If you are using Windows XP or Vista, you need to be aware of the following information. Microsoft recently announced that it will no longer support Windows Vista RTM after April 13th, 2010 and Windows XP Service Pack 2 after July 13th, 2010. What does this mean? All this means is that your computer will…Continue Reading

If you are ever in need of making changes to the registry in order to customize Windows to your liking, you might want to backup your registry before proceeding. When you backup your registry you essentially create a copy of the entire registry so that you can save it in a safe location. You do…Continue Reading

I often work with multiple Excel windows at any given time and I have found that I work best with Excel when all open windows are displayed on the Windows Taskbar (see screenshot below for illustration). The default setting for this feature groups all Excel windows (or workbooks) into one Taskbar button. This can be…Continue Reading

I began using Windows Vista DVD maker for all of my picture slideshows, however when I learned of Picasa’s capabilities in this same space (customization of title screens, more flexibility with formats, and the ease of use inherent with Picasa) I began to use Picasa instead. The problem arose when I was ready to burn…Continue Reading

If you’re asking yourself, “Windows 7? What’s that?” Then you’re probably among a large number of users that are unaware of the new operating system hitting the market on October 22nd of this year. That is correct, almost 3 years later Microsoft is now set to release a replacement for Windows Vista (which was released…Continue Reading

Although elementary as a security measure, disabling the routers ability to broadcast its SSID is still used by many and I feel it is an added layer that will keep snoopers away. If you have this feature enabled you will find that adding a network device requires additional steps that you may not be familiar…Continue Reading

I’m always looking for ways to tweak my computers, specifically my laptop. I recently came across a section of the Windows Vista Annoyances book that detailed how you can increase hard drive performance by tweaking the NTFS file system settings in the registry. I have created a series of screen shots along with explanations to…Continue Reading

As someone who uses their computer for work, school, and play I find myself with a desktop full of icons. I tend to be extremely organized and a cluttered desktop just doesn’t do it for me. Luckily Microsoft introduced the concept of easily pinning program shortcuts to the the Start menu. The guide below will…Continue Reading

If you’ve ever ran into a problem whose origin cannot be explained, you might want to take a look at the latest Windows updates that were installed on your computer. There are times that the automatically installed updates can cause unforeseen problems with software or hardware installed on your computer. In order to narrow down…Continue Reading

If you’ve modified Vista’s visual elements to gain some performance you might find that disabled thumbnail generation in Windows Explorer can lead to rather boring picture browsing experience, as a result I’ve put this guide together to show you how to enable thumbnails in Explorer. On the other hand you would like to prevent thumbnails…Continue Reading

Home networks provide a great way of sharing data between different computers and easy access to specific directories can sometimes result in clicking through a dozen folders before arriving at your desired destination. In order to avoid the usual, "\\somecomputer\users\username\My Documents\School\2008\Spring\" when locating a specific folder on a networked PC, you can simplify this by…Continue Reading

You have two computers in your house, one in the living room, the other in the office, however you want to perform certain tasks on the computer in the living room without leaving the office, enter Remote Desktop. Microsoft bundled with their latest release of Windows a neat little tool to do just that, Remote…Continue Reading