Mar 19, 2009

For those of us who have avoided Vista there will be a large number of changes as we move into and learn Windows 7. Amongst those changes, you will find that Windows Explorer’s look and feel has totally changed. Much of that is supposed to be good, but of course any such goodness is probably for each of us to decide. One thing that I found frustrating was...

Feb 23, 2009

Have you always wanted to be your own pop, rock, or electronic sensation but didn’t know how to go about doing it? Well, the first thing you’re going to need is some talent. Maybe. Once you’ve gotten that, though, we can help out as tonight we’re talking about just ho you can make your own home studio without spending a whole...

Jan 26, 2009

I’d heard that, as a default feature, the public beta release of Windows 7 supported the loading and editing of files saved in the docx format, so I thought I would give that a go. In order to perform this evaluation, I took a couple of existing Word documents that I had, and I let Microsoft Word save them as docx, and then loaded them into Windows 7. In...

Jan 13, 2009

One of the newer but lesser known features in Windows Vista was the Snipping Tool. This tool is continued in Windows 7, and it provides you with a simple means of capturing an image of a portion of your system’s screen, which might be needed for you to include in a document you’re preparing, for support of an application that you’re using, or...

Jan 12, 2009

One way to secure your system against intrusion is to provide it with a user ID along with a password that is secure. In Windows 7, this is enforced as a part of the setup process. As a result of this, every time that you start up your computer, it asks you to enter your password using your keyboard. However, if you’re the only person who uses your PC, and...