Windows
How to Take OS X Style Screen Shots in Windows with Greenshot
One of the things I never understood about Windows was that Microsoft hasn’t added a feature to make it easier to take a screenshot of a specific area of your screen. Sure, the Print Screen button allows you to add the screen to your clipboard and transfer it to an image editor such as Paint, [...]
How to Group Taskbar Buttons in Windows 7
Whether you’re using your computer for work or for play, making sure the Windows desktop is aesthetically pleasing as well as being efficient for navigation and getting to the files and applications can be an endeavor with its own set of challenges. Just as a cluttered work space or living room can impede a positive, [...]
How to Use a USB Drive to Run Portable Applications
The USB drive is a handy little gadget that serves the purpose once reserved for floppy disks and Zip drives. It’s commonly used to move folders, files, and data easily from one computer to another in a format that’s often small enough to be given a second job as a key chain. There’s no need [...]
Windows 8: Not a Haven for Developers?
As all my close friends all know, I use Windows 8 on my laptop, and now even they use it as well. I seem to have inspired a movement, among my social circles, to switch to Windows 8, the new pre-release operating system from Microsoft. From a consumer standpoint, Windows 8 is a pleasure to [...]
How to Disable Error Reporting in Windows 7
Growing up, I was always told that nobody likes a snitch. Mimicking a young, shaggy-headed Matt Dillon in Over the Edge, they’d say: “A kid who tells on another kid is a dead kid.” Hall monitors and crossing guards would constantly try and get me to rat out my fellows for transgressions both real and [...]
Five Advantages to Owning an Older PC
It can be difficult to feel good about your computer when you read articles about the latest and greatest technology. Add to that every tech-minded podcast or YouTube channel in the world holding up these expensive and seemingly magical devices in front of you and talking about how great they are. I’ve been there, and [...]
How to Install XP Mode in Windows 7
When it’s 2012 and you’ve gone through the trouble (and paid the cost) of installing Windows 7, you might wonder (and rightfully so) why you might want to use something called an “XP Mode.” After all, when you went through the upgrade process, didn’t you figure that XP was something you’d be leaving behind as [...]
How to Build Websites in Windows 7
SnappyTech, a member of the LockerGnome community at large, inquired about Web development software for Windows. Windows can be an excellent environment for Web development, especially for programmers who enjoy working directly with code. After all, does it really matter what platform you’re using when editing code? What can help are several useful apps that [...]
Can Windows 8 Tablets Compete with the iPad?
Microsoft is putting a lot on the table with the upcoming release of Windows 8. Not only will it be the most significant change to the platform’s UI since Windows 95 first appeared almost twenty years ago, but it also signals the latest in a long history of attempts by Microsoft to get a firm [...]
How to Deal with a Forgotten Windows Password
Nate, a member of the Gnomies community, brought up an interesting question. What do you do when you forget your administrator Windows password? Forgetting your Windows 7 Administrator password can leave you without access to your system, or worse. This could happen out of honest forgetfulness, the result of idiotic roommates with nothing better to [...]
