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By default the Windows 10 File Explorer opens to the quick access folder by default, personally i dont find that at all useful and would sooner it open “This PC” (My Computer) so I can have easy access to hard drives, connected devices and network shares. Thankfully the Windows 10 file explorer can be made to open This PC by default, it even has its own setting hidden away, so no registry hacks are required like on Windows 8. To make the Windows 10 File Explorer open this PC by default you need to do the following: On any open file explorer window click the view tab Then click options > change folder and search options Now simply change the open file explorer option to “This PC” When you click on ok you have done it, now when you open a new file explorer windows it will default to opening “This PC” from now on. I hope this helps someone out, again easy once you know where to look!

Update: The Windows 10 Anniversary Update (1607) removed the ability to disable the lock screen on Windows 10 Pro editions sadly, this tutorial will still work for enterprise versions of Windows 10, however not on Pro editions if you have updated past Windows 10 1511, released in November 2015. The Windows 10 lock screen makes sense on tablet / mobile devices, however on a desktop PC or laptop the lock screen is just an extra click every time you wish to use your device. Thankfully the Windows 10 lock screen can be disabled quite easily. To disable the lock screen on Windows 10 press the start button and search for “edit group policy”, then click on edit group policy to bring up the local group policy editor: Once you have the local group policy editor loaded up navigate down to thew following: Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Control Panel > Personalization, then double click on “Do not display the lock screen” On the left menu select “Enabled” then click ok. Thats it, you no longer have a lock screen on your device. Press the Windows Key + L to lock your device, you will now see you are prompted…

If you want to re install Windows 10 after obtaining the free upgrade you will find that you loose the free copy of the Windows 10 DVD player you were given for upgrading from Windows 8 Professional With Media Center or Windows 7 Home Premium / Ultimate. However fear not, this simple guide will show you how to re-install the Windows 10 DVD player for free! First download the Windows 10 DVD player for your version of Windows 10, either 32bit or 64bit: Download Windows 10 DVD Player 32bit Download Windows 10 DVD Player 64bit The above downloads link directly to the Windows 10 DVD player on Windows Update, so you can be assured the file is safe. One downloaded, use WinRAR to extract the cab file, this can be done by right clicking on either the windows10.0-kb3081704-x64.msi or windows10.0-kb3081704-x86.msi depending on which file you downloaded, then select extract here: Next you want to make two folders in the root of your C:\ drive called temp and temp2. Copy either the windows10.0-kb3081704-x64.msi or windows10.0-kb3081704-x86.msi you extracted in to the temp folder you just created. Now you need to open the Command Prompt, this can be done by searching for “Command Prompt” in the start menu. Once…

So you have a Jailbroken Apple TV 2 and want install a specific version of XBMC or Kodi, this mini tutorial will show you how to do so. You might be wondering why would you not simply do: apt-get update apt-get remove org.xbmc.kodi-atv2 That would install the latest version of Kodi, which normally wouldn’t be a problem. However development of Kodi for the Apple TV 2 platform has come to an end, so eventually you might no longer be able to do this. Another reason might be you want to boot in to boot Kodi / XBMC directly when the Apple TV is powered on for ease of use by family members, this is not possible with the latest version of Kodi. First ssh in to your Jailbroken Apple TV, the default username is root and the default password is alpine. Now do: apt-get update – This updates the packages available from the repositories, it wont hurt to do this. Remove Previous versions of XBMC / Kodi: Work you way down the list below and copy / paste the commands which are highlighted in bold to remove and clean-up from any previous Xbmc / Kodi installs. rm -f *kodi*.deb – Deletes any…

In today’s world online privacy, regional blocks and censorship is becoming more and more of an issue. A lot of VPN services are appearing which aim to allow people to be anonymous when browsing the internet. However these VPN services present a few problems. The first is you have no idea what data is really logged, or even if anyone is snooping on what you are doing, the second is the cost. Often VPN services can be quite expensive and have limits on the amount of data that can be used each month. So what can you do? Well its very easy to set-up a secure VPN server on a Linux VPS (Virtual Private Server). On a VPS you have full root access, meaning you can do what you want and control who has access to the VPS. A basic VPS server can cost you as little as £2 a month, which is not a lot compared to paying for a VPN provider. In thus tutorial we are going to be using the most basic VPS from OVH, the VPS Classic 1. Link: VPS Servers from OVH The VPS Classic 1 has: 1x CPU core 1gb of ram 10gb of storage space 1x IPv4…