Turn Non-Resizeable Windows into Resizeable Windows

Are you frustrated with Windows app windows that can not be resized at all? What you need is cooperation, not attitude. There will be a System Tray Icon with only two Context Menu items…About & Quit. Here is a quick look at the About Window that tells you exactly what ResizeEnable does. Notice that it does state that you may occasionally have a window that may not respond correctly. Now back to our Taskbar and Start Menu Properties Window....

March 22, 2010 · 1 min · 122 words · Tracy Hartman

Working with Pivot Tables in Microsoft Excel

Related PivotTables are one of the most powerful features of Microsoft Excel. They allow large amounts of data to be analyzed and summarized in just a few mouse clicks. Note: This article is written using Excel 2010 (Beta). A Little History In the early days of spreadsheet programs, Lotus 1-2-3 ruled the roost. How did this happen? What caused such a dramatic reversal of fortunes? Microsoft, naturally, developed Excel exclusively for Windows....

March 22, 2010 · 3 min · 576 words · Kristen Snyder

Create an iTunes Account without a credit card

Some of it, including Podcasts and iTunes U educational content do not require an account to download. If you dont already have it, download and install it (link below) with the default prefs. Now open iTunes, and smack the iTunes Store link on the left. hit the App Store link on the top of this page. Select a free app to download. A popup will open asking you to sign in with your Apple ID....

March 19, 2010 · 2 min · 292 words · Dustin Smith

Share Your Top 30 Visited Domains with Visitation Cloud for Firefox

Accessing Visitation Cloud As soon as you drop in the extension you could get started using it. Right click anywhere within the Visitation Cloud Window and select Save as…. For our example we chose the “.svg format”. Here is our cloud after being Randomized. Here is our cloud image open in Opera internet tool with link opening in progress. The same cloud image open in Google Chrome. Links Download the Visitation Cloud extension (Mozilla Add-ons)

March 19, 2010 · 1 min · 75 words · Nicole Rivera

Using Pandora in Boxee

Pandora has been a favorite free music streaming service that’s been around for some time now. Though there are new services like Grooveshark and Spotify that are competing, Pandora is still a reliable choice. Now from the My Apps section select Pandora. When the Pandora app menu comes up, select Start. Now it’s crucial that you log into your Pandora account. After signing in you could starting listening to your stations, viewing artist info, and cover art....

March 19, 2010 · 1 min · 127 words · Kathleen Reid

Add the Recycle Bin to Start Menu in Windows 7

The Start menu search may be the best timesaver ever added to Windows. This trick only works in the personal Start menu folder. C:\Users\your_user_name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu Now, right-click in the folder, select New, and then click Shortcut. Now, enter a name for the shortcut. Click Finish when your done. By default it will have a folder icon. Let’s switch that to the standard Recycle Bin icon. Right-press the new shortcut and click Properties....

March 18, 2010 · 1 min · 120 words · Gina Martin

Enable Media Streaming in Windows Home Server to Windows Media Player

If you have a Windows 7 machine on your internet make suremedia streaming is enabled. You should then see the server under Other Libraries and can start streaming your media collection. Open WMP and choose Library then Media Sharing. you could also stream your media to Windows Media Center and Xbox which we will be covering soon.

March 18, 2010 · 1 min · 57 words · Dennis Meadows

Help Prevent Carpal Tunnel Problems with Workrave

Whether for work or leisure, many of us spend entirely too much time on the computer everyday. Workrave helps Carpal Tunnel problems by reminding you to get away from your machine periodically. Breaking up your box time with movement can help alleviate many computer and office related health problems. you could also use it to keep from using the computer for too much You time in a day. One installation setting you may wish to change is the startup....

March 18, 2010 · 2 min · 268 words · Nicholas Pratt

Map a Network Drive from XP to Windows 7

Weve received a lot of questions about mapping a drive from XP to Windows 7 to access data easily. With the new Homegroup feature in Windows 7, it makes sharing data between computers a lot easier. In this first example were mapping to another Windows 7 drive on the connection. Open Computer and from the toolbar choose Map web link Drive. The drive will map and the contents of the folder will open up....

March 18, 2010 · 2 min · 343 words · Daniel Gonzalez

Open Multiple Sites Without Reopening the Menus in Firefox

Are you frustrated with having to reopen your menus for each website that you need or want to view? As soon as you left choose a link or click outside the menus they will close normally like before. Note: Middle clicked links open in new tabs. But as soon as the Awesome Bar was closed the new tabs automatically focused to the front. A link being opened from the History Menu…still open while the webpage is loading....

March 18, 2010 · 1 min · 77 words · Erin Winters

Add Properties Back to the Context Menu in Firefox

Have you noticed that the Properties Command has been removed from the Context Menu in Firefox 3.6? If you have been missing it here is how to get it back. Same article and the same problem when trying to enter the properties for one of the images. Links Download the Element Properties extension (Mozilla Add-ons)

March 17, 2010 · 1 min · 55 words · Amber Bishop

Convert Video and Remove Commercials in Windows 7 Media Center with MCEBuddy 2x

Today look at MCEBuddy for Windows 7 Media Center. It even has the option to cut out those annoying commercials during the conversion process. Installation and Configuration Download and extract MCE Buddy. (Download link below) spin up the setup.exe file and take all the default options. Open MCEBuddy Configuration by going to Start > All Programs > MCEBuddy > MCEBuddy Configuration. Video Paths The MCEBuddy software is comprised of a single window....

March 17, 2010 · 2 min · 370 words · Julia Robinson

Try out Windows Phone 7 on your PC today

Heres how to do this today on your Vista or 7 computer. Accept the license agreement when prompted. Click Install Now to plant the tools you need. About halfway thorough the installation, youll be prompted to reboot your system. Once your box is rebooted, setup will automatically resume without further input. When setup is finished, click execute the Product Now to get started. Now, to execute the Windows Phone 7 emulator, we have to test an tool....

March 17, 2010 · 2 min · 343 words · Anthony Hernandez