Published in July 28th, 2008
A cool new feature to the task manager in Windows Vista is the ability to get way more information about your PC’s system . You now have the ability to select what columns show up in your processes list, so you can keep an eye on a specific process. To add or remove columns from [...]
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Published in July 26th, 2008
A little trick that is used in Windows to start applets when you are booting up your PC is great when you want to open that application, but it also make the boot up of your PC much slower. If you want to stop these applications from running in the background when you are booting [...]
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Published in July 22nd, 2008
Here are a few cool tweaks I have discovered for Vista, hope they are useful. Rename Your Recycle Bin For some reason in other versions of Windows you could not rename your recycle bin (I don’t know why you would want to!), but in Windows Vista they have made it very easy; Right click on [...]
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Published in July 18th, 2008
When was the last time you made sure all of your drivers were up to date and working? If your drivers do not work properly then you may encounter problems such as any peripheral (printers, scanners etc) not working. Here is an easy way you can check all your computers drivers using the Device Manager, [...]
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Published in July 15th, 2008
I must admit I am one of those persons that has so many items on my desktop that i barely have any free space at all! It does get a bit annoying some times so it is good to see that Windows Vista has a quick little tool that lets you completely clear your desktop [...]
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Published in July 12th, 2008
Here are a few interesting tips for you to try if you are not happy with your mouse speed and setup. Double Click Speed Do you want to increase or decrease the speed of double clicking your mouse? Here is how you do it; Open up control panel Click on mouse You will see the [...]
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Published in July 10th, 2008
I, like millions of people around the world are running on Vista but miss the old days of XP. So a friend of mine showed me a little trick the other day that can make your version look more like XP than Vista (just looks, nothing else). Just follow these points and you will have [...]
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Published in July 8th, 2008
If you are using Outlook Express but you have your address book still on a Hotmail account, you can move all your contacts across. To get started on the transfer you first need to configure your Outlook Express to use a Hotmail account, you do this by Windows Live Mail which I have talked about [...]
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Published in July 6th, 2008
I often get emails regarding problems and issues with Windows Media Player, so I thought I’d blog today with a few cool hints and tips regarding a few of the problems people are getting with WMP. How to Erase Songs From Your Windows Media Player Click Library in your WMP Now select the artist you [...]
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Published in July 4th, 2008
Scheduling events in you Outlook (97, 98, and 2000) can make life easier for you as you don’t have to remember things (like anniversaries!), you just add the date to your Outlook and it reminds you. You can add events as both a one off thing, or a recurring event by using the calendar in [...]
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