Category Archives: Windows Tips

How fast is your ISP?

The U.S. Federal Government has mandated that high-speed Internet is essential to our economy and plans to increase access and broadband speeds to 100 Mbps by 2020. Most of us living in the U.S. think we’re pretty cool and have the fastest and bestest. But alas, we’ve fallen behind the last decade or so. Did you know that… Read More »

Super Tip For Gmail Users

Do you have a Gmail account? Gmail Accounts are free, give you lots of storage, and can be used like a regular email account in your Outlook Express, Windows Mail, Thunderbird or other email program. You can get a Gmail account free simply by signing up for one – just visit this page. For those who already have… Read More »

Windows “god modes”

God modes have been around for quite awhile. They’re nothing new, but because they’ve been written about so much in blogs and in tech newsletters, they’re becoming quite popular – in fact, some bloggers make them sound brand new. The god mode feature is not new. It’s present in Windows 7 and it was present in Windows Vista… Read More »

Pin Folders to the Start Menu by right-clicking

Usually you can add an application to the pin menu by simply right clicking on the application, and clicking “Pin to Start Menu”. But if you want to add a folder to the start menu, you have to drag it there. We’re going to show you how to add the right-click “Pin to Start Menu” work for folders… Read More »

Where you can get beautiful photos free

Scintillating scenes, surrealistic sunsets, majestic, mauve mourning doves flying freely over freshly frosted fields and nose-numbing nihilistic, wind-driven snow swirling over Siberian savannahs are only a few of the tens of thousands of photos you’ll see if you visit this beautifully-done free stock photo site.(Sorry about the adjectives, but I’m trying to get a job writing for Groupon.… Read More »