Windows - General

Windows 7 will come in even more flavors that Windows Vista did. Windows 7 comes in six different editions: Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate. Microsoft should just have one edition of the operating system that has everything at one low price.  Comment to this post with your thoughts on Windows 7 [...]

On August 12th I wrote a post on “What would you like to see in Windows 7?” I have gotten many replies, so I have decided to share them with you.
Microsoft’s next operating will be Windows 7. Microsoft will need to make Windows 7 perfect to avoid users switching to [...]

Microsoft’s next operating will be Windows 7. Microsoft will need to make Windows 7 perfect to avoid users switching to Apple’s Operating System, Mac OS X. What features would you like to see in Windows 7? 

 Ability to rearrange items on the taskbar
Zooming feature
Two Editions - Home and Pro
64 bit operating system only
Better Windows Explorer
More graphical [...]

Do you want to ever play a joke on a co-worker at the office? Try the Windows XP BSOD Screen saver! Click Here to try it out.  

Windows Vista has a new feature called Ready Boost which allows you to use a flash drive as if it were system memory. That sounds like it would be a cool feature, but does it really work? I have found that using my USB 2.0 1GB drive that it gave a small amount of performance boost. Ready Boost works [...]

If you have more than one computer, a network printer may be a good investment. If you use printer sharing in windows, this gets the job done, but not well. I say this because you have to always have to have the PC that has the printer on in order to print. You can also buy [...]

 If you cannot connect dual monitors, another great alternative is a virtual desktop application. If you are running Microsoft Windows you can download MSVDM in Microsoft power toys for free. It lets you have four desktops and have different programs and applications running in each. You can even have different wallpapers in each of the desktops. I use [...]

If you don’t back up your computer, you are asking for trouble. Hard Drives can fail at anytime, anywhere, and anyplace which translates you could lose all of your most important documents and pictures. You should backup your computer at least once a month to prevent potential data loss. Here are some common methods used to back [...]

Here are some tips to create professional-looking word documents. 

 Mange page Margins -  Most documents should have 1 inch margins. (There are some exceptions: Posters, index cards, etc.)
Format the text - Formatted text is more appealing to the eye. If you want a cretin word to stand out from the others, use boldface text, If you are adding titles of [...]