I’ve been catching up on unread items on my feed reader and I probably have skipped this item from ComputerWorld (undoubtedly one of my favorite reads for tech stuff).
I am now a Vista user and I’m still contemplating hard on whether I’d upgrade to XP or just . I’m even using Home Basic and [...]

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Seems like I’m making up for not getting to post that many tech tips for the past week and pardon me if I’ve been focusing on Word 2007. Doing all of these academic writing had me staring at Word 2007 for a good number of hours lately. Long enough for me to see some of [...]

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This is a rarity but for some reason, I’m loving Office 2007’s styles. I’ve been writing a short paper on some topics in linguistics and I used them to format. And do they look neat and professional. Some of them even mimic layout styles you find in books giving your work a classy look.
However, [...]

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For those of you who are still adjusting to the new look and tools arsenal of Microsoft Office 2007, here’s a couple of things that you can do to tweak the way Office 2007 looks. Probably another GUI “concept” aside from the Ribbon that you now notice is this thing called the Quick Access [...]

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One of Vista’s security features is a thing called User Account Control (UAC) and one of it’s more family-friendly capabilities is Parental Control. It allows the parent (or administrator) to control what certain accounts in the computer can do - limit surfing capabilities, set program access and control, even set time limits. And what’s [...]

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After a week or so of dealing with Office 2007, I’ve started to be settle with the Ribbon thing. The Ribbon is Office 2007’s replacement for the layers of toolbars that were previously found in 2003 and older. While I do miss the novelty, it now has struck me that the Ribbon has made [...]

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Ever since that tragic day, the US government has gone through lengths to ensure the safety of its people. Probably one of the most apparent signs of this is the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security. It presents a color scheme of five threat levels depending on the level of risk.
Now if you [...]

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The problem with the latest Microsoft releases is that they aren’t backward compatible. Take Vista for example. There are only a special number of software that run on it. Good thing they weren’t that inconsiderate with Office 2007. At least, there’s still the option for you to save using older document formats. By the [...]

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To top off my Vista use (even if I continually whine about it), I’ve decided to put some more Microsoft “love” in my notebook with Microsoft Office 2007. I figured that many new users will be using Vista and Office 2007 especially since these little buggers often come with a new PC purchase and [...]

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I’ve recently had a bout of paranoia so I decided to back things up. And since one of the essential backup tools is having a dependable set of installers, I decided to assembly my backup DVD case - a DVD bag full the essential installers. That’s when it struck me that the copy of [...]

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I really don’t know what’s the deal with Aero.
I’ve got a friend who’s running Home Premium which has Aero. We practically have the same laptop specs and expected battery life and yet, she only gets a measly hour and a half or so in battery mode while I get 2 or so hours, 3 [...]

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Okay, I’m now trying to be optimistic and look for some positive sides on being a Vista user. And I’ve found one.
I remember in XP and with the previous versions of Windows, I usually used the Run line to launch some of the system applications like Notepad or Calculator. Forgive me if I’m not [...]

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I’ve just been retraining myself with some keyboard ninjitsu for Windows Vista as of late and here are a couple of tips for keyboard ninjas. These commands allow you to cycle through the Taskbar items and the System Tray items using the Windows logo key.
To cycle through your Taskbar programs

Press Windows + T
Use your [...]

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Hah! I’m still fuming with Vista’s Defrag and my lost-and-found gigabyte of hard drive space and I’m stuck with it. I would’ve wanted to “upgrade” back to XP but that means I have to shell out money for another OS. It really challenges you ethically. Or maybe it’s time to finally try out Linux [...]

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I love keeping my hard drives in optimum performance that’s why I always take time to defragment them. I’m running my new laptop on Home Basic (I don’t need the frills of Windows bloatware like Aero) and I’ve decided to do a bit of maintenance and organize my files and give it a good [...]

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