How To Add Administrative Tools to Start Menu in Windows 7

If youre a system administrator or power user, you may find yourself accessing Administrative Tools quite a bit. Today we show you how to access them faster by adding them to the Start Menu. Usually youll need to navigate to Control Panel to access Administrative Tools. In the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties screen choose Customize. Scroll down System administrative tools and select Display on the All Programs menu and the Start menu....

December 8, 2009 · 1 min · 101 words · Sharon Rice

Quick Firefox Functionality Tweaks: Undo Close Tab & Resize Text

Frustrating would be a good way to describe it. Usually that would mean going through the History Menu (or the Address Bar) to reopen that tab. What if you could do it quicker and easier? And just like that your accidentally closed tab is reopened and focused to the front. Note: There are no options to bother with for the extension. Here is another option for those who may prefer changing text size from their Status Bar....

December 8, 2009 · 1 min · 116 words · Robert Reynolds

Store, Edit, and Share Documents with Microsoft Web Apps

Today we take a look at how it works with Office 2010. In the Document Inspector, decide which jot down of content you want to analyze. It gives you the results and you might click to remove different aspects of the document. When you share it to your SkyDrive you’re prompted to log into your Live account. Office 2010 has a feature called Upload Center that allows you to keep track of the documents you upload....

December 8, 2009 · 1 min · 163 words · Cody Saunders

How to Install a new Forest in Server 2008

Well show you how. Scroll down and punch the link that says, Add roles. Youll now be faced with the possible roles to install on this server. Click Install to proceed with the installation. Youll get to watch this for a while, and then the successful install message will appear. It will instruct you to initiate the Domain Services Installation Wizard, dcpromo.exe. We go back to the search menu box and jot down in dcpromo....

December 7, 2009 · 1 min · 154 words · Tara Smith

Remove or Block Cookies Easily in Firefox

Do you want an easy way to deal with all the cookies in your online window? Clicking on any particular cookie listing will remove that cookie from your web client. Notice the three commands at the top… The second way to access CookieKiller is through the Context Menu. As with the Status Bar Icon you are presented with an identical current cookie list. CookieKiller in ActionFor our example we decided to use the Status Bar Icon to delete cookies....

December 7, 2009 · 1 min · 131 words · Ryan Harris

Rename the Guest Account in Windows 7 for Enhanced Security

In the Administrative Tools window tap on Local Security Policy. Now change the name to whatever you want. Just confirm it is something different than other user accounts so you remember it’s the Guest account. When you’re done click Apply and Ok and close out of the remaining windows. For more on user accounts including on how to activate the Guest account, check out ourprevious article.

December 7, 2009 · 1 min · 66 words · Joseph Fernandez

Speed Up Your Web Browsing with Google Public DNS

Are you looking for a faster way to browse the Internet and have pages load faster? DNS (Domain Name System) translates an IP address to an easy to remember hostname. Alternatively, you might enter internet and Sharing Center into the search box in the Start Menu. Now right-hit Local Area Connection and select Properties. If you have a wireless connection, right-tap on Wireless internet Connection and click Properties. The Internet Protocol Version 4 Properties window comes up....

December 7, 2009 · 2 min · 320 words · Robert Rogers

Get an Aero-Styled Classic Start Menu in Windows 7

Quick Links Are you missing the Classic Start Menu in your new Windows 7 installation? Now you’re free to get it back and enjoy the Aero-Glass look as well. Before Here is the regular Start Menu on one of our example systems. Now you are ready to have the Classic Menu back. After As soon as you start the app your menu will be automatically converted over to the classic style....

December 4, 2009 · 1 min · 137 words · Charles Collins

Get Color Codes in Multiple Formats with DCPicker

Now you could easily get the information that you need in six color code formats with DCPicker. Setup Setup for DCPicker is very easy. Unzip the files, add them to a folder, and create a new shortcut. This is what DCPicker looks like when you start it up…everything is immediately ready to go. As you could see in the screenshot, DCPicker easily provided the code for the green area. Perhaps you need the color code in multiple formats…not a problem....

December 4, 2009 · 1 min · 115 words · David Brooks

Shutter is a State of Art Screenshot Tool for Ubuntu

Open Software Sources by going to System \ Administration \ Software Sources 2. Now add the lines which appear there. deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/shutter/ppa/ubuntu karmic koala maindeb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/shutter/ppa/ubuntu karmic koala main poke the link and you’ll reach the public key server page. Copy the code under BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK in your gedit and save the file as SHUTTER. Well now import this PGP (SHUTTER) security key. On the Software Sources Window snag the tab that reads Authentication and click Import Key File…....

December 4, 2009 · 2 min · 227 words · David Green

Make Apps Always Open Maximized

It can be annoying when opening an tool and having to resize or maximize the screen. To fix it all it’s crucial that you do is right-press the app shortcut and select Properties. Under the Shortcut tab change the dropdown next to Run to Maximized. Now any time you open that app it will be full screen.

December 3, 2009 · 1 min · 57 words · Darren Williams

Manage the Delete Confirmation Dialog box in Windows 7

It can be a great thing in some situations, and very annoying in others. To turn the messages off, simply right-tap the Recycle Bin and select Properties. You will want to Enable it to confirm it is always on and users cant turn it off. you’ve got the option to also achieve the same setting through the Registry. Click Start and jot down regedit into the search box and hit Enter....

December 3, 2009 · 1 min · 97 words · Rachel Nelson DDS

Print Detailed Directory Information with Karen’s Directory Printer

Now it’s possible for you to be as specific as you want with Karens Directory Printer. Installation The window to pay attention to during the installation is the third one. Choose between having the program accessible to all accounts/users on your gear or just the current one. The Welcome Tab Area provides basic information and tips for using the program. The Print Tab Area is focused on directly printing the information that you need....

December 3, 2009 · 1 min · 149 words · Nancy Medina