After launching it youre presented with a configuration dialog screen to begin setting up your jump lists. you’re able to create different Groups and name them to suite your needs. you might add up to 60 different Jumplist items. Then it’s possible for you to still get into the items by right-clicking the icon on the taskbar. If you do get errors or find any bugs its recommended to post them on the developersblog....
It’s navel-gazing time, people! If you include TinyHacker and now Productive Geek numbers, we’re way over 5mil/month for our data pipe. We’ve got some interesting plans for this site in 2010, so stay tuned. TheProductive Geekforum just launched a few days ago, but it’s going to be great. In case you missed them, here they are. All of this is thanks to Shawn, our awesome programmer. Shawn, if you’re reading this, I’d just like to say: get back to work!...
That is about as quick and simple as it’s possible for you to get for functionality. Now you might easily copy/paste the article into your favorite note-storage program (i.e. Evernote or other) or print it out without losing the original formatting. Here we have our sample article with all the normal webpage extras on display… To access it make certain to use the Print Button at the bottom of the articles....
To add programs, files and folders, just drag the icon to the Mouse Extender interface. Here is an example of a bunch of music and media apps added to a multimedia tab we created. It allows you to add different Windows utilities, folders, and directories. you’ve got the option to customize where each icon in Mouse Extender points to. The controls at the top let you to quickly access Control Panel from the interface....
Today we take a look at andLinux which allows you to run Linux applications on your Windows computer. The user interface is the KDE flavor, which should be easier for Windows users to get used to. You will need to decide how much memory you want to allocate for andLinux. you might choose to have it access your Windows drives using Samba. Select Install this driver software anyway when you get the unsigned driver message....
Do you spend your time trying to find ways to use your PC to actually get things done? Wait, Isn’t that what Lifehacker is For? How Do I Get Started? Just head over to Productive Geek, create an account, and then start the discussion. So what are you waiting for? Head over to Productive Geek and let’s talk about how to get things done, the geeky way.
To use it, right-tap on a photo and select Resize Pictures from the Context Menu. hit the Advanced button to get more options and resize a picture to your own custom size.
Today we look at restricting access to some or all drives on the machine using Local Group Policy. First jot down gpedit.msc in the search box of the Start Menu and hit Enter. Now navigate to User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Windows Components \ Windows Explorer. Then on the right side under Setting, double choose Prevent access to drives from My Computer. Note: This setting wont prevent users from using programs that reach the local drives....
Do you get easily distracted at times while writing and need a way to help yourself stay focused? Then perhaps WriteMonkey is just what you have been looking for. Note: Requires .Net Framework 3.5+. Ready for distraction free writing? The width of the writing area (along with line spacing, margins, etc.) can be easily adjusted in the options if desired. Prefer the more traditional word processing color scheme? Here is a closer look at the menu… At this time ....
Note: Greasemonkey extension required (link at bottom of article). Here you might see the results for a website that had no scripts available. Here is a close-up of Status Bar Icon…right clicking shows that there are 310 scripts available. To see the scripts that are available simply hit the # scripts available listing. Notice that there is also a Ranking available for each script. A quick check of our Right Click Menu shows that our new script successfully installed and is active....
When doing research online, its common to have multiple searches running at the same time. Clicking between tabs for multiple searches can be annoying, and easy to loose track of where youre at. Today we take a look at googlegooglegooglegoogle.com which lets you run four Google searches in the same tab. GoogleGoogleGoogleGoogle Yes, that is really what the site is called…try saying it fast a few times. There are a few different things it’s possible for you to do with each window....
Do you wish there was a hassle free way to migrate physical machines to VMs for testing and consolidation? Just open up the Disk2vhd folder and initiate the executable. Youll need to select a location that is large enough to store the VHD youre creating. In this example were creating a VHD from an IBM ThinkPad running XP. After everything looks correct, hit the Create button. Youre shown the progress bar while the VHD is created....
Want a quick and easy way to toggle JavaScript on and off in Firefox? Then you will definitely want to take a good look at the JS Switch extension. Setup There are three ways to set up access to JS Switch. The first is through the Customise Toolbar Window. JS Switch in Action For our example we chose to use the Toolbar Button. As you’re free to see JavaScript is enabled (red color)....
