Geek Fun: Frets on Fire

Frets on Fire is a cross-platform Open Source project. you could download and install Frets on Fire on a Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X box. A site that has a bunch of ready to use songs isKeyboards on Fire. Just download the zipped song file and extract it to Data prefs Songs. The default keys for frets are F1-F5 which might might be oddly placed for some players. Just go into prefs to change the fret keys on the keyboard to what you’re most comfortable with....

April 10, 2009 · 1 min · 137 words · Amber Martinez

Automatically Move Daily Emails to Specific Folders in Outlook

You might want to save them to read or reference at a later time. Keeping these emails in specific folders is a good way to keep organized. This will open up the Create Rule screen so we can choose the conditions for this email. Most of the time I set the rule by sender to one of my email addresses. Also, you’ve got the option to add visual and sound notifications....

April 9, 2009 · 1 min · 136 words · Edward Huber

Create a Shortcut or Hotkey to Turn Off the Monitor

Quick Links Have you ever wanted to hit a shortcut key to turn off the monitor? This Swiss-army knife tool can do an amazing array of tasks, including powering off the monitor. All we really need to do is create a shortcut to it. Of course you are free to pick your own icon instead. The software is written in AutoHotkey and the source code is included in the download file....

April 7, 2009 · 1 min · 71 words · Lisa Sullivan

How Do I Kill All the iexplore.exe Processes at Once?

So you’ve looked in task manager, and there’s a dozen iexplore.exe processes listed! taskkill.exe /F /IM iexplore.exe /T Give the shortcut a useful name, and then open up the properties. I chose the one that looks the most like recycling. At this point you have an icon that will completely kill all running Internet Explorer windows. Windows Processes Adobe_Updater.exe|AppleSyncNotifier.exe|ccc.exe|conhost.exe|csrss.exe|ctfmon.exe|dllhost.exe|dpupdchk.exe|dwm.exe|EasyAntiCheat.exe|iexplore.exe|jusched.exe|LockApp.exe|mDNSResponder.exe|Mobsync.exe|moe.exe|MsMpEng.exe|NisSrv.exe|rundll32.exe|sihost.exe|svchost.exe|SearchIndexer.exe|spoolsv.exe|shutdown.exe|wsappx|WmiPrvSE.exe|wlidsvc.exe|wlidsvcm.exe|wmpnscfg.exe|wmpnetwk.exe|winlogon.exe What Is This Process and Why Is It Running on My PC?...

April 7, 2009 · 1 min · 71 words · Teresa West

Easily Change Audio File Formats with XRECODE

Next choose MP3 and then the controls button. Now choose your preferred bit rate controls for the file then OK. This brings you back to the main screen to click Start and begin the conversion. If you have a dual-core CPU it features Parallel Processing for fast conversions of multiple files at once. I was able to convert 7 AAC files to MP3 in under a minute and a half....

April 6, 2009 · 1 min · 122 words · Miranda Martinez

Easily Burn Discs With BurnAware Free Edition

Windows Vista and XP have built in disc burning functionality but they are lacking in features. One thing to mention during installation is that the Ask Toolbar will be checked by default. If you dont want another toolbar ensure and uncheck this. The user interface of BurnAware is very clean and easy to navigate. Just go for the bang out of media you would like to create on the left....

April 2, 2009 · 1 min · 162 words · Tracy Nichols

How to Grow Prize-Winning Green Beans

During the gardening process, it’s important to have light. Be sure to avoid planting your green beans in a cave, because there might be bears in there. Note: Award can also be created in Microsoft Word.

April 1, 2009 · 1 min · 36 words · Elizabeth Velez

Easily Burn Optical Discs With BurnAware Free Edition

Windows Vista and XP have built in disc burning functionality but they are lacking in features. One thing to mention during installation is that the Ask Toolbar will be checked by default. If you dont want another toolbar ensure and uncheck this. The user interface of BurnAware is very clean and easy to navigate. Just smack the throw in of media you would like to create on the left. Burning a disc is very straight forward....

March 30, 2009 · 1 min · 154 words · Dustin Butler

Important: How To Scan and Remove Malicious Viruses

Note: The latest horrible virus is set to hit on April 1st, 2009. It’s calledConficker, and we’ll explain how to double-check you are safe. Bad stuff, but they can usually be prevented. To fire off the tool, you simply need to download the file from Microsoft and run it. There’s no installer required. If you were affected, the tool would remove the virus and alert you. Since we’re thankfully safe, we got the friendly message that no malicious software was detected....

March 30, 2009 · 2 min · 233 words · Martha Martinez

Stupid Geek Tricks: Using 7-Zip as a Blazing Fast File Browser

In case you’re wondering, 7-Zip is our file archiving utility of choice around here. Ever browse to a folder, but then forget which one it was? Just right-click anywhere and choose New \ Shortcut from the menu. Use the Browse button to navigate down to the following path (adjusting if you installed elsewhere). In the example above, the shortcut will initiate the C:\ folder. Now you should have an icon that will open 7-Zip directly to the C: drive....

March 24, 2009 · 1 min · 79 words · William Chen

Email Large Files from Outlook with Acrobat.com

Have you ever needed to email large files but your IT dept limits attachments to 10MB or less? Installing the Acrobat.com Add-in Installing the plug-in is fast and easy using the installation wizard. You might have to update to the shared Add-in support for .Net Framework 2.0 (KB908002). Just follow through the wizard, no special steps required… Now choose the file or files you want to send to the email recipient for download....

March 18, 2009 · 1 min · 126 words · Donna Melton

Keyboard Ninja: Toggle File Extension Display With a Shortcut Key in Windows

Have you ever wanted to be able to easily toggle the visibility of file extensions?

March 18, 2009 · 1 min · 15 words · Courtney Peterson

How to Send and Receive Hotmail from Thunderbird

First open up Thunderbird and go to Tools then Account prefs. In Account configs tap on Add Account located toward the bottom of the window. Next select Email Account. Now enter in your your name and the Hotmail or Live email account you want to add. Choose POP as the incoming server and enterpop3.live.comin the Incoming Server field. The outgoing server will not be correct but we will change it later....

March 17, 2009 · 1 min · 161 words · April Morris