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Windows Tips
Save Ink When Printing Because of Unmitigated price gouging, printer ink is very expensive. An ink cartridge
for a low end HP printer, containing only one tiny ounce of ink, costs a mind boggling
$30.00! However, most printers provide a mode that uses less ink to use when you
don't need a high quality print. More ... Add More Information to a Files List Wouldn't be nice to get more information in a file listing than just the default
information? With Windows XP, you can. In the file's Properties dialog box, select
the Summary tab in the file's Properties dialog box. More ... Windows Desktop Themes Windows themes are used to change the way your computer's standard sounds, icons,
pointer, desktop wallpaper and screensaver appear with a customized look and feel.
They can be implemented as a whole package that represents a certain concept or
idea or created piece by piece by changing items such as your icons and pointers individually. More ... Windows 7 - Five Ways to Move or Copy Files or Folders At its core, the PC is a device for working with and storing files. Two common things done
with files is to move them or to copy them. Did you know that Windows provides at least
five different ways to copy or move a file or folder? More ... View Your Windows Update Log Something stopped working? Could the problem have been caused by a Windows update? Every
day thousands of Windows PC's stop working because of Windows updates. More ... Swap Mouse Buttons It's important to let left-handed people be as productive as possible because, on
average, left-handed people are more creative than right-handed people. Fortunately,
Windows lets you swap the functions of the mouse buttons. More ... Remove My Recent Documents from the Start Menu When you open the Start menu, it provides a menu item to display a list of all the
files that you have recently opened. Although this can be handy if you want to
work on those files again, it can also allow others who use your computer to
trace your activities. More ... The Secret to Passing the Microsoft Office Specialist Exams If you are trying to get ahead in you career today, you will know that the computer
skills you have under your belt are what will make the difference between you
moving up the ladder or down. When it comes to trying to prove your computer
competency in using office applications there is no other certification path that
stands out like the Microsoft Office Specialist program. More ... Disable Taskbar Button Grouping Have you ever had difficulty finding a window because its taskbar button was grouped with
other window's taskbar buttons? You can easily prevent this annoyance. More ... Delete Does Not Erase a File when you delete a file, the Operating System removes the file name from the directory,
but the file itself remains intact on the storage device. Use one of the many secure
delete utilities available for free on the Internet to make sure your file data is gone forever. More ... Put a Shut Down Button on Your Desktop Regardless of which version of Windows you use, it requires several steps to shut the
system down. It's like this frustrating system won't let you go without one final bit
of frustration. Well, you can reduce shut down to one step by placing a Shut Down
shortcut on your desktop. More ...
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