The first two toolbar items are each singular in their function and insert the following types of text. A look at the special characters available for your use. The wiki code menu. The HTML menu… And the BB code menu. Here is a quick sample using the HTML menu…much better than doing it manually. This should definitely help speed things up throughout the day. Our only disappointment during testing was not being able to add additional items (i....

Would you like to run XP Mode, but prefer Sun’s VirtualBox for virtualization? Thanks to the free VMLite plugin, you might quickly and easily run XP Mode in or alongside VirtualBox. The first thing you’ll want to do is install XP Mode on your system (link below). You don’t need to install Windows Virtual PC. Go through and install XP Mode using the defaults. Install VirtualBoxNext you’ll need to install VirtualBox 3....

Simply browse to the webpage of your choice, and press the F12 key on your keyboard. This opens the developer tools. Now, choose any spot of the webpage in IE8 that you want to edit. Here, lets edit the footer of Google.com. In the developer tools window, the element you selected before is now highlighted. hit the plus button beside that entry if the text you want to edit is not visible....

Now, download and install VirtualBox 3.1.2 or higher(link below). Install as normal, and simply follow the default prompts. VirtualBox may notify you that your connection connection will be reset during the installation. Press Yes to continue. Simply click install, as these are needed for VirtualBox to run correctly. Setup only took a couple minutes, and doesn’t require a reboot. Browse to C:\Program Files\Windows XP Mode, and copy the file “Windows XP Mode base....

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Service\Video\Tuners\DVR Click once on the DVR key to display the values on the right panel. Find theBackingStoreEachFileDurationSecondsvalue on the right side. Double click onBackingStoreEachFileDurationSecondsto fire up the Edit DWORD Value window. The default buffer time is 40 minutes, or 2400 seconds. Here’s a quick little conversion chart to ease the calculating.

Are you a Twitter addict and need an easy way to manage your account in Firefox? The first is by adding the Toolbar Button to your browsers UI. The second and third methods are through the View & Tools Menus. TwitKit+ in ActionWhen you open TwitKit+ for the first time you will see Twitters Public Tweet Stream. To get started login into your account. Note: If you do not care for the brown theme you might select a different one in Preferences....

Today we show you how to share a printer from either Vista or XP to Windows 7. We previously showed you how toshare files and printers between Windows 7 and XP. This guide will walk you through the process. Right-opt for printer you want to share and select Sharing from the context menu. In the Printers and Faxes window right-punch the printer to share and select Sharing. In Devices and Printers choose Add a printer....

Everyone has a favorite style or format that they prefer to read webpages in. Here is the article shown above with the default configs for TidyRead in effect. Here is a closer look at the Toolbar at the top. The Right Click Menu for the Status Bar Icon… Note: There is a Toolbar Button available for those who prefer using it over the Status Bar Icon. Yet another example set at a narrow width with a dark background....

This makes your system more aware of its surroundings and change itself accordingly. Unfortunately, most laptops today are not equipped with GPS chips. Thanks to Geosense, however, you’ve got the option to still use the location platform. Getting Started: Geosense is a free download for Windows 7, with both 32 and 64 bit editions. Choose the correct one for your setup, and install. While installing, it will ask to install a gadget driver....

SMPlayer, which we have previously recommended for Windows, is also available for Linux. Well show you how to install, configure, and start using the latest version of SMPlayer. bang out in SMPlayer in the search field and press the arrow button at the right. punch the Install button to install SMplayer. Note, however, that this will install an older version (in this case version 0.6.7-1). Advanced Installation SMPlayer has its own repository that keeps track of SMPlayers latest package....

After installation, open Media Center and youll find the Heatwave icon in the Extras Library. When you open Heatwave youre presented with weather conditions for major cities from around the world. Youll probably want to customize the forecasts for your area so punch prefs. In the options section you could edit the locations you want to monitor the weather. you’re able to change the order they appear on the main page and edit or delete locations....

Related Spotify is arguably the best streaming music service available online. Spotify is available under Windows and Mac. However, by using Wine it’s possible for you to install Spotify to run on Ubuntu as well. Note: Spotify is not available in all countries or the United States. Here we look at installing Spotify on Ubuntu 9.10 using Wine 1.2. To begin with we’ll need to install Wine on Ubuntu. If you already have Wine you’re free to easily skip this step....

The default is the Status Bar Icon and the second method is using the Toolbar Icon. Keep in mind that you do not have to have a particular extension installed to get to monitor it. To add an extension to the list left opt for Toolbar Button or the Status Bar Icon. You will see the following confirmation window asking if you want to track that particular extension. Click Yes to add it to your list....