Published on Thursday, May 27, 2010 by admin If you are moving from Vista to Windows 7, you might miss the Sidebar which was introduced in Vista. Today we take a look at a couple options for getting a Sidebar back in Windows 7. Copy Files from Vista Note: In this example we are using 32-bit versions of Vista and Windows 7. Make sure you are logged in with Administrator credentials. If you have a Vist...

Published on Saturday, May 22, 2010 by admin The Add Font dialog has been a faithful ally to Windows users for years. I remember dragging the Real Wild West fonts to Fonts folder via Control panel, never tough. For lazy leg like me, the easier the better. Windows 7 haven't compromised the inheritance except that you got something easier to crack the nut. I Buck up! [ad#300x250_image_ads] Windows 7 has made...

Published on Saturday, May 22, 2010 by admin XP has some popular power toys that makes it ace. More often than not you must have used the Open Command Prompt Here in XP. Next used the graphical shell to access the file systems. Then the context menu to open the command prompt at current working directory. Windows 7 ( Vista also) offers a simple trick to make things easier. Let's see Its fairly simple. Just pr...

Published on Saturday, May 22, 2010 by admin Windows 7 includes the option to calibrate your display. Calibrating your display ensures that the colors are displayed correctly on your monitor. You can control factors such as gamma, adjust brightness and contrast and color balance. The wizard is very simple to use and each step has detailed instructions and steps to achieve correct color representation. [ad#300...

Published on Friday, May 21, 2010 by admin A new malware is making the round on Internet specifically targeting Windows operating system users. The malware attacks Windows users on the core of the system – activation. The malware is a Trojan horse or randomware that pretends to be a Windows Activation program, and it locks up Windows with claims that user is running a pirated version of Windows although it�...

Published on Friday, May 21, 2010 by admin There may come a time when you want to digitize your priceless old pictures, or need to scan a receipts and documents for your company. Today we look at how to scan a picture or document in Windows 7. Scanning Your Document [ad#300x250_image_ads] In this example we’re using an HP PSC 1500 All-In-One printer connected to a Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit syste...

Published on Saturday, May 15, 2010 by admin Whether you are doing graphics/web design work or just taking screenshots, it’s often very difficult to move the mouse precisely enough to select pixels the way you’d like, so I went looking for a solution. There’s a number of methods you can use, from configuring the default mouse settings, to enabling Mouse Keys to move the mouse pointer with the keyboard, ...

Published on Thursday, May 13, 2010 by admin Did it happen to you sometimes, when you are in a big rush and want to do something fast on your computer but things don’t go so fast and smooth? It’s because of all those windows and applications opened on your desktop, and you want to minimize them, move them, close them and so on… That’s pretty time consuming and when you’re in such a big rush, it can be ...

Published on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 by admin One way to speed up your Internet browsing experience is using a faster DNS server. Today we take a look at Namebench, which will compare your current DNS server against others out there, and help you find a faster one. [ad#300x250_image_ads] Namebench Download the file and run the executable (link below). Namebench starts up and will include the current D...

Published on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 by admin I’m sure you noticed that Windows 7 RC started displaying warnings and notifications to back-up your data and install a new, clean installation of Windows 7 RTM (Final version), or other operating system. RC will stop functioning on June, 1st. That does not mean that you can use it properly to that date, because Microsoft will start shutting down your computer ev...

Published on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 by admin Windows 7 is much better than the latest version of Windows Vista and it comes with a lot of new features. Unfortunately, some of them aren’t so easy to figure out, so I created a list of the most important tips and tricks and a step-by-step guide that will help you apply all of these great tips and tricks. 1. PC Safeguard I rarely let anyone use my PC because...

Published on Thursday, May 6, 2010 by admin Two Microsoft employees have posted helpful Windows 7 tips, tricks and secrets this week. Get Quick Launch toolbar back Right-click the taskbar, choose Toolbars / New Toolbar In the folder selection dialog, enter the following string and hit OK: %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch Turn off the "lock the taskbar" setting,...

Published on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 by admin I’ve never found the recycle bin on the desktop very useful, so I almost always disable it as one of the first things that I do. Windows 7 or Vista has an even simpler way to hide the icon than XP does, but why couldn’t they have disabled it by default? Deleting in Vista Just right-click on the icon and select delete from the menu. It’s as simple as that. ...

Published on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 by admin If you’ve removed your recycle bin icon, or you previously added the some of the “special” icons like Computer, User or Control Panel to the desktop and they are now missing, you might want to know how to add them back. [ad#300x250_image_ads] Go to Control Panel \ Personalize (or right-click on the desktop and select Personalize), and then choose the link ...

Published on Saturday, May 1, 2010 by admin There could be many occasion that you would like to schedule PC shutdown at a predefined intervals or under certain conditions without relying on manual reset. Even though there are many solutions out there but in case you are still looking around, here is a simple utility that you can try. Named as Shutdown Timer, it is a free utility that enables users to configure ...

Published on Friday, April 30, 2010 by admin Have you been looking for a way to watch your favorite viral videos from YouTube and Dailymotion from the couch? Today we take a look at an easy to use plugin which allows you to watch streaming video in Windows 7 Media Center. Install Macrotube The first thing we need to do is download and install the plugin called Macrotube (link below) following the defaults ...

Published on Friday, April 30, 2010 by admin Keeping up with the weather forecast can be hard when you are extra busy with work. If you need a simple but nice looking way to integrate weather monitoring into your Taskbar then join us as we look at WeatherBar. Setting Up & Using WeatherBar To get started unzip the following files, place them in an appropriate “Program Files Folder”, and create a sho...

Published on Thursday, April 29, 2010 by admin For a long time there, it was pretty rare to find a mainstream PC running multiple monitors. A configuration like that would have been considered high-end, desired mostly by professionals in a business environment, like a graphics design studio or financial firm. Back when PCI was the go-to interface for graphics cards, home users looking for a second display had...

Published on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 by admin Do you have too many icons on the desktop, having trouble finding your files covering most of your desktop wallpaper  ? Fences in action Maybe you need a program to organize your icons into neat little groups like programs, shortcuts, latest changes. This is what Fences does. It groups your icons into transparent windows which you can drag and hide to make ...

Published on Saturday, April 24, 2010 by admin Looking for a way to increase the performance of your netbook?  Here’s how you can use a standard SD memory card or a USB flash drive to boost performance with ReadyBoost. Most netbooks ship with 1Gb of Ram, and many older netbooks shipped with even less.  Even if you want to add more ram, often they can only be upgraded to a max of 2GB.  With ReadyBoost in Wi...

Published on Saturday, April 24, 2010 by admin So you are reading instructions on some article that tells you to reboot into Safe mode. You ask how you do that, and are told to use the F8 key when the computer boots up. But you just can’t seem to get the F8 key to work… so how do you boot into Safe mode? There’s an option in the well-known System Configuration utility that will let you force Windows to al...