When you are browsing around your hard drive in Windows Explorer and you’re looking at folders with lots of documents, emails, or text files, you might prefer using the “List” or “Details” views. But, if you’re looking at a folder with lots of pictures, you’ll have probably want to choose the thumbnail view so you can preview each… Read More »
Which would you rather have at your house? The highway patrol, the border patrol, or WinPatrol? If you answered highway patrol or border patrol, are you reading the right newsletter? You said WinPatrol didn’t you? Even if you didn’t know what it was, you knew it was a better choice than the others. Good! We’re getting somewhere! Let’s… Read More »
Every Windows user, whether they’re using XP, Vista or Windows 7, wants to speed up boot time. So, over the years, we’ve offered many tips and tricks and featured many programs that can help you reduce the amount of time it takes Windows to boot. Probably none of them is more important than reducing the number of programs… Read More »
A couple of weeks ago we became aware that CNet was bundling software with all their free downloads. We’re sorry that CNet has chosen to take this path. It’s bad enough when a trusted site takes advantage of that trust to make money, but the bundler CNet uses has the bundled software pre-selected in the installer and if… Read More »
One of the more annoying things about dialog boxes when you need to confirm or click OK, is the fact there’s no way of knowing exactly where, on your desktop, that the dialog with the “OK” “Cancel” buttons is going to appear. Sometimes it appears in the middle of your screen; sometimes on the left, sometimes on the… Read More »
Patty wants to know about system recovery disks Hey, guys! I’ve got a stupid question. What is the difference between the recovery disk that came with my Windows XP computer and a Windows disk? If you could explain this to me I would be very happy. Thanks a lot. Keep up the good work. Patty Our answer Thanks,… Read More »