Mike's Tech Blog

How To Lock Your Computer Screen in Windows 7 / Vista

One major area of computer security that is overlooked is locking your computer screen when you leave your desk. There are several ways to lock your computer screen, with one of them being using the Hotkey Win+L method. I like this way for locking your computer screen, because I often don't remember the Hotkey method.

How To Open a Stuck CD / DVD Drive

Operating Systems - Microsoft / Windows

The other day I was asked by someone to look at their DVD drive that had a CD stuck in it. This can be frustrating when even pushing the Eject button, and the CD won't eject. Fortunately, there is an easy solution.

List of Free Microsoft Office Templates To Improve Productivity

Operating Systems - Microsoft / Windows

Microsoft Office Templates are a great way to greatly speed up document creation as well as maintain document conformity, and office productivity. These Office Templates are

Completely and Securely Erase Hard Drive Data

Operating Systems - Microsoft / Windows

Recently I was asked to completely erase a hard drive. As a lot of people know, just deleting a file, or re-formatting the hard drive doesn't do the trick. The data is still on your hard drive, and can be easily pulled off. Luckily there are

Disable Windows Needs Your Permission to Continue in Vista

Operating Systems - Microsoft / Windows

Whenever I work on someone's computer with Vista on it, I usually get the "Windows Needs Your Permission to Continue" prompts. These security alerts do serve a purpose, however