We have over 100,000 folders on our computers. We have multiple drives. So if we have something important we need to access and it’s buried in K:\ backups\digital photos\autumn\2005\family\October\New England\ – to get there, the usual way, takes a lot of clicking. Right? Right! And while it’s true, Windows Vista and Windows 7 users can add any folder… Read More »
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 »
Yeah, you’re pretty smart. You’re reading this! TC and EB took this test and you can guess who got the highest score! Sorry, EB. At least you look better! Ahem…. Unlike some IQ tests, this test won’t take you a day and a half to complete. It’s only 12 questions, but that may be enough. Some of the… Read More »
Recently, it came to our attention that many folks don’t know how to use the “find and replace” feature of many Windows programs (like MS Word, WordPad, Notepad, and many others). Digiknow, that Search & Replace or “Find and Replace” is a handy dandy little feature that we use all the time. The best way to show you… Read More »
The Web’s sure gone crazy. It ain’t like it used to be. We’re not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing. You can do some crazy things these days on the Web, just ask EB. For instance, the other day we stumbled on a site called “BeFunky”. Now, to be honest with you, we… Read More »
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 »