out a username and password, which is why this single method of logging into your blog is not suffice. With two-factor authentication, your users can verify their account via: Phone – they’ll receive a phone call with a pin to enter on your blog SMS – they’ll receive a text message with a passcode to enter on your blog Mobile app – they can use a mobile app, which will generate a passcode or send a push notification with a passcode, which they’ll need to enter on your blog...

All you want is a simple solution which will let you read your emails and RSS feeds at a central place. Microsoft Outlook 2007 has a solution for this. Microsoft Outlook 2007 can be used to import Google reader subscriptions and read RSS feeds alongside your daily emails. You can also choose to open Google reader right inside Outlook to read blog updates. Export Feed Subscriptions From Google Reader to Ms Outlook Follow the steps below to add RSS feeds in Microsoft Outlook:...

How to Rearrange Photos in a Carousel Story While Publishing You cannot arrange a story carousel once it has been published. But you can change the order while publishing. Also, this only works for photos and videos that you add from the Gallery that are not taken with the Camera. How to Rearrange Photos in a Carousel Post While Publishing How to Rearrange Photos in a Carousel Post After Publishing Instagram doesn’t offer a direct way to change the order of photos in an Instagram carousel post....