How to Move an off Screen Window Back into View in Vista
This can be very frustrating when using multiple monitors or sometimes just by dragging windows around your screen, you get one to the edge of your display and then can’t seem to grab it in the right place to move it back where you want it. Then after 15 minutes of cussing you give [...]
In Memory of Our Honored Dead
The muffled drum’s sad roll has beatThe soldier’s last tattoo’No more on life’s parade shall meetThat brave and fallen few;On Fame’s eternal camping groundTheir silent tents are spread;But Glory guards with solemn roundThe bivouac of the dead.
By Theodore O’Hara, 1847
How to Improve Network Performance in Windows Vista
There have been many reports on the web about networking and Windows Vista and how slow it is when moving file between your computers, especially involving gigabit networks and also to a lesser extent 100 megabit networks. If you’re a regular reader you know we discussed some ways to improve this issue by turning [...]
Add your Own Custom Logo and Support Info into Vista
PC vendors often customize the System Properties screen to show off their logo and to add support info you can readily see,but if you built your own computer or build them for other people you can customize your System Properties screen to show your logo and support information or anything else you [...]
How to Play your Ripped DVD vob Files in Vista Media Center
Over the years I have amassed a large DVD collection of over 600 movies and trying to catalog them and store the cases has become quite a chore. I tried Excel spreadsheets and Access databases with varying degree’s of success. I can’t count how many times I bought a move at a [...]
Disable Highlighting of New Programs in Vista
Every time you install a new program on your computer it gets highlighted in the Start menu and the programs menu as a way to let you remember you installed it and haven’t run it yet. Here’s how to get rid of it if it bothers you.
How to Adjust the size of your Desktop Icons in Vista
So Here’s a good scenario, someone was using your computer and when you went to use it again all your desktop icons are now real small or great big. What going on you say how do i get them back to the perfect size I like them. Or maybe you just want them bigger [...]
