These days, people keep their entire lives on their smartphones. From personal information like credit card numbers and bills, to personal photos and videos, smartphone users carry a lot of private information with them at all times. Naturally, these people would like to be able to protect this sensitive information and make sure that it does not get into the wrong hands.

From protecting your iPhone from theft and viruses to making sure that no one reads your personal text messages, here is a list of six fantastic iPhone apps that can help you to secure every aspect of your phones and all the personal information found within them.

Black SMS

If you don’t want anyone reading your text messages, this is one of the best apps to look into. You can use a password to encrypt all of the text messages you don’t want people to see and then even if they do get into your phone and your messages, all of the sensitive messages will show up as a black chat bubble to anyone who doesn’t have the password needed to unlock them. The app can be used to hide photos as well.

Stash

This is the iPhone app to turn to for securing all of your media. It also works as a download manager. With Stash, you will be able to secure all of your photos, videos and other private documents. You can also use a private web browser with this app to download media right into your private directory.

Find My iPhone

If you are someone who constantly misplaces your phone, you need to check out this app. It allows you to sign in to your device remotely and then locate it. In the meantime, you can also display a message on it, lock your device or even erase all data remotely.

GadgetTrak

This is the ultimate app for preventing your iPhone from being stolen, and if it does get stolen, retrieving it. GadgetTrak can not only take a snapshot of the thief that took your phone, but it will also enable you to pinpoint its location and track down the culprit quickly and accurately.

1Password Pro

If you are going to get an app for protecting your passwords, you might as well get the best one. 1 Password Pro is a bit on the pricey side, but it is easily the most complete and most popular app of its kind used by iPhone owners. The app allows you to securely save and store all of your favorite websites and their corresponding passwords so that you have them all in one place. You can also use the app to store credit card, membership numbers, and just about any other sensitive information found on your phone.

VirusBarrier

VirusBarrier is one of the best and most effective apps for keeping your iPhone and your home computer safe from viruses and malware that could potential infect both. It detects and gets rid of all potential threats immediately, keeping your smartphone and your computer free from danger. It works to stop all known Mac OS X, Windows and Unix viruses and malware.

With these five apps, you can rest assured that your mobile device and all the sensitive material on it will be safe and secure at all times.

==== About thee Author ====
David Lazar is a blogger at CometDocs.com. With a background in journalism, he enjoys writing about and following a variety of topics, including careers, education, technology and new media.

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Wi-Fi technology is being extensively used worldwide as it is fast, reliable and most importantly it is pretty simple to implement. You just need a wireless router, connect it to your broadband modem and simply connect the required LAN ports to your desktop via an Ethernet cable.

However, one common problem that Wi-Fi users often come across is the limited range of Wi-Fi signals emitting from the wireless router. The root cause for this issue is the lengthy distance between your system and the router that weakens the signals. This problem can be solved when you extend your wireless network by following one or more of the methods which are mentioned below:

1) Install DD-WRT Firmware Or Tomato Firmware:
You can easily install DD-WRT firmware or Tomato firmware on your wireless router. This firmware might help you get increased range of your Wi-Fi signals. Furthermore, you can extend the signal strength by increasing the transmit power and disabling the “frame burst” and “after burner” option from the router’s web dashboard.

2) Use Wireless Range Expander:
Another thing that you can do to increase Wi-Fi signal strength by attaching a Wi-Fi Repeater, i.e. Wireless Range Expander to your router without putting any efforts to use cables. You should place the Repeater device within the range of your router so that it can reflect signals widely even to the places where signals were poor before. The Repeater has ability to connect wirelessly to both routers and access points.

3) Use Software Programs:
Some of you might have heard about InSSIDer utility. It’s a free utility that lets you detect the existence and strength of available wireless networks. You can install InSSIDer on to your system and look for the right place where your laptop catches the wireless signals. The app will show the place where you can get the best signal strength, hence you would be able to find a suitable place to place your router.

4) Use Access Points:
You have another option of using Access Points to boost up Wi-Fi signal power. This method is certainly suitable for big enterprises, universities and colleges where instant connectivity is required. Wireless Access points is relatively expensive than equivalent routers therefore big organizations can easily bear the cost.

5) Use Omnidirectional Antennas:
Most of the wireless routers usually come with omnidirectional antennas. But it is easy to replace them with unidirectional antennas which are more powerful. This will help you achieve the signals in all directions. If you are unable to find the compatible antenna for the version of your router, then you may consider a Booster antenna. Booster antenna is omnidirectional by nature, but it will enhance the range and strength of your wireless network.

