General Windows Geek Tips
The following is a complete list of our Windows Geek Tips (all versions)
If you have been following our blog, I have written about creating websites for
free with the Microsoft Web Platform or Microsoft
WebMatrix. And with creating a website, you need to think about
search engine optimization ...
Have you ever wanted to see what programs start up when your computer boots? Or
maybe defrag your pagefile? Or how about finding out what files, registry keys,
etc. are currently open? You can do all this and more for free ...
Tired of opening up your email program only to find your mailbox is full of spam?
Or maybe your afraid of accidentally opening a piece of spam and getting
infected? Then Mailwasher Free or Mailwasher Pro
may be just what ...
Google recently introduced a new music service into
their catalog of products called Google Music. With
Google Music you can store all of your music to your account
on Google's servers and stream it back to your
favorite ...
Have ever wanted or needed to run a different operating
system then what you currently have installed on your computer? Maybe
you want to run an old Windows 95 game or maybe
try out Linux and just don't have another ...
By now, you have probability started hearing the buzz about
Windows 8. Maybe it's the new interface, Metro,
which brings touch screen ease of use and the simple tile look
of the Windows 7 phone to the desktop. Or maybe it's the ...
With all of the talk nowadays about moving from personal computers
to smartphones and tablets, I was wondering if
I could have the best of both worlds. I wanted to know is if I could
run a version of the Android OS on my ...
If you're a hard core computer user like me, you have
your system running 24/7. No screen saver
or power saver options (I just turn off the monitors when
not in use). I need to be able to walk into my office and have it
ready ...
In a recent article, I wrote about the
Microsoft Web Platform
and the apps and websites you can create for free.
Microsoft recently introduced WebMatrix, which
combines all of the programs needed to create,
customize and publish ...
Have you ever wondered how to create a blog,
content management system (CMS) or e-commerce website?
You can do just that and more with Microsoft Web Platform.
You can create your own web app using ...
Microsoft recently introduced Office Web Apps,
a cloud based version of their popular productivity suite.
Office Web Apps is part of Windows Live and
includes versions of Word, Excel,
PowerPoint and OneNote. You can ...
One of the most useful items I use on a daily basis are
keyboard shortcuts. Especially shortcuts that I can
perform with just my left hand, allowing me to keep my
right hand on the mouse. You can use keyboard
shortcuts to ...
A while back. I wrote an article about creating panoramic images with Microsoft
Image Composite Editor (ICE) and Photosynth.
With ICE and Photosynth, you can create
panoramic images and then upload them to the ...
A client recently asked me if I knew of any alternative to
Microsoft Office. As a firm believer in open source software,
I told him about OpenOffice.org 3 from Oracle.
It is a complete office software suite with a word
processor, ...
E-mail is a great form of communication. But dealing with the spam can be a
nightmare. I bought my first domain in the '90's, I have been dealing with spam
ever since. Luckily for me, I found a program to deal with it ...
In this article, I share my five favorite tips for maintaining your Windows based computer.
In this article, I am going to talk about a new service from Google
called Google URL Shortener. Actually, it's been around since
December of 2009 as a feature of Feedburner and the Google Toolbar. Recently,
Google has ...
In this article, I am going to spotlight Microsoft Security Essentials
(MSE). This is not Microsoft's first venture into the ant-virus market, but it
is probably the best. Having used the some of the more well know anti-virus
software ...
I recently had the opportunity to go out and shoot some landscape photos in
Vermont. I had wanted to try out Microsoft's Image Composite Editor.
ICE (that's the acronym) is an advanced panoramic image
stitcher that uses Photosynth technology ...
I have recently been looking for a digital photo editor that is comparable to
Adobe Photoshop and can read RAW format photos from my Nikon D40. But it also needs to able be to run on the
Intel Atom processor in my Acer ...
In this article, I would like to tell you about CodePlex, an Open Source Project
Community hosted by Microsoft. Open-source software
is computer software that is available in source code form for which
the source code and ...
In this article, I would like to share with you a handy application for text
editing called TextPad. If you have ever used Notepad,
you will love TextPad.
One of applications you can integrate into Windows Explorer is Image Resizer.
With a right click on a picture, you can quickly resize a photo without ...
I am into digital photography and like to organize and work with digital RAW image files in Windows Explorer (much as you can with JPEG images). But Windows does not have support for this format built-in. Well, I am glad to say I have found
...
I recently came across one of the best web browsers I have ever seen, Lunascape. What sets this browser apart from the rest is that is can use any of the three browser engines available, Trident (Internet Explorer), Gecko ...
In this article, I would like to show you how to use Remote Desktop
Connection. With Remote Desktop Connection, you can
have access to a ...
Task Manager provides information about programs and processes
running on your computer. It also displays the most commonly used performance
measures ...
Here is a list of free Internet Security programs I recommend
for those who are on a budget. Keep in mind that free software often comes with
...
The following is a general guideline to detecting and removing a virus from your
computer. As always, have a good working backup before
attempting any of these procedures.
I am quite often asked how I deal with unsolicited / unwanted e-mail
(spam). I found a program years ago called MailWasher from FireTrust
...
One of the software tools I use quite often client systems is SpaceMonger.
SpaceMonger is a tool for keeping track of the free
space on your computer.
A special character is a character that cannot be found on your
keyboard. You can insert special characters by using Character Map
or by pressing a ...
Using Private Character Editor (PCE), you can
create up to 6,400 unique characters (such as special letters and logos) for use
in your font library. PCE ...
Windows logo key keyboard shortcuts (based on Windows 7)
Windows General keyboard shortcuts
Windows Natural (Windows key) keyboard shortcuts
Windows Dialog box keyboard shortcuts
Windows Accessibility keyboard shortcuts
Windows explorer keyboard shortcuts