Do you ever wish you could quickly preview a song without having to play it? Today we look at a quick and easy way to do that in Windows Media Player 12. Open Windows Media Player in Library Mode and select your Music library. hit thePreviewin the pop-up window and the song will begin to play. As the preview begins to play, you will see theSkiplink and a song timer....

OneNote is the new star of the Office Suite, and is included in every edition of Office 2010. To make your 2010 notebooks compatible with OneNote 2007, you better convert them inside OneNote 2010. In OneNote 2010, kick off the File menu; this should open to the Info tab by default. snag the parameters button beside the notebook you want to use in OneNote 2007, and select Properties. In the properties dialog, click Convert to 2007....

Today we show you how to use it to rip an audio CD to FLAC format. We’re running it on Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. Install Foobar2000 and FLAC First download and install Foobar2000 (link below). Next you should probably load the latest version of the FLAC codec (link below) following the defaults. snag the appropriate CD drive and nudge the Rip button. choose the proper tag information in the freedb tagger window, then click Update files....

Are you switching back to Outlook 2007 after trying out Office 2010 beta? Heres how you’re able to restore your Outlook data and keep everything working fine after the switch. If you installed Outlook 2010 beta, it automatically imported and converted your profile from Outlook 2007. If you choose to reinstall Office 2007, you may notice an warning pop-up each time you open Outlook. First, double-check your Outlook data files are backed up....

Is the ability to see the addresses for weblinks the only reason that you keep the Status Bar visible? That is nice but if you really prefer to keep the Status Bar hidden what do you do? Move that display to a better (and definitely more convenient) location. Notice the address display in Address Bar. That is definitely looking nice. Just for fun we temporarily left the Status Bar visible as a demonstration while hovering over the link....

Note: These tools cannot recover data that has been overwritten on a hard disk. We stored ten random pictures on each hard drive. We then wiped the partition table from the hard drive by deleting the partitions in GParted. Is our data lost forever? Installing the tools All of the tools we’re going to use are in Ubuntu’s universe repository. Click Close, and then in the main Synaptic Package Manager window, hit the Reload button....

Today we look at how to edit and update metadata and cover art in WMP 12. SelectTools > Optionsfrom the top Menu bar. On theLibrarytab, ensure thatRetrieve additional information form the Internetis checked. Editing MetadataNow we’re ready to update some files. Find a media file with incorrect details or cover art. Right-hit the title and selectFind album info. This will bring up theFind album informationwindow. Here you’ll see the existing information that Windows Media Player interpreted as correct on the left side....

Have you ever needed the standard Microsoft fonts such as Times New Roman on your Ubuntu computer? Heres how you could easily add the core Microsoft fonts to Ubuntu. Open your Applications menu, and select Ubuntu Software Center. put in your password when requested, and click Authenticate. The fonts will then automatically download and install in a couple minutes depending on your internet connection speed. Heres a preview of all the fonts included in this pack....

Do you love listening to music while you browse? The default media app is Windows Media Player but can be easily changed. Curious about the media players that FoxyTunes works with? Here is a complete listing…that definitely looks terrific! Notice that the currently selected media app is “bold and blue”. For our example we chose Spotify which we havepreviously covered. Here is a good look at the “FoxyTunes Main Menu” and “Controls Sub-Menu”....

Are you looking for a nice way to create and display a slide show from your photo collection? In the Pictures Library, scroll across toslide showsand click onCreate Slide show. Enter a name for the slide show and clickNext. If you are using a Windows Media Center remote, tap on theOKbutton to bring up the onscreen keyboard. Use the directional buttons to navigate across the keyboard and pressOKto select each letter....

Today well cover the problems we ran into, and how to fix them. You would think upgrading from the Office 2010 Beta to the final release would be an easy process. Unfortunately, its not always that simple. In fact, we ran into three different scenarios where the install wasnt smooth whatsoever. Scroll down to Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010, right-click it and select Uninstall. Click Yes when the confirmation dialog box comes up....

Would you like to start your own blog or website? This is the first part in a series on how to create your own professional quality blog site. Getting Started you’re able to start a blog in just a few minutes. Head over to WordPress.com and click Sign up now on the right-hand side of the main page. Next, choose a domain for your blog. Once you click signup, you will be sent a confirmation email....

Looking for a way to increase the performance of your netbook? Most netbooks ship with 1Gb of Ram, and many older netbooks shipped with even less. With ReadyBoost in Windows 7, its easy to boost your systems performance with flash memory. The ReadyBoost parameters dialog will open when you select this. Choose Use this gear and choose how much space you want ReadyBoost to use. Click Ok, and Windows will setup ReadyBoost and start using it to speed up your system....