Computer Software & Operating Systems

In the earlier tutorial about data types, we saw an introduction to strings in Python. In this tutorial, we will learn more about Strings.

Discover how you can Get Things Done in Wunderlist with this step by step guide to implementing a digital version of David Allen's productivity system.

After April 8, 2014 Microsoft will no longer supply security updates for Windows XP. Here’s what one small church plans to do to be able to continue to safely use WinXP.

Let's talk about variable scope in Python. Here we'll look at global and local variables and how they are used.

The calendar in Outlook is a great organization tool. If you have alot of appointments to add, enter them in Excel and import them into Outlook.

Functions encapsulate a piece of logic in a block of code that can be used and re-used. Functions in Python make code clear and readable.

Operators are used for arithmetic, comparison, variable assignment and general logic in Python.

Finding similar but not identical photos can help you pick the best of a group of the same scene. For text documents, you can find the latest version, the original Word document from which you obtained a PDF or all the slight variants of an email that you sent. There's a lot of software to help.

Here’s how to install and use Google’s free remote access software to centrally control your remote computers.

Variables are used throughout your program to temporarily store and pass values, objects or functions in your Python program.

Looping allows us to repeat certain operations or actions in sequence in our code. Python offers us for and while loops and some functions on "collection" data types.

Microsoft's withdrawal of support from Windows XP is forcing users to find an replacement. For those who can't or don't want to upgrade to Windows 7 or 10, Lubuntu Linux is a good alternative.

I compare using Ubuntu to Windows 10. I go over if this is something people will want to do or not. I also my own Ubuntu usage.

In the earlier tutorial on Variables and Data types, we saw a brief introduction about Lists and Tuples. In this tutorial, we will learn more about Lists and Tuples in detail.

This tutorial will show how to install Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2016 but it can be applied to Windows 2012 or Windows 2012R2. The steps are based on a scenario where there is currently no Remote Desktop Services for Windows 2012 or later installed in the domain.

Python is a modern high-level programming language. In this tutorial I cover Python language features and setting up a development environment for playing around with the language on your local machine.