The SuperFetch service in Windows Vista preloads your system’s memory with the applications that you use most often. You will have to test your configuration to know for sure. Open up Services in Control Panel or by typing services.msc into the Start menu search or run boxes. you could also click Stop to immediately turn it off. I don’t recommend this tweak for regular users, but somebody might find it useful....
If you want proof, you could check the time options panel again. Now that just seems easier to me.
Thanks to Daniel for forgetting how to do this and inspiring the article.
Releasing the mouse button will copy that color to the clipboard.
Have you ever noticed that sometimes Firefox isn’t very responsive while loading a page? As a frequent StumbleUpon user, this behavior grates on my nerves so I went looking for a solution. There’s also a lower priority mode that interrupts the parser more often to respond to input events. It’s even documented atMozillazine. Use these values when prompted: The default value is 750000, or 3/4 of a second. You could reverse this if you were more worried about speeding up page load time....
If there’s one thing that annoys me in Internet Explorer more than anything else, it’s that there is no way to re-open a tab once you’ve closed it. It’s especially annoying when you’ve done a lot of browsing so you have to sift through your history to find the link for the page you closed. Thankfully there’s an add-on for IE7 called “IE7 Open Last Closed Tab” which will remember what tabs you’ve recently closed so that you’ve got the option to quickly re-open them....
If you’ve switched from Yahoo! The answer is the YPOPs! Important Note: This utility most likely violates the Yahoo! terms and could potentially result in your account being terminated, so use at your own risk. If you are worried about this, you’re able to get POP access withYahoo! Mail Plusfor $20 / year.Install YPOPs! ClientThe first thing you’ll need to do is download and set up the YPOPs! There’s no configuration needed to get things started....
Unless you get paid to watch the Windows boot screen. Here’s the tricky part: finding the right services to delay. In some cases this can significantly improve the initial bootup time. I’d recommend starting with additional services installed by applications.
There are two options, the default right-click menu… or QuickEdit mode. We’ll explain both.Enable QuickEdit ModeRight-click anywhere on the title bar and then select Properties. Note that the right-click menu doesn’t show up with QuickEdit mode enabled. To paste into the window, right-click and choose the “Paste” option on the menu.
If you are having other compatibility problems I’d recommend using the compatibility modes on this same dialog. Note that we have coveredWin7/Vista compatibility modebefore, but I think it’s useful to point this out specifically.
This article was written by MysticGeek, a tech blogger at the How-To Geek Blogs. Word 2007 has that functionality built right in. First pick the text you gotta translate. Next choose Review and then Translate. On the left hand side of the document you will get a Research task pane. Here is where you could select which language to translate to or from. you’re free to also choose to have the entire document translated....
To get out of this mode, you’re able to hit the Esc or Enter keys. I love being a geek.
You’ll have to logoff and then back on, but the list should be clean. Right-choose the taskbar and choose Properties, then choose Start Menu. go for the “Classic Start menu” option, and choose the Customize button.
