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Goran Damnjanovic

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Contributor Since December, 2022
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About Goran Damnjanovic

Ever since he got his first smartphone, the legendary Nokia 6600, back in 2005, Goran became obsessed with technology. This obsession had only gotten worse after he received his first gaming PC a couple of months later.

He fell in love with video games in the early '90s, shortly after embarking on his gaming journey with the Sega Master System II and SNES.

Since then, he has built dozens of PCs, played thousands of games, and authored hundreds of articles about PC hardware, gaming hardware, and video games. 

He knows everything there is to know about the PC gaming and PC hardware space, and while his console gaming knowledge isn't as comprehensive, he considers himself a console veteran.

Goran has almost a decade of experience writing about tech and video games for numerous web publications including TechSpot, TechPowerUp, and EsportsHeadlines. He has been writing for How-To Geek since December 2022.

When he isn't gaming or deciding which component of his PC to upgrade next, you can find him strolling around Novi Sad while listening to music and contemplating what to play next.

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An illustration of a passkey, featuring a key, fingerprint, facial recognition, and password input fields.
Passkeys were supposed to be more secure than passwords. Now they're getting hacked
Cybersecurity

Kind of.

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My HTC 10 on a wooden table.
Android phones used to be made of metal—here's why glass replaced it
Android

All-metal phones are but a remnant of the past.

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The Windows Settings app open on the Windows desktop
Windows 11 looks and runs better when you disable this feature
Maintenance & Optimization

I was a big fan of Windows Aero, but I recently disabled transparency effects on my Windows PC and I'm not going back.

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A Home screen page on a Pixel 10 Pro showing various app icons.
5 overlooked Pixel apps I added to my home screen because I kept forgetting to use them
Google Pixel

This is the best way to prevent myself from forgetting about handy Pixel apps I should use more often.

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The Power Options menu in the Windows Control Panel.
4 outdated Windows features I disable on every fresh install
Maintenance & Optimization

Outdated and unneeded.

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A Pixel 10 Pro lying on a table showing the Apps menu.
This sneaky Android setting lets your apps see far more info than they should
Android

Apps on your Android phone can track what other apps you use, but that's not all.

Files by Google running on a Pixel 10 Pro.
I stopped installing “cleaner” apps and used these Android tools to reclaim storage instead
Apps & Web Apps

Why use third-party solutions when Android has handy built-in tools to free up storage?

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Pixel phone in box with packaging
Refurbished Pixels beat new ones if you avoid these 6 common mistakes
Google Pixel

Refurbished for the win, as long as you're diligent.

The MSN Weather app running on a Windows PC.
Windows 11's built-in weather app is silently eating over 1GB of your RAM
Windows 11

Who knew that a weather forecast could be so memory-hungry?

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microSD card in a Samsung Galaxy A52S.
Android phones with microSD slots cost half as much and work just as well
Samsung Phones & Tablets

It's harder than ever to find an Android phone with expandable storage, but a few solid options are still out there.

A 2230 external SSD enclosure hanging on a lanyard.
I threw away all my USB flash drives and replaced them with this tiny DIY SSD
SSD

One tiny external SSD to rule them all.

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A Pixel 10 Pro lying on an edge of a table with its USB port in focus.
Google forgot to tell you about your Pixel phone's best USB-C feature
Google Pixel

Your Pixel can output video to an external display via its USB-C port, but it gets even better.

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Windows 11 Advanced Display menu listing available refresh rates.
Windows is automatically kicking your high-refresh monitor back to 60Hz without telling you
Maintenance & Optimization

One moment your monitor is working at its native refresh rate, the next Windows is reverting it to 60Hz.

A closeup shot of the Windows 10 contextual menu.
The 32-year-old Windows placeholder that Microsoft says is now a permanent feature
History

A “stopgap” solution that has outlived many other Windows features.

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Windows Settings, Task Manager and WinUtil running on a Windows desktop
6 guaranteed ways to make Windows faster without upgrading hardware or overclocking
Windows 11

These changes can go a long way in making your Windows PC feel snapier.

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A Pixel 10 Pro and a Galaxy S21 FE lying next to one another on a table, with privacy notification dots shown on both phones.
The tiny dots in your Android phone's status bar are trying to tell you something
Google Pixel

What are apps doing behind your back?

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KeePassXC open on a computer screen, with several online accounts listed in the database.
3 self-hosted password managers every privacy enthusiast should try in 2026
Applications

If you're considering self-hosting your password manager, you ought to check these three options.

System Explorer, RAMMap, and Autoruns opened on a Windows PC.
The 3 Microsoft Sysinternals tools I use the most on my Windows PC
Apps & Web Apps

The best of the bunch.

A Pixel 10 Pro and a Galaxy S21 FE Lying on a table with a pair of Galaxy Buds4 between them.
The 5 powerful Android audio features buried so deep most users never find them
Samsung Phones & Tablets

These features can be super handy, if you can find them.

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An AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT installed in a desktop PC.
I switched from NVIDIA to AMD, and one difference surprised me every day
GPU

I don't have to use two separate GPU utilities? Brilliant!

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