Windows
Customizing Icons For Efficiency's Sake
Looking back over the articles I’ve written on organization and accessing data rapidly, I see a glaring omission. This is something that I do routinely and have shown some students how to implement, and they have occasionally gone beyond what I think is useful. The missing something is customizing icons. The most useful icons to [...]
Setting Up Hardware Profiles In XP
Hardware profiles are especially useful for laptop users. A hardware profile tells Windows which devices to use when your computer starts up. For example, a mobile user may want to create two hardware profiles. One profile for the office where the laptop is docked and the network adapter enabled. A second profile can be created [...]
Troubleshooting Basic Network Problems In XP
Troubleshooting is something we often find ourselves having to do. It is often difficult to even know how to begin troubleshooting a problem and can mean waiting on the phone for extended periods of time waiting to speak to support personnel. XP makes network troubleshooting more “user friendly” through the Help and Support Center. Using [...]
ForecastFox v0.59
ForecastFox is an extension for Firefox that displays the current and upcoming U.S. weather in the browser status bar. The display is small and informative, and provides mouseover hints that reveal detailed information. Advanced users can customize the display in every detail and choose which information is displayed. ForecastFox can also cycle between multiple ZIP [...]
GasBuddy
It seems like everyone who has a pulse is complaining about gas prices these days. It is getting a little ridiculous, but for most people, the spike in pricing only costs them about a buck or two more each time they fill ‘er up. The most ridiculous part about the whole situation is how frequently [...]
Kick The Logon Prompt To The Curb
Q: I’m running Windows 98 on this gloriously old computer of mine, and am sick and tired of receiving the logon prompt when I boot the machine up. It really is useless for me, and I was wondering if you could tell me how to get rid of it for good.
We Like What We Know
My advanced senior client who does day trading over the Internet among other activities recently returned from an extended vacation in Mexico. She had bought a new laptop before going. I had lusted over its huge screen, but had not really had a chance to try it out. She had confirmed that the timeshare in [...]
Disable Call Waiting In XP
If you are using a dial-up connection to access the Internet, you may find that you get disconnected by incoming calls, especially if you use your home phone line to dial into your ISP. You can easily fix this problem by disabling call waiting. To disabled this feature in XP:
Preventing Permission Inheritance In XP
Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, XP, and Windows Server 2003 support NTFS permissions. Any volumes formatted with NTFS will support NTFS permissions which can be used to control access to resources on your computer. For simplified administration, permissions are normally passed on from parent folder to subfolders and files. In other words, subfolders and files [...]
Drunk Driving, Growing Pains, And Technology
As I was flipping through the dial last night, I happened to tune into the Larry King show. Tracey Gold, the actress – best known for her role as Carol Seaver on the ABC sitcom Growing Pains – was Larry’s guest. Tracey shared the frightening story of how she rolled her Yukon after drinking a [...]