The aforementioned are some easy steps to extend your Wi-Fi signal strength and power. Applying these methods would certainly help you get greater Wi-Fi signals throughout your home and offices.

==== About Author ====
M Faisal is an IT guy and owner of the Geeky Portal – a tech blog providing Android Tutorials, iOS Tutorials, Windows 8 Tutorials, Windows 7 Tutorials, and Top 10 Lists for Geeks.

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It is very easy to use Intel Turbo Boost for the Intel core i5 processor. You activate it by going to your computer’s BIOS system at boot up. It is firmware or software designed for optimizing your computer’s processor. The technology works by setting aside power from a processor’s unused components for the CPU. This configuration gives extra power for the chipset.

Functions

The technology works by balancing the processor workload for a multi-core chip. For instance, if a quad-core chip is utilizing only 1 or 2 cores, the rest (typically for the fourth core) will be assigned to the other cores.

Clock speeds are increased. The performance of each core is enhanced. Even if the four cores are utilized, Turbo Boost technology is still going to enhance the system. This is assuming the processors are not yet running at full power.

Thermal Design Power

The technology works by checking the thermal design power (TDP). This is the uppermost energy output the chip can maintain without being damaged. For instance, each core of a quad-core will be increased. This is provided each processor is functioning on integer processes. The TDP limit is usually reached if the CPU is involved in floating point calculations. If the TDP limit is attained, the Turbo Boost technology will step in.

Operation and Monitoring

The controller technology works by assessing the power consumption of a processing unit 200 times every second. Adjustments are set for every unit as deemed fit. Note that the boost will not work if they are not necessary. Processor Overclocking may reach up to 2 speed bins. The boost is up to 133 MHz. However, the bin speed will hinge on the processor implementation.

Supported Processors

You can use Intel Turbo Boost for Intel core i5 processor for the supported devices. Among them are the Intel Core i7 mobile processor Extreme Edition, Intel Core i7 processor Extreme Edition, and the Intel Core i7 mobile and desktop processors. All 5500, Core i7 and Core i5 with multi-core processing chips support this technology.

When your system is being used, core sub-components will be given power by the Boost. This permits a CPU’s working cores to function at a rate that is more efficient. This leads to better system performance.

CPU Speed Assessment

The technology boost is always keeping an eye on the power consumption needed by your computer’s core processor. If your system is idle, the software will still keep an eye on the whole chipset. The goal of course, is to keep the system power allocation balanced. It helps ensure that power is distributed properly. The effect of all this is enhanced CPU speed.

Other Information

The Boost and Hyper-Threading technology are turned on automatically if the Intel processor has support for it. Although it can be disabled, it is best left on as the speed increase can be significant. As stated, the speed boost can be more than 133 MHz per core. However, the speed will depend on the bus size, the tasks and the chipset.

Those who use Intel Turbo Boost for Intel core i5 processor will reduce the heat generated by the core. This is possible because of the reallocation of power. What makes the technology effective is it increases power but keeps the unit from overheating. Even when used, the technology ensures your system is working within safe limits.

==== About the Author ====
Charlie is a free lancer writer of zaheerspeaks.com and he enjoys explaining everything you need to know about CPU temperature.

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If you have used the internet at all, you have probably at some point used Google maps. It is probably the most fascinating and under utilized tool on the web. It is great for getting directions from here to there. You can also use the satellite view to get a real life picture of an area on they map. Street view is pretty handy to if you want to know what the landmarks of an area you are visiting look like. Today, I would like to show you a neat tool for measuring distances using Google maps.

I work in the construction industry and we are constantly looking at large buildings and parking structures. So often when you’re bidding work for someone, they don’t have a good blueprint with accurate measurements. Fortunately, Google maps makes this pretty easy. First thing we need to do is have a Google account. If you don’t have one, go to http://gmail.com and sign up for an account. The reason for this is you need to actually login to Google maps to use this tool. Once you have a Google account, go to http://maps.google.com. You should see something similar to the picture below. Beside the “Google” logo there is a search box where you can type an address or significant landmark and do a search. In my first example I typed “Golden Gate Bridge” because I thought it would be neat to see how long that bridge is. Once you type in your search, you will notice a button that says “My Places”. You will need to click this to get to the measuring tools.

