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Some Items Cannot Be Shown Get rid of the error message indicating that there is not enough room to show all the items added to the Start menu. |
PC Magazine August 2, 2006 |
Eliminate "Recent Documents" Evidence Disable Window's XP history of your recent documents. |
PC World September 25, 2007 Scott Dunn |
Make Random Reboots Tell You What's Up Diagnose the cause of PC restarts that come out of the blue. |
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 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 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 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 January 10, 2007 Sarah Pike |
Invisible Icon Close system applications using the icon in the upper left corner of Windows. |
PC Magazine April 16, 2009 Jeremy A. Kaplan |
A Quick Fix for Vista Problems Does Windows Vista seem sluggish to you? The slowdown could be caused by any number of things, but there's an easy way to cross a few off your list |
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 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 December 21, 2005 Helen Bradley |
Exploring Word Toolbars Customize your Word environment with these handy toolbar options. |
PC World February 26, 2008 Greg Adler, PC World |
Microsoft Windows Vista: What PC Buyers Choose PC buyers choose one version of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system over all others. |
PC World February 27, 2007 Preston Gralla |
Windows Tips for Everyone Whether you've jumped to Vista or are sticking with XP, our tips will make your computing faster and safer and even a little more stylish. |
PC Magazine March 7, 2008 Joel Durham |
Always Looking for the Same Stuff? When you perform a search with Vista's new instant search feature, you can save the search results as a special folder |
PC Magazine April 4, 2007 |
Can I Unstick Items in the Start Menu? Recreating the programs pinned to the Windows start menu. |
PC World August 23, 2007 Scott Dunn |
Create Instant Restore Points Create a visual basic script file to create restore points for you. |
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 World September 25, 2007 Scott Dunn |
Keep Your Data Safe by Reorganizing Windows' Folders Moving the folders that hold your data files off your Windows drive makes backups and recoveries a breeze. |
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 Magazine February 8, 2008 Neil J. Rubenking |
Controlling Defragmentation in Vista Automatic defragmentation in Vista. |
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 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 World September 25, 2007 Scott Dunn |
Activate Vista's Snipping Tool The screen capture utility built into Vista didn't make it into all versions of the OS. Here's how to turn it on if you have it and how to upgrade if you don't. |
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 World November 25, 2007 Scott Dunn |
Fast Windows Fixes From bullet-fast startups and shutdowns to automatic data protection, here are 31 tweaks to make Vista and XP smarter, more reliable, and more efficient. |
PC World September 26, 2007 Lincoln Spector |
Trouble With a Major PC Application When one of your most frequently used applications loses its zip or won't work reliably at all, do you have to reinstall it? |
PC Magazine September 4, 2007 Anton Galang |
Vista Tip: Copy as Path A new feature of Vista allows users to copy folder paths. |
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 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 September 13, 2006 |
Word Text Is Not Black Change in text color may occur when you change the desktop theme. |
PC Magazine February 15, 2006 John Clyman |
A New Start for Windows Vista If there's one change that's bound to strike you when you first see Windows Vista, it's the absence of the familiar Start button. |
PC World May 9, 2008 Steve Bass |
Three Easy Fixes for Windows Annoyances Restore Windows' picture viewer, hibernate your PC instantly, and turn off indexing to crank up your system's performance. |
PC Magazine January 10, 2007 |
Suppress the Reading Pane for All Outlook Folders Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 so it defaults to no reading pane must be made individually for each folder. |
PC Magazine November 11, 2003 Neil J. Rubenking |
Strip Personal Information from Word Documents In Microsoft Word 2002, when I select Properties from the File menu and click on the Summary tab, I see information I don't always want to share with others. For example, how do I clear the company and author lines? |
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 World July 23, 2007 Lincoln Spector |
The Ultimate Word Undo Ever do something really stupid to Microsoft Word? Something like, say, accidentally deleting the File menu? |
PC Magazine April 4, 2008 Neil J. Rubenking |
Horribly Slow Browsing in Vista What could be tripping up Web browsing in a seemingly Vista-capable PC? |
PC Magazine September 5, 2008 Neil J. Rubenking |
Can't Create Groups in Windows Contacts It's dead simple to group specific contacts in the Windows Contacts folder in Vista. |
PC Magazine August 14, 2008 Neil J. Rubenking |
Vista Folders Always Start at 800-by-600 What to do if Vista's stuck you with 800-by-600 windows. |
PC Magazine May 16, 2007 Sara Pike |
Vista Tip: Default Programs One of Vista's most attractive new features makes uncovering important settings easier than it was in XP. |
PC Magazine May 30, 2007 Neil J. Rubenking |
Curing an Outlook Free/Busy Mixup Solutions to a common Outlook problem. |
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 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 October 10, 2007 Neil J. Rubenking |
Find the Cookies Folder in Vista Locating the cookies folder in Microsoft Vista is a two-step process. |
PC Magazine January 1, 2008 David A. Karp |
Vista Log-In Hacks Some cool features take effect before the OS even boots. |
PC Magazine February 1, 2006 |
Desktop.ini Files Open at Start-Up Prevent notepad files from appearing upon startup. |
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 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. |