Disable Media Player Network sharing
Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service allows Media Player to share media with other computers on the network. Even if Windows Media Player isn't open on your computer, it could be running in the background. Here's how to disable this service. More ...
Create Your Own Custom Taskbar Toolbar
Creating your own custom Taskbar toolbar is so quick and easy that you can easily create one to hold related shortcuts for a specific task and when the task is complete you can quickly remove the the toolbar, keeping the shortcuts folder for when you need to perform the same task again. More ...
How to Add or Remove Items from Send to Menu
When you right-click on a file's name or icon, you can select to send that file to any target listed in the Send to menu. But what if your desired destination is not in the Send to menu? Also having too many items in the menu slows down productivity. More ...
Use ReadyBoost to Improve PC performance
ReadyBoost is a feature of Windows 7 that allows you to use a USB flash drive or a secure digital (SD) memory card as cache memory. When a removable memory device is inserted, Windows checks to see if it's fast enough to work with ReadyBoost. If so, you're asked if you want to use the device to speed up system performance. More ...
How to Transfer a File From PC to Kindle
Although, to be displayed correctly, only ebooks in the Kindle Format can be read on a Kindle. However, many other formats can also be read. And there are a lot of free eBooks and documents available in these formats. Here's how to transfer them from your PC to your Kindle. More ...
Put a Shortcut to Create a Restore Point on Your Desktop
Whenever you add or remove software or hardware on your computer theres a posibilty of something going wrong. It's very wise to create a restore point before you make any major changes to your PC. Why not put a link to the create a restore point button right on your desk top? More ...
Make the Insertion Point Cursor More Visible
Much of my work is with text files, and after many hours at the computer, my eyes get tired of searching for the blinking insertion point cursor. If you have the same problem, it's very easy to increase the thickness of the insertion point cursor so that you can find it with ease. More ...
Configure Your Keyboard's Typomatic Functions
If you need to type the same character many times in a row, wouldn't it be convenient if, rather than repeatedly pressing the same key, you could just hold the key down and it would automatically repeat the character? That's exactly what a typomatic key does. More ...
How to Connect Two Computers
For the home or the small office environment, connecting computers and resources like printers in a client-sever network configuration might be a little more hassle than you want to deal with. A "peer-to-peer", or "workgroup" configuration, might provide all the security and functionality you need with less expense and less expertise to administrator. More ...
Change the Default Program for a File Type
When you double-click on a file name on your PC's desktop or in Windows Explorer, a specific application opens to handle that file. These are the default programs for those file types. Windows determines which application to open for each specific file by its file association. More ...
Headphones: earbuds, on-ear, over-ear. What's the Difference?
Some modern sound circuits support changing their output impedance to better match the type of headphone that you plug into your computer. More ...
Most Useful Keyboard Shortcuts
Windows has a GUI which allows you to use a graphical input device to be far more productive than having to use combinations and sequences of keys to do things. However, in the situations described in this article, using the keyboard shortcuts can greatly increase your productivity. More ...
How to Disable Windows Explorer's Annoying Tooltips Popups
One of the most annoying things about Windows is the tooltips popup in Explorer. Generally, the reason I'm using explorer is to locate a file, but the annoying tooltips popup keeps covering up filenames. The popup itself doesn't display any useful information. More ...