Once you click on “My Places”, you will see what is pictured below. To use these tools, you actually create a custom map. Don’t worry, you can delete it later if you don’t want to keep it. Click the red “Create Map” button to start using the measuring tools.

Below, you can see my screen. The Golden Gate Bridge is pictured in the middle. In the upper left corner of the map, you will see three buttons. The little hand tool lets you move the map around. The middle tool that looks kind of like a push pin allows you mark places on a map. This is handy for travel planning. The last tool looks like a squiggly line. This tool lets you draw a line on the map and is what we will use to measure distance.

Below, you can see up close where I selected the “Draw a line” option on the Google map.

Below, you can see where I have drawn my line across the bridge. Here’s what I did. I clicked on the first point where I thought the bridge started. Now you can drag if you want to. What I did was just find the ending point of the bridge and clicked there. You will notice when you click, you get a little white square indicating a point where you clicked. Straight lines are easy. If you have something that is curvy or oddly shaped you will need to do several small clicks at a time. Once you have finished drawing your line, you will need to click the last point of your line to indicate you are finished.

Once you have completed your line, a little box will pop up like the one pictured below. This is where you can give your line a description. Notice at the bottom of the box that it tells you how long the line is. In this case it was 1.05 miles.

Now you may be wondering how accurate this measurement is. Well, I was a little skeptical. One problem for me on the Golden Gate Bridge was I didn’t know how far down to click to get an “official” measurement. So I decided to my own little test. I decided to do a search for the place where I work. In the back of our building we have this huge dumpster. I went out and measured and got 21.5 feet on my tape measure. Notice in the picture below, I have a red arrow pointing to the measurement of my dumpster. That is pretty darn close if you ask me!

There are so many applications I could see this tool being used for. For instance, in the electrical industry it is always important to have an accurate measurement of cable runs so you order the appropriate amount of cable. Copper is expensive and having good measurements can save you a lot of money. Maybe you need to reseed your lawn but you’re not sure how many square feet you have. Google maps would be an excellent way to measure that distance. I hope you have enjoyed this little tutorial. As always feel free to comment or as any questions.

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Joining in the Twitter chatter is all well and good. But with over 340 million tweets being sent every single day, what happens when chit chat becomes clap trap? The value in sorting out important updates to you and your brand is vital. So you’ve attended the seminars and honed your Twitter feed, amassing thousands of followers along the way. But what if one day your account goes to Twitter heaven. What will you do then? Have you considered the issue of backing up?

When it comes to IT, the basic rule is that if it doesn’t exist in three places, then it doesn’t exist at all. Things fail, items get lost or stolen and if you’ve spent days, weeks, months even years creating material, then those losses can be a hard, potentially damaging lesson to learn. The same is true for Twitter. And after putting in the time and effort in cultivating a Twitter identity via Twitter, you don’t want all your hard work wiped out with not a footprint left in the twitter landscape. When it comes to online data, it’s not beyond possibilities, so it’s worth being prepared.

Twitter only gives users access to their previous 3200 tweets. So anything prior to that has dropped off into the black Twitter hole with no chance of recovery. Of course, that’s unless you’ve followed the back-up rule and downloaded them. Do this, and you can sleep easy with the knowledge that even if your Twitter account goes belly-up, you won’t lose all that important info.

In July 2012, Twitter revealed plans to release a tool that will solve part of this problem. The New York Times reported that the company’s chief executive, Dick Costolo, had announced in a recent meeting that Twitter was going to create an application that will allow users to view and download all previous tweets. But what about right now? Well thankfully there are back-up options available to Twitter users via third-party services. Below are three ways to back up your tweets.

At the moment, there are a few options for to download content from Twitter to your own machine – my favorite is the free Tweetdownload device. Another popular (but paid for) choice is Backupify which can be used to back up not just Twitter but also Facebook, Flickr and Google Apps. The company already claims to protect 1.7 billion emails and offers a weekly free Twitter back up service. Some tools not only offer a back-up option but also a search tool. Take Twissues for instance. This free tool means you can back up your Twitter account plus browse and search through them. The benefit of this is that you can check through communication on a certain topic easily and fairly quickly.

Alternatively, there are more straight-forward techniques which involves copying and pasting each individual tweet to a text document which you can then save on your own local server. Or there are also tweet synchronization services to download your tweets on a spreadsheet. It’s worth taking the time to find out what would suit you because whichever one these tools you use, the results could be invaluable when it comes to protecting and potentially researching your Twitter use.

==== About the Author ====
Ben Jones is a tech writer sharing experiences and investigations into the world of online, gadgetry, social media and hosting.

