Windows
Windows Wallpaper Rotator v1.0
I really like to find and use new wallpaper designs for my computer. About once a week or so I go out and hunt for new ones that I have not yet seen before. Having a lot of variety in my desktop background helps me keep things fresh. Nobody wants to look at the same [...]
Snubster
The world of social networking has become all about getting connected with current friends and making new friends with complete strangers. As crazy as it is, the amount of friends that a user has on a service such as MySpace has become some sort of a competition, and bragging rights are up for grabs. Yes, [...]
IE 7.0's Internet Options Connection Settings
Internet Explorer’s Connection settings are used to configure how the Web browser will connect to the Internet. These settings are available from the Internet Options window. The Connections tab will list any Internet connections currently configured on the computer, including dial-up and Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections. If a connection to the Internet is through [...]
IE 7.0's Internet Options Privacy Settings (Part II)
Internet Explorer gives you several options for configuring how cookies are handled on your computer. This is all done using the Privacy tab from the Internet Options window. Internet Explorer has six different privacy levels to choose from with the default being Medium. Block All Cookies: All cookies from all Web sites will be blocked. [...]
Windows XP Driver Dilemma
I’m supposed to be writing tonight’s report right now. Instead, Ponzi’s asking me to spend the next hour in her office, setting up two “crucial” pieces of hardware. One happens to be a photo printer, the other happens to be a flatbed scanner. I’m simply not looking forward to doing either one. USB was supposed [...]
Flash and Media Capture
Flash and Media Capture is a Windows plugin application for MS Internet Explorer. It adds a nice toolbar that allows you to save all images and Flash applets from a page to the folder you want. This tool is great for making collections of images on your disk from online photo albums, image forums, and [...]
IconTweaker v1.11
Want to change around your desktop icons, but don’t want to mess anything up so badly you can’t go back? Well you could hire a guy to change your icons for you, but that just sounds a little silly. Instead, why don’t you just pick up the freeware program called IconTweaker? As you can guess, [...]
Long Time Lost
Searching for yourself on Google is something that most of us have done in the past, and many of you likely perform this vanity search every few weeks or even so frequently as every day. Doing this is a risk because you can either build up your ego or completely destroy it depending on what [...]
Encrypted File System In Vista (Part II)
In the previous installment of this tip, I showed how to encrypt a file in Vista. An alternative method for encrypting files is the use the Cipher.exe command line utility. It can be used to encrypt, decrypt, and view the status of folders and files. A few of the various switches that can be used [...]
IE 7.0's Internet Options Privacy Settings (Part I)
Privacy settings in Internet Explorer allow you to control how cookies are handled on your computer. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer’s hard drive by a Web server. The text file stores personalized information about your visit to a Website. The Web server can then read the text [...]
