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How to Clean a Trackball Mouse

Dust particles can pour into your trackball or mouse and accumulate over time, just like they can on any other electrical equipment. The longer you use your trackball without cleaning it, the more likely you will have issues with your sensor’s tracking ability. This article will show you how to clean a trackball mouse in just a few minutes thoroughly. Your trackball mouse does not need to be…
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How to Use Your PC Webcam as a Surveillance Camera

Suppose you want to surveil your house or you want to keep an eye on your office while you are away. In that case, you need a Security camera for such kind of task. Get a surveillance camera! But they do not come any cheap nowadays. What if there is a cheaper solution, a free solution available to your problem. It is a solution that uses your PC webcam as a surveillance camera. This post will…
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How to Check Mouse DPI on Windows 10?

If you need or want to know your mouse DPI, you can always check it online, on the manufacturer’s website, or use the manufacturer’s software that should probably have such information written somewhere. Also, you can always use some of the DPI analyzer websites that should allow you to figure out that type of data. However, what if you have no internet, or are just curious and want to find it…
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How to Protect Your Webcam from Being Hacked

“Camfecting” is a form of Cybercrime in which a hacker attacks your PC’s webcam and gains remote control access to it. Camfecting has skyrocketed in the last few years or so. The fact that it centers around invading your privacy and using it for blackmailing you into handing over a specific amount of money makes it all the more important to steer clear of it. There are many signs that you…
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How to Tell if Your Webcam is Hacked

Hacking into someone’s webcam, or in simple words, “Camfecting”, is getting more common day by day. What happens is that the hacker uses the webcam on your PC to retrieve your private data. He can then use this data for all sorts of nefarious purposes. To make sure your PC never falls prey to Camfecting, you should have a high-quality anti-malware software installed on your PC. Regardless of…
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How to Connect PS4 Controller to PC

Can you use a PS4 controller on PCs? The answer is yes! Who would’ve thought that in the PC VS. Console debate, the surprising middle ground was to connect a PS4 controller to your PC. Knowing how to use PS4 Controllers on PCs is surprisingly easy, and this article will go into it in some detail. How to Connect a PS4 Controller to Your PC There are two major ways to connect a PS4 controller to a…
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How to Clean a Mechanical Keyboard

If your mechanical keyboard has been looking a bit disgusting lately, or it has simply been a while since you last cleaned it, it’s time to get to work. Good news though, mechanical keyboards are relatively easy to clean, especially compared to membrane keyboards, thanks to the raised keycaps and larger spaces between keys. So unless there’s been a spill, which we’ll discuss later, the job…
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How to Turn Off Mouse Acceleration in Windows 10

Although “mouse acceleration” may be an unfamiliar term for you, fact is that it can play an important role in your overall gaming performance, as well as general mouse use. The reason for that is mouse behavior, which differs depending on whether the acceleration is on or off. To be precise, when the acceleration is on and you slowly move your mouse, the cursor will replicate your hand…
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How to Check and Change a Monitor’s Refresh Rate in Windows 10

Although the refresh rate isn’t as important as, for instance, a monitor’s resolution or color accuracy, it still plays an important role in the overall viewing experience, especially when it comes to gaming. A higher refresh rate means that your monitor’s image will update faster and, as a result, provide a smoother picture. Everyday office or home monitors have a refresh rate of 60Hz or…
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How to Clean a Mouse Pad

You might know how to clean your screen, give your keyboard a thorough scrub, and even the ins and outs of keeping a PC running in perfect health – but when we take a break from all this, we realize that the mouse pad has, in our neglect, become a part of that cesspool exemplifying the point of no return. Or, you know, it’s not that dramatic and we can guide you how to clean a mouse pad, right…
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How to Test a Webcam

Webcams have many uses but are of no use when they keep bombarding you with error upon error. While there are alternatives that let you avoid this problem in and of itself, the usual smart choice is to test your webcam either after you set it up or before you’re going to be using it, just so you can take care of any problems beforehand and not have to deal with them when you’re in the middle…
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How to Calibrate a Monitor

In the 4k vs. 1080p debate the key is knowing how to calibrate these displays. It doesn’t matter if your monitor is low-end or high-end: without suitable monitor calibration, or without using the right monitor calibration tools, even the latest and heftiest 4K display won’t be of much use to you. While it’s also important to learn about things such as TN, IPS, or VA (and other…
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