2005 July

One of the most attractive things about Gmail is the amount of storage space that they give to you for free. With that kind of space, you can keep years worth of archived messages in your account. You’re not locked into a certain amount of space, either. If you check out the Gmail Web site, [...]

If you are running out of space on your computer, there are a number of different things that you can do. I recently wrote a short tip entitled Which Files are Safe to Delete. As the name would imply, I outlined some of the files you can safely remove to free up disk space.
However, if [...]

Windows XP supports both basic and dynamic disks (as does Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003). You can use the Disk Management console to convert a basic disk to dynamic. Before you attempt to make the conversion you need to keep the following points in mind:

There must be a minimum of 1 MB of free [...]

July 29, 1954
Although I was a huge J.R.R. Tolkien fan in my youth, neither of my kids has read his books. Maybe the “Lord of the Rings” movies will inspire them (and countless others) to explore the magical world of Middle Earth found in his books. Whether you’re a fan of the books, the movies [...]

Ok, now admit it. How many of you set ringtones not for people you like, and whose call you want to be sure to answer, but for people whom you don’t like, and whose call you want to be sure to avoid?
For all of you out there - and you know who you are [...]

If you have a High Definition audio device in your Win XP x64 or Windows 2003 computer, then you’ll want to take a look at this. Microsoft has today released an update for Windows XP x64 and Windows Server 2003 to correct a known problem with those systems which have High Definition (HD) audio [...]

Gazette reader Lai C. writes:

Dear Dennis,

I have recently organized all of my critical files into 1 single folder. The rationale for organizing in this manner is so that it is easy for me to locate my files for the purpose of backing them up onto CD recordable.

My Critical File Folder contains over 5 gigabytes (GB) [...]

Several years ago, I had a chance to get in on the ground floor of an Internet company. I thought about it, talked with my brother about it (since he is the one who turned me on to the site), and then finally decided not to. My big regret is that the company in question [...]

Yeah, I know Steve Rubel’s post on Dumping Microsoft is a few days old… but I couldn’t let this one slip by without plunking down my two cents. I, too, have wrestled with the iSwitch. Despite how much I might complain about the state of consumer Windows software, I find myself reluctant to leave the [...]

LinkStash is an outstanding Windows bookmarks/favorites manager that works for all later versions of Internet Explorer, Netscape, and Opera. LinkStash will open and close with your browser, and easily store and organize all your favorite links in a familiar Explorer-style tree arrangement. Add new links instantly with a keystroke or handy toolbar buttons in LinkStash [...]