20 Windows Keyboard Shortcuts You Might Not Know

Here are some lesser known Windows shortcuts to help you become a keyboard ninja. This also works in Windows Vista for the quick launch icons. Win+Alt+1, 2, 3, etc.will kick off the jump list for each program in the taskbar. you’re able to then use your arrows to select which jump list option you want to open. Win+Twill cycle through taskbar programs. Win+Homeminimizes all programs except current the window. This is similar to the Aero shake and can bedisabled with the same registry key....

December 6, 2010 · 2 min · 317 words · Justin Gutierrez

Design and Print Your Own Christmas Cards in MS Word, Part 2: How to Print

This simple How-To will show you how to figure out how to perfectly print your half fold card. If you missed out,it is still available, and theWord template used here can still be downloaded. On a side note, Avery offers templates for these products on their website for free download. These are poor, difficult templates to use. Open your finished card and press to print your first page. This will ensure that you print only the front of your card....

December 6, 2010 · 1 min · 206 words · Matthew Mullins

How to Upgrade Your Verizon Mi-Fi Firmware to Fix Connection Problems

Heres how to do it, and fix your connection issues. Once youve trigger the update, the problems are mostly gone. Next, open up the machine Upgrade Utility that you downloaded, which should detect your machine. If it doesnt, you may have to install VZAccess Manager first. Its a fairly straight-forward process, just keep clicking next and such. Itll take quite a while, but itll finally finish. Thats all there is to it....

December 6, 2010 · 1 min · 80 words · Taylor Mathews

LCD? LED? Plasma? The How-To Geek Guide to HDTV Technology

But what’s different in all these confusing TVs, and what should you know before buying one? This makes each individual pixel smaller, creating images that look sharper and cleaner. However, HDTVs and computer monitors are more complicated than simply the sum of their pixels. Here’s a rundown of the terms you’re likely to hear, and what each of them mean. The higher the ratio, the better the contrast. Refresh rates are measured in Hz, or cycles per second....

December 6, 2010 · 3 min · 495 words · Christopher Nicholson

Design and Print Your Own Christmas Cards in MS Word, Part 1

Quick Links Looking for a little DIY fun this holiday season? This is the first part of a two part article. In this first section, well tackle design in MS Word. Go Beyond Microsoft Clipart! One of the common mistakes of designing in Word is looking in the Clipart menu for graphics. One great resource for great images is the Flickr Creative Commons. By doing anAdvanced Search, you might search through hundreds of user photos narrowed by license....

December 3, 2010 · 2 min · 358 words · Justin Hancock

How to Upload Really Large Files to SkyDrive, Dropbox, or Email

Here’s how to get around the limits. This same technique also works for any file sharing serviceeven if you were sending files through email. Keep reading for how to do both. Box icon by deliciousroom Just Shrink the File! Split the File into Chunks But what if your file is still too big? Its 7-Zip to the rescue again! This time, bring up the 7-Zip window and browse to the folder where your file is saved....

December 2, 2010 · 2 min · 216 words · Laurie Sanders

Import Evernote Notes Into OneNote the Easy Way

Quick Links Want to switch to OneNote as your default notetaking app without losing your Evernote notes? Download the app once you get the link, and setup as normal. Once it’s installed, you’ll be ready to import your notes. type your Evernote user name and password first to get started. Now grab the notebooks you wish to import, and choose the OneNote notebook to save them to. The Ever2One Converter will now begin importing and converting your Evernote notes....

December 2, 2010 · 1 min · 141 words · Jonathan Robinson

Why Doesn't Disk Cleanup Delete Everything from the Temp Folder?

Keep reading for more. Why Doesnt Disk Cleanup Delete All Files? Thats why your temporary folder gets really huge over time, and needs to be cleaned out.

December 2, 2010 · 1 min · 27 words · Cynthia Peterson

How To Backup and Move VirtualBox Machines

Need to move a virtual machine, only to find that copying and pasting doesnt work? Perhaps you just want to know what to backup? Next, double-check you get rid of any snapshots you have. There isnt a fool-proof and safe way to do this without getting rid of them, unfortunately. Select your virtual machine and punch the Snapshots tab. Select your snapshot and hit the delete button. Be prepared to wait a while as VirtualBox merges differences with your machines current state....

December 1, 2010 · 2 min · 293 words · Linda Tate

The How-To Geek Guide to Learning Photoshop, Part 8: Filters

This is part 8 of the How-To Geek Guide to Learning Photoshop. Experiment with filters frequently, but don’t fall into the trap! That, in a nutshell, is the concept of “Garbage in, Garbage out.” Photoshop filters work pretty much the same way. At best, it’s possible for you to use filters to distract from the worst bits of rubbish. Filters are simply programs that process existing images in different ways....

November 30, 2010 · 1 min · 179 words · Gregory Rocha

9 Alternatives for Windows Home Server's Drive Extender

So What Is Drive Extender? Now that Microsoft has killed it off, let’s look at some alternatives. If you are looking to set up Windows software RAID check out our how-to article explaining the process. Note: Software RAID options may not be available in all versions of Windows. disParity-disParityis a software RAID solution that is very minimalistic. It is completely command line driven which can be very good for some people and very scary for others....

November 29, 2010 · 2 min · 268 words · Jacob Johnson

How to Add Google Documents to the Windows Explorer “New” Menu

Here’s how to add them to the Windows Explorer “New” menu for easier access. Keep reading for the full instructions. You aren’t done yet! Open up your New menu, and select one of them. If you choose to go the registry route, here’s what you should probably do. Download the Google Docs “New” Menu Package from howtogeek.com

November 29, 2010 · 1 min · 57 words · Christopher James

How to Create a Software RAID Array in Windows 7

Related:How to Use Windows 10’s Storage Spaces to Mirror and Combine Drives Windows 8 or 10? Use thenew Storage Spaces feature instead. This makes it easy to turn your existing spare hard drives into massive storage or even redundant backups. When computer management opens press disk management on the left side. Once they are deleted you should only be left with disks you do not want included in the RAID....

November 29, 2010 · 1 min · 168 words · William Bennett