1. Sweep your desktop – and keep it clean – and organized – All versions of Windows since Windows 95 have allowed you to auto-arrange your desktop icons by right-clicking on the desktop and choosing “Sort By.” But Windows 7 makes things even simpler. How can it be simpler you ask? Easy! To auto-arrange the desktop icons just… Read More »
Before we go any further with this tip, you should know that screen dimming during UAC prompts is part of Windows Secure Desktop. This prevents malicious applications from mimicking a Windows UAC prompt and you from mistakenly giving control of your computer to a malicious application. If your system is well protected, you install all Windows patches and… Read More »
It’s kind of hard to describe this program. It’s like a sorter sort of. Well let me put it this way. Imagine you come home from grocery shopping and you have five bags of groceries. Normally you’d have to set the bags down and then start putting away the canned goods, the meat, the cheese, the milk, etc.… Read More »
If you’ve used the Run Command dialog more than once or twice – you’ve probably noticed on Vista and Windows 7, more often than not, when you try to make a change or alter a setting using it, you’ll get a message that you don’t have Administrator privileges – or you don’t have permission to make the changes.… Read More »
Here’s a tip for Windows 7 – all versions. Do you have friends living in another country or another time zone that is quite different from yours? Do you get tired of adding / subtracting hours to figure our whether or not you should call them now or wait until some other time when they might actually be… Read More »
Marge wants to know if she should leave her computer running or shut it down Hi, TC and EB! First of all, thanks again for all your support, tips, letters….. ! Anytime I have a doubt, I refer back to your newsletters for an answer, knowing I can trust your recommendations! I have a question that everybody seems… Read More »