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Although we are seeing so many advances and revolutionary improvements to smart phones, less and less focus is being directed towards battery life. Many brands make it obvious they have not (and will not) make it a priority, while others don’t seem to be sacrificing any other feature to offer their users a longer life. Considering the results of testing the battery life for the iPhone 5 are coming up less than stellar, many users are looking for ways to get the most from their smart phone battery.

1) Kill Apps:
In every operating system, there is an option view and manage apps, which can help you keep an eye on what is running at any given time. Many pre-installed apps eat up battery life by consistently running in the background, even if you kill them at start up. Since you can’t uninstall some of the apps themselves, you’ll need the app manager to show you what is running, and allow you to manually kill them. Getting an app killer app is also helpful, where you can set it to automatically kill actively running apps in a specified interval (minutes, half hour, hour etc.), which will buy you battery life through out the day, without maintaining it yourself. These apps are available for every smartphone OS.

2) Be prepared with the necessary tools:
If your smartphone doesn’t have the best battery life to start with, or you have to go long instances without the opportunity to charge, it’s important to be prepared. Buying an additional battery for your phone is a no brainer, but many smart phones these days aren’t designed to give the user access to the battery, let alone allow you the opportunity to remove and replace it. Thankfully there is another solution: a charging booster. Working as a battery pack that can be charged itself, you can use it to give your phone (or any other device) a boost any time, any where, with out needing access to an outlet. This is ideal for emergencies as well, as long as you remember to keep the booster charged, you can replenish your smartphone battery on the go.

3) Choose when to connect:
Nothing eats up battery like connecting to a 3G/4G network or Wifi hotspot. If you’re not using it, disable your Wi-Fi, or any other app that seeks out Wi-Fi hotspots. Same goes for 3G and especially 4G (where it applies). You will often have the opportunity to choose the network you’re connecting to. If you’re in an area with minimal coverage, switching from 4G to 3G alone can increase battery life, and not impact speed or service. From 2G, to 3G, to 4G, each edition takes a harder toll on your battery life, so when you have the option, choose wisely.

4) Personalized settings and battery life management:
Things like a bright display and vibration notifications are great, but not necessary for all day use. Manage your personalized settings and only use vibration when on silent mode, and choose a conservative brightness for your display when you’re not viewing movies or photos. Checking out the status report of your battery consumption is easy on every operating system, but there are some apps that make it easier to determine what is eating away the most life, which helps you determine what settings you can tweak or sacrifice to get a longer life between charges.

5) Basic maintenance:
To protect and extend the life of your battery, charging your phone should be done without any covers or protectors, that may cause the phone to overheat while powering up. Long term exposure to excessive heat (over 95 F, 35 C) such as by leaving your phone in a hot car, or in the sun, can permanently damage your battery, cutting it’s life by almost 40 percent in the course of just a year.

==== About the Author ====
This post was written by Chloe Parker, an editor for MobilePhones.org.uk, where she writes about the latest in technology and smartphone news.

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Windows 8 has the ability to share files between computers just like its predecessors. Unfortunately, the look of Windows 8 may make setting up files sharing a little difficult. Today, I would like to show you how you can easily share files using Windows 8.

First, position your mouse in the top right corner of the screen to bring out the charm bar. At the bottom of the charm bar there is an icon that looks like a little cog. This is the “Settings” icon. Click it and you will see the menu pictured below. Click the “Network” icon that you can see highlighted in red below.

Under the “Networks” menu, find your network and right-click it. You will see a menu that says “Turn sharing on or off”. Click this option.

Click the option that says “Yes turn on sharing and connect to devices”.

Now, find the tile on the main screen labeled “Desktop”. This will take you to the traditional desktop screen.

Once you are in the desktop mode, go ahead and bring out the charm bar by positioning your mouse in the upper right corner of the screen. Choose the “Settings” icon and then choose “Control Panel” at the top of the screen. In the control panel window, you should see something similar to what I have pictured below. You will noticed I have highlighted a group and underlined an option that says “Choose homegroup and sharing options”. Let me give you a real quick overview of homegroup. Windows 7 and Windows 8 will allow you to share files using the homegroup feature. It is a very easy way to share files between computers without having to worry about user level permissions.

Pictured below, you can see the “Homegroup” screen. You have several options here. First, you can set what you want to share between computers. This is a real easy way to make an entertainment PC in your home because you can share movies and music with other devices in your house and stream them from your PC.

