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September 25, 2007
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Restore the Run Command to Vista's Start Menu Here's a quick fix for the omission of this important option from the default Start menu in Vista.   |
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August 2, 2006 |
Eliminate "Recent Documents" Evidence Disable Window's XP history of your recent documents. |
PC Magazine
July 13, 2004 |
Update an Excel Menu How to add the new Excel 2003 List submenu to an outdated custom menu bar. |
PC Magazine
April 4, 2007 |
How to Clear the Recently Run Programs List How can I clear the list of recently run programs that appears when you click the Start button and then click Run? |
PC World
December 2003
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Throwback -- Give XP That Old-Time Windows Look Plus: Reopen folders automatically; restore lost desktop icons; and print faster, conserve paper. |
PC Magazine
December 21, 2005
Helen Bradley |
Exploring Word Toolbars Customize your Word environment with these handy toolbar options. |
PC Magazine
December 9, 2003 |
Shrink the Programs Menu How to solve the problems of too many programs to display in Windows XP's Start Menu |
PC World
February 2002
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Take Charge of Your Runaway Start Menu Slim down your Start menu by removing unused items... customize your Documents menu... set the size of file dialog boxes... |
PC Magazine
January 31, 2007 |
Recheck Spelling in Word A computer won't automatically ignore you when you say "ignore all," but you can create a macro so that it will. |
PC Magazine
December 1, 2008
Neil J. Rubenking |
Horribly Slow Browsing, Revisited Turning off Auto-Tuning in Vista. |
PC Magazine
January 31, 2007
Dave Cardinal |
Search to Start If you've become used to surfing your Program Menu to get to applications, you'll be in for a shock when you first use Microsoft Windows Vista. |
PC Magazine
October 10, 2007
Neil J. Rubenking |
Turn Off USB 2.0 Warning Turning off all USB-related error messages. |
PC Magazine
September 13, 2006 |
Side-by-Side Instances of Windows Explorer Tiling Windows explorer for easier viewing. |
PC World
March 21, 2007
Lincoln Spector |
Should I Report Program Problems to Microsoft? Tell Windows ahead of time when to send problem reports... Customize Office menus and Windows Explorer shortcuts. |
PC Magazine
April 4, 2007 |
Can I Unstick Items in the Start Menu? Recreating the programs pinned to the Windows start menu. |
PC Magazine
June 21, 2006 |
Double The Holiday Fun In Outlook? If you accidentally add U.S. holidays to Outlook 2003 twice, here's how to you reset the calendar to just show them once. |
PC World
April 29, 2002
Yael Li-Ron |
Customize Your Windows Desktop Want Windows your way? Follow our tips and whip your desktop into shape. |
PC Magazine
September 10, 2008
Jeremy A. Kaplan |
Quick Launch Eyestrain? Tweak your XP or Vista interface to look more like Windows 7 Windows by taking advantage of a little-known feature. |
PC Magazine
May 31, 2006 |
The Start Menu Got Way Too Wide Managing the programs in your Start Menu. |
PC Magazine
December 20, 2006 |
Shortcut to Open a Window Maximized You can tweak the properties for any shortcut to specify the way you want it to open. |
PC World
April 24, 2001
Scott Dunn |
What's on the Menu? You Decide Customize menus and accelerator keys... force Windows to exit or reboot... |
PC World
June 2002
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Six Windows Tweaks I Couldn't Live Without Make personal sticky notes, launch apps fast, create Search shortcuts, put folders on the Start menu... |
PC World
May 2002
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Screen Smarts Give You an Unobstructed View Recapture screen space lost to toolbars, icons, and other on-screen elements... |
PC World
December 2005
Scott Dunn |
Find Your Files Faster by Giving Them Keywords Through Windows' File Properties, you can annotate files for easier searches later. |
PC Magazine
July 17, 2008
Gary Berline |
Viewing Pictures in XP How to activate Filmstrip mode in when looking at pictures in Windows XP. |
PC World
November 2001
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Have You Clicked Your Links Toolbar Today? Get the most out of the Links toolbar, see full title paths in folder title bars, start up the way you want... |
