Do you have a ton of recorded TV shows you can’t seem to find the time to watch? How about TV shows you record for the kids? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could put those recordings on a DVD you can take with you on your next flight or road trip with the kids?…Continue Reading
The other day I finally upgraded my dad’s computer to a more recent model. During the transfer one of the most important items that had to remain intact was Picasa. My father has spent a lot of time organizing, tagging and editing photos in Picasa, the last thing I wanted to do was lose all…Continue Reading
Do you have a large library of movies, music, and pictures that you would love to access securely while away from home? How about creating your own personal Netflix service? If so, you will want to follow the guide below which will show you how to configure Windows 7 and Windows Media Player so that…Continue Reading
Windows 7 has been available in the retail market since October 22, 2009. Nearly a year and a half later Microsoft is putting the finishing touches to the first Service Pack for Microsoft’s most successful operating system, Windows 7. The new service pack (SP1) targets the Windows 7 Operating System and Windows Server 2008 R2 and will become…Continue Reading
Are you constantly struggling with multiple open windows while working in Windows 7? If so you may want to check out some built-in features in Windows 7 that make it easy to take control of multiple application windows. The guide below will show you how to arrange multiple open windows in Windows 7 as well…Continue Reading
Jealous of Mac users who got Angry Birds on the Mac App Store before you did on Windows? Get even with a download of Angry Birds for Windows. Through Intel’s App Up website, an app store for Windows netbooks, Windows users can download and install Agry Birds on their Windows machines. The download is currently…Continue Reading
If you find that Windows 7 is connecting to other wireless networks instead of your own you may have a problem with the order of preferred wireless networks on your computer. To correct this issue you simply need to tell Windows 7 which network to connect to first. In this guide I will show you…Continue Reading
Did you recently switch from Windows to Mac and would like to access your Windows applications, settings, and documents without having to drag the PC around? If so, you may want to consider transferring your Windows PC to a virtual machine in Parallels. Parallels ships with Transporter, an application that allows you to transfer a…Continue Reading
When was the last time you played that one video game you bought two years ago? Or how about that program to edit photos you never used? If you find that there are a couple of applications that are either outdated or you simply don’t use, then you can do yourself and the computer a…Continue Reading
Do you prefer that the shutdown button on Windows 7 place your computer in sleep mode instead of shutting it down? If so, you’re in luck, Window 7 provides users with the ability to customize what the shutdown button does. The guide below will show you how to customize the shutdown button in Windows 7….Continue Reading
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
Today Microsoft introduced Windows MultiPoint Server 201, a new operating system aimed at educational institutions that allows schools to run multiple Windows instances from one computer. The new OS enables educational institutions to implement Shared Resource Computing (SRC) which would help schools with ever decreasing budgets. The system works by allowing users to run multiple…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
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
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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