If you haven’t created the initial homegroup then instead of the picture above, you will see what is pictured below. At this point, you will want to click the “Create Homegroup” button and select what files you want to share. Then you will be able to see the options pictured above.

Once your group is created, you will also notice towards the bottom of the screen that there are other settings. One in particular I want to highlight is the option to “View or print the homegroup password.” Go ahead and click this option. Notice the long password at the top of the screen. This password is automatically generated for you by Windows 8. Even more cool, is they are nice enough to give you instructions at the bottom of the window so you know how to connect to shares on this computer. At this point you will want to write down the password generated by Windows 8.

Now that we have the initial homegroup created, we need to join other computers to it. Please note, only Windows 7 and Windows 8 can do homegroups. In the example below, I went to my Windows 7 PC and clicked the homegroup options as previously shown above. Notice that my Windows 7 PC sensed a homegroup had been started on the network. At this point I clicked “Join Now” at the bottom of the screen.

Remember that long password I showed you earlier? This is why you need it because when you click the “Join Now” button, you will be prompted for the password to join the homegroup.  At this point, you decide what files you want accessible on the other PC and voila!, you have a homegroup.

Here’s how you can share a file using homegroups. On the Windows 8 PC, create a folder on the desktop. I called mine “Home Budget”, but you can call it whatever you wish. Now, right-click that folder and choose the “Share With” option. Notice in the picture below, you have the option to share with the ‘Homegroup” and give them “view” rights or “View and edit” rights. If you don’t want people on the other computer to be able to change files on the Windows 8 computer, choose the “view” only option.

So now the big question becomes, “how do I get this file from the other computer?” What you are looking for is a path. The easiest way to get that path is to right-click the folder, just like we did above, and choose “Properties”. You will see the window pictured below. Click the “Sharing tab” and notice the network path that is listed.

Now, go to your other computer, and click the “Start” menu. Where it says “search programs and files”, type the path that was shown to you on the properties menu exactly and hit “Enter”. This will take you directly to that folder.

Another way you can access files is to go to your “Computer” window from the start menu, and look on the left side of the screen for “Homegroup”. Under it, you will see all the computers that are members of your homegroup listed, as pictured below.

All the files that were shared by default on the Windows 8 computer will be listed in the window to the right of the homegroup list.

I hope this tutorial helps you in getting files shared across your computers. As always, feel free to comment or email me any questions you may have.

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Everyone forgets their router password every now and then, right? There may come a time when you have to change some of the settings like security for your local Wi-Fi connection at home for instance. Unfortunately, when you try to access the controls for your router, you realize that you have forgotten which password (and sometimes the user name as well) you used when you set things up.

Calling tech support just to get things set up may not be the most pleasant idea on anyone’s list. You definitely don’t want to wait in queue for an hour or two just to get a solution that you can do yourself in just minutes. Here are the steps on how to reset a router password in order to save you a lot of time by not calling tech support.

OPTION #1 – The Super Paper Clip Method

This is usually the first thing that anyone troubleshooting this problem will do. This set of procedures can be used on just about any router out there. The first thing that you should do is to disconnect all the cables at the back of the router except for the power.

Next grab a regular sized paper clip and straighten it out. Turn the router around so that the back side will be facing you. Locate the little button that is labelled as “Reset.” This is the all-important part that you will need to mess with in order to do a hard reset.

Poke the Reset button and press it down using the paper clip that you straightened out earlier. Remember that you should hold it down for about 30 seconds. Holding down the reset button will make the router revert back to its original factory settings. This simply means that the password that the username and password you used to set it up the last time will be replaced with the default username and password.

Notice that the router will turn off when you hold down the reset button. After that the router will then power up again and the lights will start flashing like they used to. You may now plug the router back to your computer and you may now plug your DSL/Cable modem into the router if you’re using one. At this point it’s time to change the settings on the said device. Don’t worry this isn’t that complicated.

Changing the Settings

To change the settings on your DSL/Cable router, you will need to launch your web browser. Don’t worry if it says “Page cannot be displayed” or any info on the screen that says you don’t have an Internet connection. That will eventually get fixed later after everything is set up properly. Well, the easy way to get around that is to simply restart your computer, router, and modem.

Now, manually changing the settings will vary from one router brand to the other. However, accessing the browser based configuration screen for routers will usually be the same. Once you have your web browser up, click on the address bar.

