EB is the Queen of Quick. This tip is dedicated to EB’s fascination with the quick and easy. So, these eight tips are dedicated all of you courtesy of the famous Queen of the Quick and Easy — EB (Eightball). These tips work in Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. 1. Lock your computer Press Win+L to lock… Read More »
UAC (User Account Control) is another Microsoft workaround in their never-ending battle with hackers as Microsoft tries to keep us Windows users safer. But turning off UAC isn’t a good idea. But we all know too well how those UAC prompts can get annoying. There’s a little program (330KB) that can tame UAC for you without turning it… Read More »
Many of you have written wanting to know how to insert images from your hard drive into a Gmail message. You can do it, but the add-on you need to do it is hidden deep in Gmail Labs. The “Inserting Images” add-on from Gmail Labs needs to be enabled before you can upload a picture from your PC… Read More »
Windows 7 Quick Tip – Pin Control Panel to your Taskbar Windows 7 – all versions (32 and 64bit) You can’t pin the Control Panel to the taskbar using drag and drop. But you can add Control Panel to your Taskbar by doing this: Open Control Panel, right-click its icon (when it’s displayed on your Taskbar), and choose… Read More »
How to turn off DEP (Data Execution Prevention) for a particular program Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 We were reminded how important DEP is, when when recently had to turn it off to run a program we were testing. While Data Execution Protection is a Windows safety feature; but if you have a known, good program, that… Read More »
Pat asks about Norton Safe Web Can you tell me anything about “Norton Safe Web”? From what I’ve read it seems to be similar to WOT or MacAfee Site Advisor. From what you’ve told us about those two programs I’m wondering if this is the same thing. Also I’m not sure if I trust anything “Norton”! Thanks for… Read More »