Yeah, so we’re all kind of pissed with how Microsoft decided to go another notch with their exclusivity by changing the default file types for Office 2007. I basically find myself making the conscious effort to always save via compatibility mode. But what if some inconsiderate friend of yours decides that you should be [...]

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One thing you got to hate with how Microsoft marketed Vista is that most of them came in bundled with new PCs that they didn’t even come with an installation disc. Since this is Vista (a Microsoft product), it goes without telling when the damn system would decided to f*ck you up big time. [...]

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Ever since XP, the notification area has been a welcome friend. However, over the course of your use, you might want to take a look at the list of notification icons that are indexed by your system. You can do this by right-clicking on the system tray -> Properties -> Notification Area tab -> Customize. [...]

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If you think the next thing you need is an Add/Remove Programs replacement, then you do have a valid thought there. As with a lot of built-in features of Windows, they’re crap and many other programs can do the job a lot better 10 times over. As with the case of uninstallers, they do [...]

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Tired of looking at that lousy orb and progress bar waiting for Vista to load? How about accessing that hidden ‘Aurora’ boot screen that was readily available when Vista was still called Longhorn. It bears that funky lights effect thing as background and a message “Starting Windows Vista.” Want to access this screen?

Fire up the [...]

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In a statement released by Microsoft last Tuesday, they’ve confirmed that a vulnerability in versions of spreadsheet program Microsoft Excel can get you hacked. The vulnerable versions are as follows: Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003, Microsoft Office Excel 2002, Microsoft Office Excel 2000, and Microsoft Excel 2004 [...]

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A while back, we featured this (De)Motivator poster generator that can be found online and free to use. For some reason, I hate seeing Motivator posters (especially the one in my totally non-motivating boss’ office in my first job). But I do find amusement in Demotivators - those spoof posters that give a different twist [...]

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If you’re a big fan of portable storage - USB flash disks, external hard drives, even your iPod - you know the annoyance brought about by having to eject them first from your OS before yanking off the USB plug. It’s a two-stroke process for Windows users (left clicking that icon in the system [...]

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So you’re the only one who uses your computer at home and it annoys you to wait for that login prompt where you have to enter the password to your user’s account. But wouldn’t it be nice if you could just readily fire up Windows and start using it right away. You can just press [...]

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I really haven’t gotten around checking new freeware for the past few months so oblige me as I sneak in a post or two. In all honesty, I could just go on and on featuring all sorts of freeware here but I usually go for the top-ranked ones. Call me prejudiced, but if it’s not [...]

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Until now, Microsoft just finds ways to f*ck up its ways of dealing with updates. While SP1 for Vista is just around the corner, Microsoft continues to provide users with updates to “prepare” Vista systems for SP1 - something that I don’t quite understand. Anyway, a couple of days ago, Microsoft released a few updates [...]

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Hibernation has got to be one of the good things that Windows offers for mobile computing. But if you don’t have a real use for it, then why not just turn it off. While there are some good things about it - not losing what you’re doing when you need to shut your computer [...]

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Since we’re all waiting for the big release of Firefox 3, here are some more neat tricks you can do with Firefox. Here’s one for the keyboard ninjas out there who would want a faster way to launch Firefox with sites in tabs. You can simply do this via the Run command in Windows.

Access the [...]

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I wonder why all my books on Microsoft Office never pointed this out and it took How-to Geek to show us this neat trick in Word 2007 - selecting text vertically. This is pretty useful when editing lists. I’m not really sure if “vertical” is the right term for this feature since it actually [...]

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This is one great “hack” if you happen to need to browse the Internet but the dastardly administrators just blocked out the use of Internet Explorer and prevented you from installing software like Mozila Firefox. If using a standalone browser via USB flash drive (Don’t you just want to throttle people when that happens [...]

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