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February 14, 2007 |
Herding Wandering Windows Problems with resizing windows. |
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September 14, 2005
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Control a Window with the Keyboard Keyboard shortcuts to resizing or move a window. |
PC Magazine
August 17, 2005
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Change a Hard Drive's Icon How to change the icon for a hard drive. |
PC Magazine
April 4, 2007
Neil Randall |
Vista Tip: Command Window If you use the command window regularly, you'll be happy to know that you can access it from any Vista folder. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
January 15, 2007
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Vista: Upgrade--Or Trade Up? Consider speeding up the purchase of a new computer when pcs loaded with Vista become available in a few more weeks. |
PC World
January 2006
Scott Dunn |
Break Through Windows' Workspace Limitations Tips to gain usable space in Windows and in applications. |
BusinessWeek
January 28, 2009
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Windows 7: A Sight for Sore Vista Users The new Windows 7 operating system allows for finer control, and Vista's more annoying behavior - compatibility and performance - has been tamed. |
Macworld
January 2001 |
Organize with Entourage Save Time with Microsoft Office's New Personal Information Manager... |
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
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... |
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February 4, 2011
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Ten Tips for Microsoft Word and Excel Both of these programs drive us crazy sometimes by not doing what we want them to do. Here are 10 tricks to help you get exactly what you want from your documents and spreadsheets. |
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 World
January 23, 2007
Steve Bass |
Make Windows XP Act Like Vista In less than an hour, these freebies can transform XP a pseudo Vista. |
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 World
December 2000
Alan Stafford |
The Joy of X Mac's Hot New OS Boasts Brains and Style to Spare... |
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 World
January 2002
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Take Charge of Windows Audio Controls Control Windows' audio commands, fix problem applications with fast access to the Task Manager... |
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
December 1, 2008
Neil J. Rubenking |
Horribly Slow Browsing, Revisited Turning off Auto-Tuning in Vista. |
PC Magazine
May 3, 2006 |
Don't Miss Outlook Mail Notifications How to manipulate the properties of e-mail notifications to meet your needs. |
PC Magazine
April 5, 2010
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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 10, 2008
Edward Mendelson |
Microsoft Outlook: 9 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do E-mail can be such a chore some days, it's no wonder most of us don't play around with its settings or know half the tricks it can perform. Read on for a few of our favorites. |
PC World
May 2005
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Window's Hidden Image Viewer Useful, little-known features of the seemingly disposable photo viewing utility. |
PC Magazine
December 28, 2004
Neil J. Rubenking |
Recover a Deleted Outlook Contact How to recover an accidentally deleted Outlook e-mail address. |
PC World
September 2003
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Check Your Disks for Errors, With a Single Click Automate hard-drive maintenance; XP Pro vs. XP Home; the versatile Power Menu utility. |
Macworld
January 2001
Tom Negrino |
Nisus Email 1.0 Quirky E-mail Program Best for Light Use... |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2011
Michael Olsen |
Rising Star Buy: More Icon Icon shares might not appreciate tomorrow, and they might decline more before they go up. But here is a rare value: a secular growth story at a stellar valuation. |
PC World
August 2001
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Make Desktop Text Easy to Read Select a readable system font, create a Show Desktop icon, learn how to use your Windows key... |
PC Magazine
September 27, 2006
Dave Mathews |
Customize Your Drive Icons In the early 1980s, when the computer revolution brought us removable storage media, all we had to worry about was two floppy drives -- A: and B:. |
PC Magazine
October 12, 2005
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20 Years of Windows Solutions Two decades of Microsoft Windows tips are revealed. |
PC Magazine
December 21, 2005
Neil J. Rubenking |
Site-Specific Icons for Web Shortcuts Keep specific web shortcut icons from being replaced by standard icons. |
Salon.com
October 25, 2000
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Mac OS X: As Windows as you wanna be Apple's new operating system has learned a few tricks from Microsoft -- and added some neat features of its own... |
Popular Mechanics
November 2009
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How to Eject Discs from Mac Pro Towers: Digital Clinic How to eject a CD/DVD disc from a Mac Pro tower computer without a keyboard. |
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
August 23, 2007
Erik Larkin |
Evade Snoops by Cloaking Your Internet Activity in Anonymity Free program helps obscure your online tracks, but your browsing speed will take a hit. |
PC Magazine
June 23, 2008
Neil J. Rubenking |
Vista Icons Lose Their Filenames Only seeing icons with no filenames in Vista? You can restore the settings easily to get them back. |
PC World
October 2005
Yardena Arar |
Windows Vista Looks Slicker, Safer Improved search and security in Beta 1 of Microsoft's new OS... Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP and Vista... |
BusinessWeek
November 13, 2006
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Explorer's Long-Awaited Update Most of IE 7's new features are already available on Firefox. |
PC Magazine
April 18, 2007
Jeremy A. Kaplan |
Vista Made Easy: 50 Tips And Tricks We'll walk you through Vista's many neat features and more than 50 tips on installing Vista optimally, configuring it for you and your family, improving system speed, and turning up its coolness. |
PC World
April 2003
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Take the Shortcut Route to Instant File Backups Easily back up your files after you finish working on them... restore the Change Passwords panel... hide specific file extensions. |
Linux Journal
June 2000
Michael J. Hammel |
Installing Window Maker Mr. Hammel gives us the basics for installing and configuring Window Maker. |
PC World
July 23, 2007
Lincoln Spector |
Vista Defrag Problems Why doesn't Vista's disk defragmenter work in safe mode? |
PC World
February 2001
Scott Dunn |
Preview Images in Windows Explorer Restore thumbnails for image files; expand file searches; what's FooBar? |
PC Magazine
January 20, 2004
Neil J. Rubenking |
Custom URL Shortcut Icons Lost I put shortcuts to some of my favorite Web pages in the Quick Launch area of the taskbar, but all icons have reverted to plain IE icons. How can this be avoided? |
InternetNews
November 30, 2006
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Vista's Day Has Come Steve Ballmer launched Vista today in New York, as Microsoft enjoys its biggest release yet. |
AskMen.com
Ross Bonander |
4 Steps: Start A Habit Whether it's regular exercise or implementing the perfect diet here are four steps to integrate it into your life until it becomes second nature. |
PC Magazine
January 12, 2005
Larry Seltzer |
Bogus Security Warnings When a warning pops up unexpectedly as you're surfing, take your time before responding. |
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... |
