Windows Vista changed a lot of things from XP making the new Vista user quite in the dark when it comes to finding features and options that he/she has gotten used to in older Windows versions. One such feature is the Display Properties. If you right-click on your desktop wallpaper, you might confused where [...]

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I won’t take it against anyone if he has decided to stand firm with Windows XP. Nearly four months into Windows Vista and I have yet to find a really good reason to convince someone to shift. Well, probably it’s because I’m running on Home Basic which really doesn’t have much to offer.
I’d have [...]

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For those of you who are new to Office 2007, you might notice the Quick Access toolbar that’s available at the topmost left corner of your window. By default, it features the Save, Undo and Repeat commands. However, if you want more control of your interface, it’s a good thing that Office lets you [...]

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If you’re an Office 2007 user, probably one of the things you found different in the new interface is the elimination of the those toolbars that suddenly pop up when you select a particular tool. However, Microsoft has just found something else to annoy use with - the Mini Toolbar. And you just have [...]

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I have to admit that I haven’t really gotten to play around with Windows Vista since I’m just using it straight up as an OS to launch all my other applications. In fact, I’d have to say that I haven’t really been impressed by Vista. However, now that I’ve gotten to tinkering around some [...]

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Documents nowadays contain metadata - pieces information that are embedded into a file. These often help you in organizing your files or to easily search or share them over the Internet. However, with this, you might just be handing out a lot of information about yourself without even knowing it - just by sending [...]

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If you’re an Excel user, you might have been familiar with its data entry quirks. By default, Excel automatically points your cursor one cell down when you input data and press the Enter key. Now depending on how you are structuring your data, this behavior can be quite annoying. It’s a good thing that [...]

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There may be times when you need to get some media embedded in a PowerPoint presentation and use them externally as media files). Well, they can actually be individually saved as images inside PowerPoint (just right-click on the image and save it as an image). Amit of Digital Inspiration give us this great workaround [...]

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When it comes to dummy text, I always go by the eternally useful Lorem ipsum sequence. That means that I have to use its own generator or the text sequence saved comfortably in a text file ready for my use. However, for Microsoft Word users, you don’t have to pull up any other generator [...]

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If you’ve neglected cleaning and organizing your files for some time, you may be in for one tough job. Ever wondered where all of those bytes went? While most of the “lost bytes” in Windows are due to the shadow files and restore points, some of the overlooked ones are due to empty directories. [...]

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At long last. After working a while with Windows Vista, it finally crashed on me! Yes. I do seem like I’m ecstatic about the matter and, indeed, I am. I’m still a bit pissed off since fixing the darned thing took around ten minutes of my productive time. But at least I now belong [...]

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I usually just rip the movie off the DVD first and then keep the DVD sealed and in pristine scratch and smudge free condition. Personal use only, and I’m not sharing it via P2P. At least I can watch my movies in my laptop without having to pop in the DVD all the time.
Recently, [...]

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How-to Geek apparently doesn’t find a need for the Caps Lock key so why not disable the darned thing. Come to think of it, I haven’t really used it for a very long time. I prefer to use bold or italicized characters for emphasis and I always tend to just hold down the Shift [...]

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Hmm… a precursor to SP1 perhaps? Oh well, I think these have been long overdue, especially for those experiencing a lot of problems after shifting to Vista. Billy’s boys have released, not one, but two update packs for their “best” OS so far. These two update packs aim to improve compatibility and reliability and [...]

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As always, Billy Gates is out for global conquest. And he wants to keep hold of his control over computers worldwide by pimping his new OS to every new PC user. They are now expecting to reach a milestone of one billion by the end of a year’s time.
Now here’s one story I failed [...]

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