Category Archives: Windows Tips

Secrets of the Captain

Many of you have purchased Captain Optimizer since we began offering it at our special discount. Thank you! We thought we’d show you a feature of Captain Optimizer that you may not be aware of. Most of you know that Captain Optimizer can clean, tune, and optimize your PC, check your PC’s security settings, and a whole lot… Read More »

Windows 7 Shortcuts — Our Favorites

Win+Space operates as a keyboard shortcut for Aero Peek. Win+Up and Win+Down are new shortcuts for Maximize and Restore/Minimize. Win+Shift+Up vertically maximizes the current window Win+Left and Win+Right snap the current window to the left or right half of the current display; successive key presses will move the window to other monitors in a multi-monitor configuration. Win+Shift+Left and… Read More »

Before You Click — THINK

What’s the first thing you learned when you were first learning to use a computer? If you think about it, the first thing you learned to do was to click things. You have to click an icon to open your email or browser. You have to click a link to go to a web page. All of us,… Read More »

Avast Plays “Rate this Site”

MaryLee on Avast’s’ site rating feature Hi TC & EB, On your suggestion, I was just about to uninstall the free version of Avast, to try the Microsoft program you recommended recently, when Avast made an update to their program, so I downloaded the new version. Now I see that they have a “rate this site,” feature which… Read More »

Create Virtual Hard Drives on Windows 7 — It’s Easy

Windows 7 allows you to create and manage virtual hard disks files that work as if they were real drives. This allows you to use allow you to use a live Windows installation on the virtual disk without the need to boot the virtual Computer. For example: If you make the partition big enough you can install a… Read More »

Two Right-Click Tips

Here are two handy (and easy) Windows right-click tips. The results you’ll get depend on your version of Windows. These tips work on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. Drag and Drop + Right-Click When you drag and drop using a left-click you have only limited options. When you drag and drop using right-click you get a context… Read More »