Upgrade Your Live Bookmarks With LiveClick

On the left: Firefox’s wimpy Live Bookmarks. On the right: Upgraded and powerful LiveClick bookmarks! The Menus tab gives another option that makes me thrilled… favicons instead of livemark icons. Here’s where you might set the location of the site itself separately from the feed. If you are using Live bookmarks, this is pretty much a must-have.Download LiveClick from Mozilla Add-ons

August 6, 2007 · 1 min · 61 words · Michael Holloway

Install Windows XP on Your Pre-Installed Windows Vista Computer

Note that you should not attempt this if you aren’t ready to troubleshoot any problems that might occur. The first issue we encounter is that computers with pre-installed operating systems take up the entire drive. Find the Disk Management item in the list and select that. Now we’ll shrink our volume down by right-clicking on the main hard drive and choosing Shrink Volume. Whatever you do, don’t just use the default....

August 4, 2007 · 2 min · 274 words · Jesse Powell

Why Doesn't AutoComplete Always Work in Firefox?

We’ve got the lowdown on what’s going on here. Here’s that awful form I have to bang out into almost every day… I’m really getting tired of it. The form elements themselves also have the same tag on them. Your Best Option: Greasemonkey it! you’re able to use agreasemonkeyscript to re-unlock the autocomplete on the form elements.

August 4, 2007 · 1 min · 57 words · Kurt Schmidt

Change Update Interval of Live Bookmarks in Firefox

you’ve got the option to change the default interval for all live bookmarks with a config setting. The default value used internally is 3600 if the setting does not exist. The minimum value accepted is 60 seconds, but you should never set it that low.

August 2, 2007 · 1 min · 45 words · Sydney Martinez

Add a User in Windows Home Server

Here is a quick tutorial on how to add a new user to your home server. The Windows Home Server Console is where you will do most of your server management. Here you will want to press User Accounts then select +Add. In the Add User Account screen enter in your users name and logon name. you’re able to determine here if you will allow them Remote Access to the server....

August 1, 2007 · 1 min · 177 words · Nicole Anderson

Remove Old Drivers After Upgrading to New Hardware

You’ll then see the old devices in the list, and can uninstall the drivers for them. key in cmd into the start menu search box, and then use Ctrl+Shift+Enter to open in administrator mode. This isn’t necessarily going to increase performance, but it’s nice to have a tidy computer nonetheless. This tip also works the same in Windows 7, Vista, and XP.

August 1, 2007 · 1 min · 62 words · Paula Haynes

Restore Missing/Hidden Items in Windows 7 or Vista Control Panel

For that matter, why can’t you search for them using the start menu search? Because they are prohibited from loading in the registry - that’s why. Look ma, no display parameters! Make a backup of that key with the export function, and then delete away. desk.cpl is the Display configs wizard, and ncpa.cpl is the web connection connections folder. Note that you’re able to also hide control panel items using the same key if you choose....

August 1, 2007 · 1 min · 76 words · Daniel Mendez

Spruce Up Your Word 2007 Documents with Paragraph Borders and Shading

From this menu select Borders and Shading. In the Borders and Shading dialog box on the left hand side select Box. Scroll through the Style list to select a your favorite design. you’re free to select a custom color and width also. after you snag the style you want click OK. Here is a shot of how adding just a partial border sets off the paragraphs in the document. We can also add some shading for extra pizzazz....

August 1, 2007 · 1 min · 137 words · James Ware

Add Sticky Notes to Any Page with Internote for Firefox

How many times have you wanted to put a sticky note on a page to remind you of something? Since it’s an extension, it won’t work across computers, but it’s still quite useful. you’re able to also add a bigger icon to the toolbar if you want.

July 30, 2007 · 1 min · 47 words · Kaitlyn Hammond

Add Sudo to Your Last Bash Command With "!!" Syntax

This happens to me much more than I’d like to admit, so I’m writing about it. You have a couple of options, the easiest one is to just use ! to tell bash to use the last command.

July 30, 2007 · 1 min · 38 words · Peter Andrews

Make Firefox Extensions Compatible After Firefox Update Breaks Them For No Good Reason

Short Rant: Why does an x.x.x.1 release have to break any of my extensions? That’s just completely ridiculous. Now once you restart Firefox yet again, your extension should be back to normal and working fine. Install Nightly Tester Tools from Oxymoronical Install Nightly Tester Tools from Firefox Addons

July 30, 2007 · 1 min · 48 words · Christina Lopez

Customize Your Welcome Picture Choices in Windows Vista

Does anybody really use the robot or the fish picture? All of the pictures are stored in a hidden folder buried deep within your program data directory. You just need to ensure that your pictures are 128x128 resolution in bitmap format.

July 29, 2007 · 1 min · 41 words · Matthew Madden

Easily Resend an Email Message In Outlook 2007

A lot of times people at the workplace try creative ways to claim ignorance about important matters… Excuses like “I didn’t get your email” is one that seems to come to mind. In Outlook 2007 you’re able to easily resend the message in question. While your message is open you might also choose to add recipients. At this point it’s possible for you to also add or remove attachments. Using this feature only allows you to resend one message at a time....

July 29, 2007 · 1 min · 95 words · Tonya Armstrong