Category Archives: Windows Tips

Jump Lists – Windows 7 and Windows 8.x

Jump Lists are a feature exclusive to Windows 7 and Windows 8. Jump Lists are handy because they show recently used files for an application or tasks related to that application, and let you access them quickly. Jump Lists can be accessed by right-clicking on an application’s icon in the Windows 7  and 8 task bar. There’s another… Read More »

You Can Be Part of The Future of Gmail

Google is going to mail Gmail even better (we hope). Right now, by invitation only, you can be part of the future of Gmail, which Google calls “Inbox by Gmail”. You can be part of the team that helps make Gmail even better and even easier to use. You can be a pioneer! You can be an explorer… Read More »

What Is the Windows Key

What is the Windows Key A number of you wrote to us after a tip we published that required you to press the Windows Key plus the “R” key to open a Run Command. You wanted to know what the Windows Key was. Sometimes we forget that many users really don’t know what the Windows Key is or where… Read More »

Run Windows 10 Tech Preview in a Virtual Machine – Part 2

How to Install Windows 10 as a Virtual Machine: Part 2 Building Your Windows 10 Virtual Machine Windows 7, Windows 8.x Now that you’ve downloaded the correct ISO file for your computer and your version of English, you’ll need to download a free program called Virtualbox from Sun Microsystems. So let’s do that right now. The downloads are… Read More »