Category Archives: Windows Tips

Will Microsoft stick to its April 8 deadline?

Somewhere between 25% and 40% of all Windows computers are still running Windows XP, and a big percentage of these are large corporations and smaller businesses for whom Windows 8 is anathema because of its obvious leanings toward touch screen computers. Some think Windows 8 was designed to appeal to younger people whose primary reasons for using computers… Read More »

How to try Windows 8.1 free

If you don’t already have Windows 8 and want to try out the latest version of Windows free, you can do so right now. The trial is valid for 90 days. But please, please, please, do not install this as your primary operating system. Best option? Download the free VMWare Player and create a virtual machine — it’s… Read More »

A few cool tips for Windows 7

1. Add an additional pane to Windows Explorer In Windows Explorer, activate an additional file preview pane to the right side of the window with this new shortcut. This panel is great for previewing images in your photos directory or for moving files from one directory to another. Windows + + (plus key) Windows + – (minus key)… Read More »

Use RESMON to monitor your Windows 7 computer

Windows 7 includes a really great utility that can give you very useful detailed information about your computer’s memory, disk usage, CPU usage, and network usage — all at a glance. Using RESMON (Resource Monitor), you can quickly spot resource hogs that are stealing your computer’s thunder and maybe bogging it down.  Even if your computer is running… Read More »

Listen: Do you want to know a secret?

  In this age of mass espionage, when as private citizens our emails, computers, credit cards, and other personal details are being snapped up by nosy government bureaucrats, faster than a whale sifting plankton; governments who use the word “terrorism” to terrorize us all into allowing unrelenting and unjustified snooping, collating and archiving our every email, message, photo,… Read More »

Still looking for a good replacement for Microsoft Office?

Are you one of those who are still looking for the perfect replacement for Microsoft Office? Don’t like Open Office? Don’t like Google Docs? Do other online office apps leave you cold? If this sounds like you, we have another online office for you to review. It’s probably the most Microsoft-like office replacement we’ve seen. If you look… Read More »