When you double-click on a file in Windows, it will automatically open a default program that is configured to manage these types of files. It is common, though, want or need to use a different ...

WiFi is great until you start reaching the fringes of your router's range, at which point throughput slows to a trickle and you start dreaming of nice, reliable ethernet cables. Happily there's an ...

Microsoft has sacrificed usability to provide a pretty interface in this powerful but unnecessarily clumsy service. Using Microsoft’s Live Mesh service is like learning to drive a car: Once you have ...

A compressed version of files, popularly known as zipped files are convenient but also prone to errors. So, when you attempt to open such files using freeware ...

Windows programs have unique "Process IDs." Windows identifies all processes using this ID. Microsoft Winform developers often need to allow users to open files such as Word documents, images and even ...

A file, typically a disk file, that has been made available to the application by the operating system for reading and/or writing. All files must be "opened" before they can be accessed and "closed" ...