I use VirtualPC for a lot of the guides you see on this website. The beauty of this application is that changes made on the virtual computers are transparent to the host PC, which means I don’t need to format my computer every six months because it has all the junk that has been left over from...

The Snipping tool is a great alternative to paid screen capturing software out there. It allows users to select different modes of capture (full screen vs. rectangle), it provides some primitive editing tools (a pen with multiple colors, an eraser, and a highlighter). I can see this as a great tool...

One of the things that annoyed me the most when I first used Windows Vista was the exclusion of the Shut Down button as the default action in the Start menu. Luckily Microsoft listened and they added an option for users to customize the default action available when the Start Menu is opened. The guide...

I was asked by a relative to make a DVD of video recordings stored in a JVC Everio camcorder. Unfortunately they had lost the CD that came along with the camera which contained the software that would allow me to edit those files. I thought that it wasn’t an issue I have Adobe Premiere and I...

Have you ever taken an amazing picture only to realize that you were a victim of barrel distortion? Don’t panic just yet. For those of you who don’t know what barrel distortion is, think about it this way, when taking a picture with a wide angle lens or on the wide end of a zoom lens, barrel...

This article came about my experience with a copy protected PDF file that I was using for one of the cases assigned to me in the Business Modeling class I am attending. The case requires that I determine if a series of account balances match to expected cash flows. I am to use regression and other...

If you’ve been using Picasa 3 for some time you either love or dislike the new Picasa Photo Viewer. The Picasa photo viewer was intended as a replacement for Windows built-in picture viewer. Whether the Windows Picture viewer or the Picasa Photo Viewer is preferred is a question of taste, either...

If you’ve used Quicken software for as long as I have (since version 2003) then you too must be annoyed at the "cha-ching" sound each time a transaction is added or modified. As far as I’m concerned there is no option box within Quicken to change this rather annoying sound. I...