23/03/2006 - 15:55 How to place the address bar on your desktop (Category: Windows)You can add an helpful toolbar on the top of the screen to open a web page without having to run Internet Explorer. Furthermore you can use it to run commands and applications without having to go to Start -> Run... Read the tip
22/03/2006 - 18:32 Using 'my computer' as a toolbar (Category: Windows)If you drag the 'My computer' icon to the right side of the taskbar, you will create a My computer taskbar. By clicking this new icon in the taskbar a Start-like menu will pop up and you will be able to access any file in your system easily... Read the tip
21/03/2006 - 19:09 Check URLs to fight phishing (Category: Windows)Never reply to e-mails from your bank asking for userid and password! It's a fraud. If you click the link contained in those e-mails you will reach a fake web site. Such a fake web site will grab your password! But, if sometimes you reach a web site and you are not sure the page you are looking at belongs to who it says it does, take advantage of this little trick... Read the tip
20/03/2006 - 18:30 Copy plain text (without formatting) from web pages (Category: Windows)If you want to copy some text form a web page, you can't highlight it and then copy and paste it to your favourite word processor. In fact, so you will copy formatted text too (fonts, colours, bolds, italic characters and so on). Anyway you can use this simple tricks to copy pure text only... Read the tip
18/03/2006 - 10:36 How to go back and forward quickly in Internet Explorer (Category: Windows)To go back and forward quiclky in Internet Explorer just user the wheel of your mouse and press the Shift key... Read the tip
18/03/2006 - 10:31 Resize fonts on the fly in Internet Explorer (Category: Windows)You can resize fonts on the fly in Internet Explorer by pressing the Ctrl key. While holding down the Ctrl key, use the scroll wheel of your mouse... Read the tip
18/03/2006 - 09:55 Defrag your hard disk to improve performance (Category: Windows)Unlike Mac Os X systems, Windows systems are prone to defragment your hard disk. In fragmented hard disk files are fragmented here and there. When you get a fragmented file, heads have to run here and there to get the whole file. That is a time consuming task. Furthermore, that will reduce you hard disk life. Go on reading to know more... Read the tip
17/03/2006 - 19:16 How to create a shortcut to lock the screen of your PC (Category: Windows)You can create a shortcut to lock the screen or your PC so that you have to provide username and password to unlock it. Go on reading if you want to know more... Read the tip
16/03/2006 - 20:01 One click shutdown (Category: Windows)If you would like to close Windows with one click, go on reading... Read the tip
15/03/2006 - 20:31 Right click to open a DOS window to a selected folder (Category: Windows)If you have ever opened a MS DOS prompt window you know that you have to use the CD command to reach the folder you need. That is a boring task when folders are nested and names are long. Furthermore, you have to use quotes if names contain spaces. So this trick come in handy: right click to open the MS DOS prompt window to the selected folder... Read the tip
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