Today we take a look at how to share files and printers between Vista and Windows 7 machines. First throw in web link and sharing center into the search box in the Start Menu and hit Enter. check that these are enabled in both the Home or work and Public profiles. Depending on your setup, you might want to turn off password protected sharing. Turning it off while you’re setting it up makes things a bit easier though by saving a step....

Related With every new release of Ubuntu, there’s a new XSplash theme that comes in. Previous versions of Ubuntu, (before Karmic Koala) used USplash which now is history. However, you don’t have to live with the default XSplash if you don’t like it. The following is the XSplash screen that I am currently using. Change ThemesIn order to change the XSplash screen in Ubuntu Karmic Koala do these things: 1....

Youll be presented with Available Windows, which are the active ones on your desktop. If you want to get a specific spot in your screen, select Screen Clipping. This is a very handy new feature that should allow you to create documents much faster. Remember, Office 2010 is currently in public beta and anyone can use it.Download Office 2010 Beta

Here we take a look at scheduling the updates for a specific time. You may have noticed the icon in your system tray telling you Windows Media Center is updating. Then schedule a start and stop time for downloading updates. Its annoying having WMC downloading updates if youre working online and have a slower connection. This will allow you to still get the updates without interfering with your online activities.

Then join us as we take a look at Scribbly. Note: Scribbly requires Adobe AIR (link provided at bottom of article). This is what Scribbly looks like when it starts up. It is small, unobtrusive and can remain on top of other apps. The first thing that you will need to do is go into the options. once you nail entered your e-mail address click Save. Now you’ve got the option to start adding those notes....

Today we take a look at how to save them to your SkyDrive for use in Office Web Apps. In this example well be uploading a Word document to a Windows Live SkyDrive. With Backstage open, click Share on the left column and then Save to SkyDrive. Under Save to SkyDrive grab the Sign In button. A sign in dialog box opens for you to slide in your Windows LiveID credentials....

This will make it your default program for all of your music and video. you could control the playback and volume from the controls on the bottom. Hover over the WMP app launcher on the Taskbar and you might easily control playback. you’re able to resize it and still control playback and access other options. This is a cool option because you could continue to listen to the CD while the ripping process completes....

To activate these features choose Start then Control Panel and choose the Mouse icon. In the Mouse Properties window punch the Pointer Options tab. Under Snap To check the box next to Automatically move pointer to the default button in a dialog box. If youre click happy, you might end up clicking Yes instead of No in some situations. This is one of the first things I setup when using a new computer....

Would you like those Fav-Icon Sized Pinned Tabs planned for the future Firefox 4.0 release now? Then you will definitely want to take a look at the App Tabs extension. They could also be saved to a folder on the Bookmarks Bar and reopened manually. you’re able to use either your mouse to perform a click action (i.e. double click) or reach the Tab Context Menu and select App Tab....

pop in Disk Management into the search box in the Start menu. Then right-tap on the drive you want to change and select Change Drive Letter and Paths. A window pops up showing the drive is being queried for available space. After it finishes, you want to enter the amount of space to shrink the volume by. Remember that the size you select is in MB so, like in this example....

Change Themes and Backgrounds Here we take a look at the default theme for Windows 7. It’s actually not that bad looking and some of you may want to keep it. To change the appearance right click an empty area on the desktop and select Personalize. For example here we take a look at the Landscapes Aero Theme. You’ll notice it changes the Background and color of the window border colors....

You’ll end up in the previous subfolder. We modified the script slightly to make it work for Windows 7. How Does This Work? Ordinarily you’ve got the option to simply re-map the key with a Backspace::! It doesn’t take a ton of memory, as you’re able to see in the screenshot. Note that we only tested this on Windows 7, but assume it will work for Vista as well.

What you’ll need to do is use the new compatibility hack to get it working.