You will need to type 192.168.1.1 and then hit enter. If that still says “page cannot be displayed” or some other message that also denotes you don’t have Internet, use 192.168.0.1 instead. That will usually pull up a log on window where you need to enter a username and password for your router.

If neither of these addresses pull up a log on screen you may have to figure out what address is your router is using. To do just that, open a command prompt window and type “arp –a” on the command screen. That will usually pull up a list of routers connected to your computer and it will tell you what address you should use. Look for a series of numbers that starts with “192.168” or some other similar series of numbers.

Once you have the log on window up, you will need to enter the default log on username and password. You should be able to find out what they are by checking the instructions that came with router. Some brands have the factory default username and password on a sticker attached at the bottom of the router. Some have it displayed on the box.

Once you’re done logging on using the default username and password, navigate to the section of the configurations where you can change the username and password into something that you can remember easily. Save your settings and you should be good to go.

OPTION #2 – The Easy CD/DVD Method

Some routers come with a resource CD/DVD. If it does then it should have a set up program that runs when you pop the disc into the DVD drive. You can use that program to reset the settings of your router automatically without having to do all that manual mumbo jumbo. Unfortunately, not all routers will have such a reset disc so this may not be applicable to your router. You may reset your router password using either of these two methods. Just choose the one that applies to your particular unit model.

==== About the Author ====
Charlie is a free lancer writer and content builder of many Technology sites and has written many useful genuine articles.

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Windows 8 has a nice mail client built into the operating system. Setting it up to work with multiple accounts is pretty easy too. One thing you might remember is that you can use your Hotmail account as your Windows 8 security account. This is pretty nice. If you do this, then your Hotmail/Outlook.com account will already be setup automatically for you after you get Windows 8 installed. Today, I would like to show you how you can add a mail account to Windows 8. In particular, I will show you how to set up your Gmail account on Windows 8 Mail.

First, you need to find the tile on the main start screen labeled “Mail”. See the picture below.

Next, you need to put your mouse in the top right corner of the screen to reveal the “Charm Bar”. On the “Charm Bar”, find the “Settings” icon.

At the top of the “Settings” window, you will see an option that says “Accounts”,pictured below. Click “Accounts”.

Now, you’ll be given a list of account types that you can configure for Windows 8 Mail. If you look at the picture below, you will see it has the major account types like Hotmail, Gmail, Exchange, and then “Other Account”.

For this tutorial, I am picking the “Google Connect” option, which will allow me to import my Gmail account on here. Believe it or not, it is incredibly simple to integrate this Windows 8 with Gmail. Pictured below, you can see all of the information it asks for when building an account. If you use Gmail contacts or calendars, you can include them as well.

Once you hit “Connect”, you’re in business. Pictured below, you can see that the mail client grabbed all of my folders from my Gmail account. Notice in the bottom left corner of the picture, that I have highlighted the area that shows both accounts I have on the Windows 8 machine. All I have to do to switch between them is click the name of the account and it will show me mail from that account.

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial. As you can see it is pretty easy to setup mail accounts in Windows 8. As always, if you have any questions please feel free to comment or email me and I will try to help you the best I can.

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One of the best features in Windows has been the ability to hibernate your PC and then log back in to the same state later on. However, the hibernate option is not traditionally available in Windows 8 and requires users to enable it.

If you are looking to enable the Hibernate option in Windows 8, you can follow the steps given below and you’ll see the Hibernate option in the power options for Windows 8.

Step 1: Bring up the power options in Control panel by searching Windows 8 for “Power Options” and selecting it under the settings. Alternatively, you can also use the shortcut combination “Windows + I” and then select Control Panel from the list and search for “Power Options”.

Step 2: In the Power Options window, click on the link which says “Choose what the power buttons do” and then click on the link which says “Change settings that are currently unavailable”.

 Step 3: Now scroll down till you see the “Shutdown settings” and then select the checkbox next to “Hibernate” and save your changes. Once you have made that change you will start seeing the Hibernate option when you try to shutdown, restart or sleep Windows 8.

That’s it, you can now put your Windows 8 PC into Hibernate mode instead of shutting it down.

Read some of our other Windows 8 Tips and Tricks Below

• How To Install/Uninstall Apps from Windows 8 Store
• How To Search Apps/Files in Windows 8?
• Add Windows Start Button/Menu in Windows 8
• Tutorial: Navigating Windows 8
• How to Shutdown, Restart, Log Off, Sleep or Log off Windows 8
• How to Add a Start Button to Windows 8

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