There is not a lot that we can look at in detail is there? We need to be able to see more than just some of todays browsing history… But to do that means opening the Library Window. Not good…not good at all. Time to make all of that surfing app history easy to access from the History Menu itself! Adjust the number of items shown for each of the categories to best suit your personal needs....

Your system CPU will need to be able to support hardware virtualization. An Intel processor uses Intel Virtualization Technology and an AMD processor would be AMD-V with their Virtualization capability. One of the easiest tools I have found is SecurAble from the Gibson Research Company. It doesn’t require installation and quickly tells you if your CPU is capable of Hardware Virtualization. Look carefully in the BIOS because the setting is not always clearly labeled....

Note: This tip is really meant for beginner geeks. I don’t personally mind if themes change out my iconsbut don’t mess with my mouse cursor!

Several aspects of the user interface have changed from XP to Vista and Windows 7. However, you probably don’t want to give the same functionality to each of them. Now hit Create a new account. Just pop in in the name of the user and opt for pop in of account. Now when you reboot the PC you will see the new users you created at the enter screen. Of course a user who’s account is password protected will need to jump in to start their session....

Then New Tab Page just might be what you are looking for. Setup Once you set up the extension, there are no options for you to have to worry about. Here you’re able to see the default look the first time New Tab Page is displayed. To get started, punch New Tab tweaks. This is what you will see when you tap on New Tab tweaks. You will be able to add any websites that you desire to your favorites list....

So why does XP look so awful in a VM? Then change the drop-down to ClearType instead of Standard. The changes should happen immediately, and no more jaggy screen fonts in your virtual machine.

This happened to me, and luckily I found a solution. Then disconnect the drive, and you will find that you simply can’t get rid of it. you could try and un-pin it all you want, but they won’t go away. It’s rather frustrating, really! The key thing to know is that there seems to be one of these per software. (probably best to make a backup of them though).

Aggravated with having to view webpage source code in external windows? AfterTime to see how things look… Beautiful! The original webpage and the source code side-by-side in the same window.

Windows 7 is being officially released on October 22nd, which also happens to be today. First: Get Your Copy Yet? Here’s a list of all the ones that we’ve tested with Windows 7. Context Menu Modding Need to add a little more power to your right-click menu options? We’ve got you covered with a bunch of tweaks. Which perhaps makes them more fun than anything else. We’ve covered quite a few of those as well....

The icon acts as a quick on/off switch to enable or disable combining search results. These are the options for the extension…all focused on display properties. Note: You will most likely want to activate the Always show scrollbars on Wolfram Alpha frame. option (see below for an alternative way to jump into the scrollbar). Wolfram Alpha Google in ActionFor our example we decided to do a search on Singapore. As you’re able to see the search results are displaying nicely side-by-side (terrific!...

To begin, Right-select My Computer and select to Manage. Alternately you’re able to key in diskmgmt.msc into the Start search box and enter. The Computer Management screen opens hit Disk Management then Action and Create VHD. Check Fixed size if you want a specific size and for it to stay that way. In Disk Management you will see the virtual drive listed as unallocated space. To begin using it you’ll need to Right-click and select Initialize Disk....

Sometimes you need a word processing system but not an entire office suite. The layout is similar to other word processing apps and is easy to use. you’re free to set up extra toolbars for easier editing and document creation. AbiWord is multi-platform and here is an example of it running in Ubuntu Linux. A cool thing about AbiWord is there are several plugins available to increase its functionality. If you want to create documents quickly turn to the included templates....

Now you could with the Compact Menu 2 extension. After installing the extension and restarting Firefox, you will see the following message window. Select Yes to start enjoying that extra screen real-estate. Once we selected Yes on the message window, here is how our example web app looked. The UI is already looking less cluttered! A closer look at the new Compact Menu & Icon… Curious about the mention of the Customize Toolbar Window in the message window?...