Do you remember USRobotics? Back in the mid-90’s, the company was huge. When you walked into a computer retail store back then, you would find huge displays of USRobotics products covering the floor. Not only was the company huge as far as providing high quality analog modems to customers, but they also owned the Palm, […]
When my Mac asks me if I’m sure I want to delete everything, it gets annoying after a while. Here’s how to disable the annoying “Are you sure you want to do this?” message whenever you trash items.
1. Click the Apple menu and select Preferences.
2. Click on Advanced at the top.
3. Uncheck the box for […]
Stacking is probably my favorite feature in Mac OS X Leopard. Here’s how to work with this feature to help organize your life on your Mac.
To create a stack, drag a folder of documents to the Dock.
Stacks appear as a Fan or Grid depending on how many items are in the Stack.
You can control this […]
I know this topic has been beaten to death lately, but I feel I have to comment. Bloggers have been scrutinizing Google over their practices and claiming that the company has too much power. It seems yesterday they were the “savior of the web”. These days Google is being compared with Microsoft as a company […]
Many people ask me how to create PDF documents. Adobe would want you to purchase their Adobe Acrobat product (not to be confused with the free Adobe Reader). There is a free way too make PDF documents though.
I like PDFCreator for creating PDF’s. You can download and install PDFCreator here. Doing so will create a […]
XPS is the Microsoft challenge to Adobe’s PDF format. If you are using Windows Vista, XPS support is built in. If you are using Windows XP, you will need to download the XPS Essential pack to view and make XPS documents. Follow these steps to create an XPS document:
1. In whatever application you are using […]
Did you know that Internet Explorer 7 has a setting that controls the tolerance of blocking pop-up windows? I didn’t.
You probably know about the setting under Tools > Internet Options under the Security tab already. There you can elect to Turn on Pop-up Blocker by checking or unchecking the box, but here is an area […]
When the search index is being updated, it can slow down your computer. If you don’t use the search option very often, you can disable Indexing on your hard drives. Searching will be slower, but your computer will run a bit faster. Try these steps to disable indexing.
1. Click Start > Computer.
2. Right-click […]
