Daily Tips

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• A Look At Microsoft Office Online

  
  PCMech — Authority: 136
  If you are not aware, Microsoft is now offering their Office online via the Office Live Workspace . The intent is to allow you to have most of the functionality available on the traditional desktop installation, but with the convenience of an online application. If this sounds like something you could use, check out ...
  17 hours ago

• Opening Non-Zip Files Using 7-Zip

  
  PCMech — Authority: 136
  If you use 7-Zip you are probably well aware that it can open just about any compression format out there. As such, just about any file extension you can think of that has to do with compression is just a double click from being opened. However, did you know that you can open many “non-zip” files? For example, if ...
  1 day ago

• VLC Can Rip DVD’s To Your Computer

  
  PCMech — Authority: 136
  Recently we decided to take some of our seldom watched DVD’s and put them into storage (i.e. in a box in the closet). So before doing this, I looked into ripping these to my computer so we could potentially watch them without having to dig them out the closet. While searching the internet for easy options to ...
  3 days ago

• Gift Idea For Nostalgic Gamers

  
  PCMech — Authority: 136
  If you are looking for a gift for someone who likes “classic” games, then a cool gift (in my opinion at least), would be the retro Pac Man game kit . This device requires no hardware other than a TV, just plug it into the A/V connectors and you are good to go. Games include: Pac Man Galaxian Dig Dug Pole ...
  4 days ago

• Uses For Smaller Capacity USB Flash Drives

  
  PCMech — Authority: 136
  As USB flash drives continue their trend of both getting larger capacity and cheaper, you might find yourself with several smaller devices just laying around. So what do you do with these extra 128/256/512/etc. MB devices? Rather than throwing them away, here are a few uses I can think of: Give them away/donate ...
  5 days ago

• My DotNetNuke Daily Tips

  
  DotNetNuke Developer Chris Hammond — Authority: 104
  So I’ve had a blog here on http://weblogs.asp.net/christoc/ for many years now, though my posting here has faded as of late I do occasionally blog a time or two here. In the past I’ve done a number of DotNetNuke Daily Tips , but that faded as well. I’m reviving the daily tips, but not here on weblogs.asp.net, ...
  6 days ago

• Graphics Control Panel For Power Users

  
  PCMech — Authority: 136
  If you like to have granular control over all aspects of your system graphics, a tool you need to look at is PowerStrip . This tool works with just about any graphics card out there and can typically provide many more options than the manufacturer’s control panel. [PowerStrip is] a simple menu ...
  6 days ago

• Free System Maintenance And Security Suite

  
  PCMech — Authority: 136
  For those of you who like to try new security and maintenance utilities, a suite you might want to take a look at is Glary Utilities . Glary Utilities is a freeware with registry and disk cleaning, privacy protection, performance accelerator and amazing multifunctional tools. It can fix dogged registry errors, wipe ...
  1 week ago

• Using A Netbook As A Mobile Gaming Machine

  
  PCMech — Authority: 136
  First off, I am not a gamer. When I do play a game, I prefer classic arcade style games or turn based strategy games. That said, if the games you like to play are not hardware intensive then using a netbook as a gaming machine might be an option. By design, the netbook is lightweight and small (albeit not as small as ...
  1 week ago

• Simple Add-On Improves Firefox Bookmark Interface

  
  PCMech — Authority: 136
  Out of the box, the Firefox add bookmark interface is very simple/limited (version 3.5 at least). As such, if you have a detailed folder breakdown you have to go through the drop list menu to get the interface where you can organize the new addition. If you do a lot of bookmarking this can be annoying, so to help with ...
  1 week ago

• Upgrade Several Computers To Windows 7 For A Low(er) Price

  
  PCMech — Authority: 136
  If you have several machines you want to upgrade to Windows 7, such as your desktop, laptop, family computer, etc., rather than purchasing individual Windows 7 licenses for each, take a look at the Windows 7 Family Pack . This package includes 3 upgrade licenses of Windows 7 for the current MSRP of $150. If you do a ...
  1 week ago

• Computer Repair And Magnetic Screwdrivers

  
  PCMech — Authority: 136
  For a long while, I would never use a magnetic screwdriver when working on a computer. I had an experience where a motherboard was working prior to the ‘repair’ and not working after. I had taken the usual precautions so I did not believe it was due to static, rather the magnetic screwdriver I was using. Since ...
  1 week ago

• On Screen Hard Drive Activity LED

  
  PCMech — Authority: 136
  You are probably very familiar with the hard drive activity LED that seems to constantly be blinking on either your desktop or laptop case. As a better alternative to this simple indicator, FloatLED puts this information directly on your desktop. Something FloatLED does that your case light cannot is it can tell ...
  1 week ago

• Force Saving A File With A Certain Extension

  
  PCMech — Authority: 136
  Sometimes, particularly with plain text files, you want to save a file as a certain extension. For example, you might want to save a text file with an INI or an XYZ extension. One option you have for doing this in the Save As dialog box is changing the option in the “Files of type” drop down appropriately and ...
  1 week ago

• Gaming On A Virtual PC

  
  PCMech — Authority: 136
  With Windows 7 seemingly gaining more and more popularity, a question some people may have is how legacy games will work in the new OS. The solution to this may be as simple as using a virtual machine (ala Microsoft Virtual PC) to run the games. While Virtual PC does not support hardware acceleration, you can see ...
  2 weeks ago

• Daily Trading Tips for November 17th

  
  Forex Trading Education : Forex Trading Blog by FOREXYARD — Authority: 141
  Daily Trading Tips for November 17th
  2 weeks ago

• Useful (Brief) List Of Windows 7 Shortcuts

  
  PCMech — Authority: 136
  For those of you who have upgraded to Windows 7 and are looking for some shortcuts which were not previously available in Windows XP, check out this quick post: The Best Windows 7 Shortcuts . These shortcuts were derived from a huge list of shortcuts available in Windows. I do not yet have Windows 7 so I cannot ...
  2 weeks ago

• Firefox Extension Generates A Unique Password Per Domain

  
  PCMech — Authority: 136
  One of the big no-no’s in online security is using the same user name and password for different sites. The reason is simple: if one site gets compromised, your login information for other sites is now “floating around”. While having separate passwords is great in theory, practicing it is another story. To help ...
  2 weeks ago

• See What Google Knows About You

  
  PCMech — Authority: 136
  Recently Google released Google Dashboard which tells you “what Google knows about you”. The dashboard lists some of the information associated with the Google services you use: your name, your email address, the number of contacts, the number of conversations in your Gmail inbox, your Google profile, the most ...
  2 weeks ago

• Batch Script To Open Multiple Programs At Once

  
  PCMech — Authority: 136
  If you do a task which requires you to have several programs open, a time saving thing you can do is create a batch script to open these programs and/or files at once. This is accomplished by using the START command. Using the syntax: START /D “path_to_program” program_name For example, to open both Firefox ...
  2 weeks ago

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