Category «Computer Tips»

Customize the Places Bar

I run Office 2003 at home and at work. At home, for some reason my Places Bar (the column of folder shortcuts that show up when you save or open an Office document) hasn’t been showing the My Documents folder. I’ve always meant to look into how to fix this, but never actually. Well, today’s …

Gmail Changes

Google seems to be making some more changes to Gmail: The “Move to Trash” option of the drop-down menu has now been changed to simply “Delete”. This confused me at first because I was so used to the “Move to Trash” option. I thought this option had been removed entirely. Thankfully it hasn’t. Now if …

Holiday savings on System Mechanic 6 – plus free shipping!

I received this email on Wednesday and I thought I’d pass it along: Make a Resolution to Keep Your PC Healthy with System Mechanic 6. With all that your PC does for you this holiday season — frantic last-minute online shopping, storing priceless family photos, playing music during holiday gatherings — why not reward it …

A Free And Useful ActiveX Diagnostic Tool

The latest LangaList newsletter links to an older LangaList newsletter where there was a tip about an ActiveX diagnostic tool: 7) A Free And Useful ActiveX Diagnostic Tool Hi Fred, [An] item came in the 27 Sep 01 issue of another newsletter that I receive — