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Verizon is set to almost double its termination fee, starting at $350, then decreasing $10 for each month you are in contract. The move comes as the time approaches where Verizon will have to surrender its Alltel ownership in certain areas to AT&T. A higher termination fee means people just can skip away and grab [...]

I work with a team of guys that have been into computers for years. Some know advanced programming, and others have spent time memorizing almost every Windows setting. However, there is one bit of knowledge that many of them seem be unaware of, the keystroke to minimize all Windows.
I recently had 3 people around me [...]

Yesterday I had about 50 icons cluttering my desktop. Today that number is down to about 10. Yes, I have been one of those people that are guilty of saving everything to my desktop and just leaving it there. I also launched all of my programs from Deskop icons. People that saw it made fun [...]

This morning I was working with a company to try to get their software up and running. All we had to do was delete 1 file from the hard drive of their Windows laptop and all would’ve been jolly. When we looked on the C drive however, we couldn’t find the Program Files folder. It [...]

I originally thought that the critics were just being hard on Windows Vista. All Microsoft products draw skepticism. After my experience with Windows Vista though, it became clear to me that it sucks bad. I thought I’d share some specific examples.
Options aren’t available unless you are on a specific screen
Many of the options for certain [...]

Some people amaze me. They can’t seem to think for themselves let alone head in the direction of solving problems on their own. It’s just plain laziness to experience a problem and then immediately call somebody else and put them to work for you without trying anything first.
I’ve always been a person that likes to [...]

So I installed ClipMate 7 yesterday, an application I have sworn by for years. Clipmate is software that allows you to expand your cut & paste clipboard where you can have multiple items on it. I have used the application to provide email support for years, but after I installed it yesterday:
1. My menu was [...]

There is a registry hack that allows you to make Windows Vista crash to a blue screen of death whenever you want.
1. Hold down the Windows Key and press R. Type REGEDIT.
2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
then SYSTEM
then CurrentControlSet
then Services
then i8042prt
then click Parameters
3. Double-click on CrashOnCtrlScroll and set the value to 1 [...]

I recently created a post about making an icon to lock your screen. Since then I have been playing around with some of the RUNDLL32 shortcuts available for Windows Vista. One of them I found handy was this one to put Windows into Hibernate mode.
1. Right-click an blank area on your desktop.
2. Select New >Shortcut
3. [...]

Is your Windows system beeping at you? You can disable the beeping sound that usually comes from an internal speaker with these steps.
1. Hold down the Windows key while pressing R and type regedit.
2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then Control Panel
then click on Sound

3. On the right side, double-click on the Beep value [...]