Windows
Create Desktop Icon To Restart Your Computer In Vista
Here is a helpful little tip that you can use to quickly restart your Vista machine. Normally you would click start, click Shut Down and then select Restart. Alternatively, you can create a shortcut on your desktop. When you want to restart your computer, all you have to do is double click the icon you [...]
Geeks Hits 10,000 Members!
I’m very proud to have reached this milestone. Many communities on the Web don’t make it past a few hundred active members — so you are to be congratulated on hitting the 10,000 membership mark! Stay tuned for the “Fly Zero G and Rule the Geekosphere!” giveaway — where one of you geeks will get [...]
Vista’s Photo Gallery Editing Tools
Vista includes an application called Photo Gallery that lets you do some basic editing of your photos. For example, you can crop a photo to trim off parts that you do not need or fix red eyes. If you want to do advanced editing of your photos, Photo Gallery will not meet your needs. However, [...]
Enable Account Lockout In Vista
For increased security, you can configure your computer with an account lockout policy. This means that after a certain number of failed logon attempts, the user account will be unlocked. You can configure this option by opening the security settings on the local computer. Open the local computer policy, expand Account Policies, and click Account [...]
Group Tour Magazine
Group Tour Magazine is the magazine group travel professionals look to for information and inspiration. You will find the greatest destinations, attractions, restaurants, and lodging that cater to group travel in the U.S. and Canada! Each issue offers in-depth articles on group-friendly destinations and attractions, sample itineraries, industry news, a regional feature, a profile of [...]
SUPERAntiSpyware For Lockergnome Readers
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UserNameCheck.com
Almost everything that we do online requires us to have some sort of username and password, and all of these accounts quickly begin to add up after some time. Before too long, you get to a point where you can’t even remember which account name you used for each service. In turn, it’s always frustrating [...]
What’s A Netbook?
What exactly is a Netbook, and how is it different from a laptop computer? – Michael A Netbook is a small, inexpensive computer that is designed primarily as a communication device on the Internet. To make sense of the Netbook, it helps to understand the history of computing when it comes to the average user. [...]
Xbox Weight-Loss
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Change A User Account Name In Vista
When you create a user account in Vista, you must assign the account an account name. This is the name that will appear on the Vista welcome screen and on the Start menu when the user is logged in. At some point, you may decide that you want to change the name assigned to the [...]