PC World
April 2002
Scott Dunn |
Super Windows Secrets Smart tips that unleash Windows' hidden powers -- whether you've upgraded to XP or not... |
PC Magazine
September 7, 2004
Neil J. Rubenking |
Inverted Printing in Word Print left-to-right and right-to-left on the same page. |
PC World
April 2004
Scott Dunn |
Seven Ways to Make Living With Windows Easier Get your operating system to look and work the way you prefer. |
PC World
July 24, 2006
Andrew Brandt |
Step by Step: Get Any PC, New or Old, Ready for Everyday Use Customize your system settings, update drivers, get rid of built-in software you don't want, and more. |
PC Magazine
October 1, 2003
Neil J. Rubenking |
Personalize Office's Places Bar When I save a document in Word, a dialog box appears that lets me navigate to the folder where I want to save the file. Is there a way to add a folder to this list? |
PC Magazine
February 14, 2007 |
IE Favorites in Alphabetical Order Configure Internet Explorer to automatically arrange the Favorites menu in alphabetical order. |
PC Magazine
January 31, 2007 |
Virtual Memory Low--What to Do? Some tips on how to fix the virtual memory when it is too low. |
PC Magazine
April 5, 2010
Errol Pierre-Louis |
10 Tips That Make Windows 7 Simpler Microsoft put a lot of work into making Windows 7 as user-friendly as possible, but there's always room for improvement. Find out how to simplify your Windows 7 experience with these ten tips. |
PC Magazine
October 4, 2011
Mark Hachman |
Microsoft Explains Why the Start Menu Needed to Die On Tuesday, Microsoft explained why the Windows 7 start menu is now a start screen in Windows 8: no one used it. |
PC World
April 2004
Steve Bass |
Work Smart From the Start in Windows Get faster access to your favorite shortcuts, and give the rest the boot. |
PC Magazine
February 1, 2006 |
Desktop.ini Files Open at Start-Up Prevent notepad files from appearing upon startup. |
PC World
July 25, 2007
Scott Dunn |
Shift Any Version of Windows Into High Gear Use the OS's own tools to maximize your PC's performance without spending a dime. |
PC Magazine
October 14, 2003
Neil J. Rubenking |
Put the Control Panel on the Quick Launch Toolbar We've got two clever ways to access the full range of Control Panel applets right from your Desktop toolbar. |
Information Today
September 29, 2015 |
Kudos Homepage Gets Upgrade Kudos redesigned its homepage, navigation bar, and header. |
PC World
July 2002
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Show Windows' Control Panel Who's in Charge Add, remove, or alter Control Panel shortcuts, or get a new view with a freeware program. Plus, hide a shared drive... |
PC World
January 2003
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Give Your Drab Desktop a New Look via Themes Customize your desktop... apply a skin to Windows Media Player... make PDF files at no cost. |
PC Magazine
March 7, 2008
Neil J. Rubenking |
Can You Bottom-Line That for Me? Microsoft Word 2003 includes a strange but handy feature called AutoSummarize. |
PC Magazine
December 28, 2004
Neil J. Rubenking |
Windows Explorer Loses Menu, Toolbar How to restore a missing main menu and toolbar from Window Explorer on Windows 2000 Professional. |
PC Magazine
May 4, 2005
Neil J. Rubenking |
Context Menu Options to Move or Copy Files You can add "Copy To Folder" and "Move To Folder" to the Windows Explorer context menu, so that when you right-click on a file or folder in Explorer you have the option to copy or move it to another folder. |
PC World
October 2004
Scott Spanbauer |
Keep It Simple Cut the clutter on your PC and you can stop aggravations before they begin. Our 50 tips show you how to simplify Windows and your system from startup to shutdown. |
PC Magazine
February 1, 2010
Neil J. Rubenking |
Eliminate Unwanted Word Options Type something that Word editor doesn't like and you'll see a blue lightning icon blocking your view. Here's how to prevent this from happening. |
PC Magazine
February 2, 2005
Neil J. Rubenking |
Custom Envelopes in Word Is there any way that I can type the word "Attention" on the lower left of the envelope with Microsoft Word? |
PC World
July 2001
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Locate Files on a Multigigabyte Drive Find files on a big hard drive, organize your Start menu, open apps fast... |
PC Magazine
March 1, 2006 |
Problems When Scheduling a Task Access denied when attempting to schedule tasks. |
