Are you trying to make sense of all the status bar icons on your newWindows Phone 7? Don’t worry you’re not alone, if you’ve found the Microsoft resource What do the icons mean? useful, then you will surely like the Windows Phone 7 Icons Deciphered graphic I put together (see below). To save the image…Continue Reading
How many times have you sat in front of your computer searching for a document and don’t have anything but a date range to locate it? I know I have, it’s the, “I know I wrote that 2 months ago, but have no idea what I named it or where it is…” scenario, I’m referring…Continue Reading
If you use Windows Live Photo Gallery to manage all of your photos you will love one of the newest features introduced in the latest version of this powerful photo management application. You can now upload photos to your Facebook account with the click of a button. You have the option of uploading a single…Continue Reading
One of the things that I love about Windows Live Photo Gallery is how I can edit captions and other information right on the thumbnails while viewing the pictures. However, navigating pictures using this view can be a challenge, specially if you have thousands pictures spanning many years. While using WLPG I discovered that there…Continue Reading
If you’re a Mac user with a couple of Windows machines at home or the office you can use Office 2011’s Remote Desktop application, however you will soon find that it has a few limitations related to number of options and number of simultaneous connections you can have. If Remote Desktop isn’t cutting it for…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
One of the things I love about Windows Phone 7 is that I only see what matters to me, my contacts, calendar, and other tiles. However if you find yourself accessing Maps or another App that is not on the Start screen you will soon grow tired of tapping the small arrow on the top…Continue Reading
Are you looking for the setting to change the wallpaper on Windows Phone 7? Don’t worry although it is easy to set photos as wallpapers in Windows Phone 7, changing it without a picture requires that you dive in the Settings section. The how-to below will show you how to change the wallpaper in Windows…Continue Reading
Are you looking to stream music and videos from your computer to your Apple TV? If so, there’s a single setting in iTunes that will allow you access your videos and music from the Apple TV (assuming they are both on the same network). Follow the instructions below to learn how to enable Home Sharing…Continue Reading
One of the things you are going to love about Windows Phone 7 is the tight integration with Outlook Exchange, but before you can love all that Exchange harmony you will first need to learn how to add appointments on your phone. The guide below will show you how to add an appointment to your…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
