Tech It Out

Practical tips and tricks to take your tech gear and computing skills to the next level.

by Melanie Pinola

Melanie Pinola is a freelance writer covering all things tech-related. A former IT admin and occasional web developer, she is also the author of LinkedIn in 30 Minutes, a Lifehacker editor, and the Guide to Mobile Office Tech at About.com.

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Download all your tweets (and Google and Facebook data)

Posted Dec 17, 2012 - 12:41 pm

Now you can archive every tweet you've ever made, for posterity and a fun look back
Consumerization of IT, archive Twitter, data liberation
Reset a Windows password with the System Recovery Disk

Posted Dec 14, 2012 - 02:18 pm

You don't need a third-party tool to reset a forgotten Windows password
Consumerization of IT, password, password reset
Facebook's latest privacy changes: What you need to know

Posted Dec 12, 2012 - 01:51 pm

Some of Facebook's new privacy changes are actually pretty good. Others, not so much.
Consumerization of IT, Facebook, privacy
Disable the Windows 8 tiled start screen for good

Posted Dec 11, 2012 - 03:43 pm

Go straight to the Windows 7 desktop while enjoying all the benefits of Windows 8 with this utility
Consumerization of IT, Metro UI, start screen
How to make sure important emails never get sent to spam

Posted Dec 10, 2012 - 05:18 pm

No email spam filter is perfect. Whitelist the contacts you know aren't from junk senders.
Consumerization of IT, Yahoo, emails
If your router is still using the default password, change it now!

Posted Dec 07, 2012 - 03:14 pm

Today I hacked into the routers of several organizations. Actually, it was easy--I just had to type in "password"
Security, hacks, networks
Cheat sheets galore! 2 sources for quick reference guides on hundreds of computer topics

Posted Dec 06, 2012 - 06:21 pm

Who doesn't love cheat sheets? Keep reference information for a range of programs and computer topics at your fingertips with these guides
Consumerization of IT, cheat sheets, cheatsheets
Get detailed computer performance information with Windows' built-in benchmarks tool

Posted Dec 05, 2012 - 03:12 pm

You don't need to download a benchmark program to find out how much performance you can expect from your PC
Consumerization of IT, Benchmarking, performance
Facebook automatic photo sync: 3 reasons to say "No thanks"

Posted Dec 03, 2012 - 02:28 pm

Do you really want Facebook uploading every photo from your mobile phone?
Consumerization of IT, Facebook, mobile photos
Find out how your favorite websites are tracking you or using your data

Posted Nov 30, 2012 - 12:20 pm

PrivacyChoice scores the privacy settings of over 4,000 websites so you can make sense of their tracking and data usage policies
Consumerization of IT, chrome extensions, data privacy

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