Category Archives: Windows Tips

Speed up your computer – Turn off “Search Indexing” in Windows Vista and Windows 7

Windows Vista’s / Windows 7’s “Search Indexing” is continuously checking all files on your computer and indexing them so that their information available for quick searching. This can speed up the Windows search feature, but it also slows system performance substantially. Since most of us don’t use Windows Search very often, you can speed up Vista and Windows 7… Read More »

A great online dictionary

We’ve become fed up with Dictionary.com and most of the other online dictionaries. We don’t mind advertising on sites – we understand it’s necessary. But Dictionary.com seems to have taken advertising to hideous new level with multiple pop-ups, floating ads, flashing ads, video ads, talking ads and more. If you want to look up a word without foraging… Read More »

Icons without text

Debi wants to know how to eliminate the text from under Windows desktop icons I think you featured this as a tip once but I can’t remember – but can you tell me if there is a way to get rid of the text under desktop icons? I think you’re newsletter it the best. Great tips and tricks… Read More »