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 »
The “RUN” command, or as some purists say the “Command Line”, is a way to access features of your Windows operating system directly – without using the Start Menu, Control Panel, etc.. You can blaze right to “Mouse Settings” without going through the Control Panel for instance. But, if you don’t know the command you can’t do it.… Read More »
You’re wondering why you subscribed to this newsletter now, aren’t you? This is a computer newsletter not a darned produce market newsletter. But not so fast. Not so fast. You can’t use a computer unless you’re alive, right? And you can’t be alive if you don’t eat, right? And if your meals consist of nothing but french fries,… Read More »
Don’t forget, Windows 7 comes with a sticky notes program that works very well. You can open Windows 7 Sticky Notes by clicking Start then typing Sticky Notes in the search box. Click Sticky Notes when it appears at the top. Click the “New Note” button or simply press Ctrl+N to create a new note. Want to delete… Read More »
Well what can we say? Hmmm. Until today, I hadn’t tried Gimp since 2006 and frankly I wasn’t impressed. The user interface was so fragmented, with parts of the program scattered over most of the screen, I couldn’t figure out what did what, and therefore we never recommended it or even used it. But everything changes over time.… Read More »
If you have a laptop or desktop computer with an LCD monitor (and almost all desktops sold in the last few years do), you have undoubtedly had to clean your screen. And some of you have seen and probably purchased those expensive LCD screen cleaning solutions – or pre-soak cloths to clean your screen. And no doubt a… Read More »