Do icons and text appear very large on the screen? Are you having a hard time reading the small text on the screen? Chances are that your monitor’s resolution is set to a level that is not right for you. This guide will show you how to change your screen’s resolution so that you can…Continue Reading
In a recent post on the Windows Experience blog, Jennifer Shepherd revealed some of the information on how the beautiful Windows 7 themes were created. She also revealed that in the Windows Personalization website users can download additional country themes that supplement those that ship with Windows 7. For example, if you purchase a Windows…Continue Reading
Are you confused about the difference between Include and Import in Photo Gallery? Or are you looking to add pictures to Photo Gallery but don’t know how? If so, you’ve come to the right place. Windows Photo Gallery 2011 offers users two methods to display pictures stored on your computer and in other locations. If…Continue Reading
Are you looking for a way to access network files when you’re offline at home or travelling? Windows 7 ships with Offline Files which allows users to designate files or folders in a network as Offline Files. This designation tells Windows 7 to create a copy of the files on your computer so that they…Continue Reading
If you’re not a fan of Windows 7’s Aero Snap feature don’t worry, Microsoft provides users with a setting to disable this new feature. For those of you who may not know, Snap allows users to arrange open windows in Windows 7 with minimal effort. If you would like to place two windows side-by-side you…Continue Reading
In Windows 7, Microsoft introduced the concept of pinning items to the taskbar. When you pin an application or file to the taskbar you are essentially creating a shortcut that is always accessible. This is the reason why Microsoft probably canned the Quick Launch bar as a default taskbar toolbar, however if you’re not a…Continue Reading
If you’re not a fan of the HomeGroup feature in Windows 7 and are looking for a way to share a printer with other computers on your network, this is the guide for you. In this guide I will show you how to share a printer installed on your Windows 7 computer with other computer…Continue Reading
Are you having a tough time keeping your kids off video games and the Internet while you are not home? If you are using a computer running Windows 7, this will cease to be a worry. Windows 7 ships with a set of parental controls that allows you to have a rein over the applications…Continue Reading
Do you have a netbook you’ve been dying to upgrade to Windows 7? You are probably wondering how you’re going to boot a DVD on a netbook without a DVD drive! If you find yourself in this situation there is a a little tool which will make this problem go away. The Windows 7 USB/DVD…Continue Reading
Are you looking for a way to quickly resize an image or group of images without having to open a photo editing application? How about being able to resize an image by right-clicking any image and selecting the desired size? With Image Resizer for Windows you can. We’ve covered the image resizer app before, but…Continue Reading
Have you ever stayed at a hotel that required you to pay a fee for each Wi-Fi device you used? I recently did. How about wanting to share the iPhone’s tethered connection with your iPad and your other devices? With Virtual Router Manager you will be able to do both. Virtual Router Manager is a…Continue Reading
Do you want to share a specific directory or file with your HomeGroup? By default Windows 7 shares the Documents, Pictures, Videos, and Music Libraries, but if you’re looking to share a specific directory on your computer with a HomeGroup you will have to do so manually. Follow the instructions below to learn how to…Continue Reading
Did you create a HomeGroup on your network, but don’t know how to join your other computers to the HomeGroup? In this guide I will walk you through the steps necessary to add a Windows 7 computer to an existing HomeGroup in your network. Before proceeding with this guide make sure that at least one…Continue Reading
If you’re building up an extensive collection of movies in the new Blu-ray format, chances are that you’ve spent a couple of bucks putting it together. To help protect that small fortune that you call a movie collection, there are a couple of apps out there that will help you backup these discs so that…Continue Reading
If you are looking for a quick, easy and FREE method to convert your favorite movies and TV shows to a format you can take with you anywhere, you need to check out BDlot Video Converter. BDlot Video Converter is part of a greater suite of applications that allows you to convert videos to any…Continue Reading
With the imminent launch of iOS 5 for the iPhone and the iPad, Apple is moving forward with its new music offering for iTunes, Match. iTunes Match stores your entire music library in iCloud (another new service from Apple debuting this fall). When you store your music in iCloud you can access it from anywhere…Continue Reading
One of the settings I always enjoyed in Outlook is the ability to customize work hours so that my available time (work time) would appear on the calendar as a reminder not to schedule anything past a certain time. Google has taken this concept event further and now allows users to hide those morning and…Continue Reading
Just the other day I needed to print a monthly calendar in Mac OS X and realized that I had never done it before. When I opened the print dialog box I was amazed at the number of options available to print a calendar in iCal. So I decided to write this guide to help…Continue Reading
Have you ever found yourself looking for a particular set of files that are either named similarly or are of the same file type? Rather than perform a search in Mac OS to locate these files each time you want to access them, you have the option of creating a Smart Folder to simplify this…Continue Reading
