Sometimes you need something a little more general in nature for your desktop and dock icons. If this sounds like you then have a look through our General Desktop Icon Packs collection. Note: To customize the icon setup on your Windows 7 & Vista systems see our article here. Using Windows XP? We have you [...]
How to Rip a DVD to your Hard Drive and Play it on your PC
by rss in June 28th 2010Are you looking to for a way to play your media DVDs without rifling through your collection and swapping discs? Today we’ll take a look at ripping a DVD to your hard drive and playing it with some popular media players. To rip our DVD we’ll use HD Decrypter which is the always free module [...]
Use Ctrl+Alt+Del for Task Manager in Linux to Kill Tasks Easily
by rss in June 28th 2010In Windows you can easily kill any task by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del and bringing up the task manager. Linux running the GNOME desktop environment (i.e. Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc.) has a similar tool that can be enabled to run exactly the same way.
Screenshot Tour: Windows Live Essentials Beta
by rss in June 28th 2010Microsoft has released a beta version of the next version of Windows Live Essentials, it includes tools like Movie Maker, Mail, Live Sync, and more for Vista and Windows 7. Here we’ll take a look at the beta suite and see what you can expect.
Category: Computer Help, Fun, Intermediate Tags: hotmail, mail, outlook, vista, windows 7, windows live essentials
[MINI HOW-TO] Beginner: Change Icon Views to Extra Large in Windows 7 Explorer
by rss in June 28th 2010In Windows 7 Explorer, changing the view of your thumbnails and other files is easy by clicking the Change Your View button in Explorer. What you may not have noticed is there’s an Extra Large view setting as well.
Category: Basic, Computer Help
Manage Your Recycle Bin with RecycleBinEx
by rss in June 27th 2010Would you like a simple way to manage your recycle bin from your taskbar or based on the age of deleted items? Then join us as we look at RecycleBinEx. Note: Works with Windows XP, Vista, & 7. The software author also notes on his website that you can manage multiple recycle bins located on [...]
Category: Computer Help, Intermediate Tags: recycle bin, recyclebinex, tips, tricks, windows 7, windows vista, windows xp
Beginners: Discover New Websites with StumbleUpon for Google Chrome
by rss in June 25th 2010If you are having a slow day and nothing looks interesting on the net what do you do? Instead of looking through the same sites again you could have fun finding new websites with the StumbleUpon extension for Google Chrome. Note: No account is required in order to use the extension. Do keep in mind [...]
Category: Computer Help, Fun, Intermediate Tags: browsing, google, google chrome, stumbleupon, surfing, toolbars
