Most computer users would know that properly shutting down a desktop PC is very important to prevent your files from getting corrupted and it also minimizes the risk of damaging the hard drive. However, there are times when things are just out of your control such as an unexpected power failure or your kid pulling the plug out of the socket which causes a forced shut down. One way to keep your computer running when there is no electricity, giving you enough time to properly shut down your computer, is by using a battery backup known as Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS).

A more affordable lower range home based UPS normally has a few battery protected and surge-only outlets but with only 1 USB connection. The USB is for the UPS to tell the computer how much power is left on the battery so you can then either use the UPS manufacturer’s software or from the Windows power options perform a graceful shutdown before the battery is depleted. This would mean only 1 computer can know when the battery level is low and auto shutdown the computer but the rest of the computers connected to the other remaining battery protected outlets won’t know and cannot be configured to automatically shutdown.

In this article we’ll show you a couple of ways on how you can use one UPS on multiple computers and automatically shut down all the computers that are connected to that one single UPS.
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If your system memory is faulty, it can cause all manner of weird and wonderful problems, many of which you wouldn’t relate to system RAM being the culprit. Another part of your system that might have its own memory is the video card. That could also fail or become faulty as well. While a problem with system RAM can sometimes be difficult to pin down, video memory problems should be easier to identify because the issues will be related to displaying the image on the screen.

This can manifest itself in a few ways, such as getting a blue screen of death or a restart while playing games. Other issues could be graphical glitches or visual artifacts during gaming. Problems are more likely to occur when your graphics card is working hard. If you suspect there is a fault with your video card’s memory it would be a good idea to test it and help determine if you need to replace or return your card.

Here are six free tools that can help you test the memory of your video card. They were tested with and work in Windows 10 and 7.
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Everybody would like their PC or laptop to be faster and the obvious solution would be to go out and purchase a new machine or upgrade the components in the computer you currently own. There are many pieces of hardware that can improve the performance of a computer, such as an SSD, more or faster memory, or the CPU (Central Processing Unit). As the processor is the central brain of a computer, it makes sense that an upgraded CPU would help improve performance across the board.

Many games would run faster, video and audio encoding would take less time, Windows would generally work faster and resource intensive tasks would be completed at a quicker pace. The trouble with buying or researching a CPU is there are hundreds on sale at any one time from the likes of Intel and AMD, and thousands have been released over the last few decades. That causes a problem because it becomes harder to find the right CPU which offers the best value or performance you are looking for.

A simple solution is to use a website that lists processor performance and allows you to compare directly between different chips, such as your current and another CPU, so it’s much easier to see what sort of a gains you could get. Here we have 5 websites that list CPU benchmark results and allow direct like for like comparisons between processors
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Every internet router comes with a user name and password to gain access to its configuration pages. You don’t want just anyone on the network being able to edit things like firewall settings or the WiFi password. Users are normally advised to change the password for security reasons but many still don’t do that or even know it’s advisable to.

Forgetting your own or the default router password is very common because you don’t really need to access the router settings very often. However, it is quite troublesome when you don’t know the router password because there are several important settings that could literally block you and others from accessing the network or internet completely.

The most obvious advice you’d find on the Internet is to simply reset the router back to the default configuration. That is not a foolproof method because you still need to know the default password. Here are some ways to access your router if you’ve forgotten or don’t know the password.
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