Okay, so for more than a week, we haven’t featured any tech updates here. I’m really disappointed that Firefox 3 will only be released in June. I want to get my mitts on it but I’m quite hesitant to feature the Beta versions. Anyway, here’s another Windows tip for you.
This one is even shorter than […]

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Here’s another tip accompanied by a screencast and this one’s on making Control Panel show up as a menu within Windows Vista’s Start Menu. By default, accessing control panel via the start menu would simply launch another window which allows you to choose between the default layout or the classic control panel layout. Converting […]

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My friend and I were discussing Vista SP1’s performance since we both run Vista for our rigs. We’re on both ends of the spectrum though, with me running on Home Basic, and he, running on Ultimate. Not the same specs though since his rigs a juiced up gaming box and mine’s a workhorse lappie. […]

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This is a screencast featuring our recommended download - Vista Shortcut Manager.

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Installing Vista SP1 just a few hours ago, and my rig hasn’t crashed so it might be worth something. Not that my rig has crashed a lot running Vista. Anyway, that prompted me to look at other tweaks that you can do with Vista.
Some hate the drop shadow effect on icons but we’ve already solved […]

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I’m currently waiting for Windows Update to finish downloading and installing Windows Vista Service Pack 1. While it has been around for a few days, it was only today that Windows Update prompted me to download it.
I have to admit that ever since getting this rig June of last year, Windows Vista has severely […]

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Here’s another edition of LifeSpy screencast featuring one of our Windows tips on restoring the Run Command icon in the Windows Vista Start panel.

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Sorry, you read it right. That’s Office 2003 for you. A bit retro but the functionality lies with that version and I haven’t found one for other versions. Anyway, redaction is the act done by the feds or the military to blot out lines or portions of text that they deem confidential despite the Freedom […]

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Here’s another screencast for you guys. This is actually a visual tweak whether you like having that drop shadow effect on your Windows Vista desktop icons or not. Anyway, here’s how to remove it just in case you don’t like it.

Instructions can be read after the cut.

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I am still an out and out Firefox fan but anything that involves my OS’ manufacturer deserves a look somehow. And when news has it that the new Internet Explorer 8 would be standards-compliant, it definitely has my attention (though I can’t seem to avoid not snickering when I get to think of “standards compliance” […]

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Our first attempt at screencasting! Basically a look back at our previous how-to post on the topic:

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Finally! Microsoft has wizened up and decided that as Save as PDF option is pretty handy. And to think that OpenOffice and even Google Docs have had the feature a long time ago. Anyway, straight up, this thing adds a Save as PDF or XPF option in your Save As menu. And depending on your […]

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Huzzah! After nearly a year of not posting anything related to Internet Explorer (that’s how I hate using that non-standards compliant browser), here’s one. Not that I don’t use IE since I do for IE Tab to log-in to multiple accounts at the same time.
Anyway, one feature that Firefox has that readily trumps IE is […]

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So our favorite browser is quite the memory hog and, as I’ve been told, it loads quite slowly too compared to Opera and even Internet Explorer (a travesty!). And it’s quite true. Even with Windows Vista prefetch, a dual-core processor and a couple gigs of RAM, it still takes quite a while to load.
Apparently, […]

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Now here’s a nifty one for PC security. So you lug around a thumb drive as a handy backup for your data, store some no-install software for quick use, and a means for your to transfer or copy data on the fly. Who thought you can use it as your personal PC keyfob?
Here’s USB […]

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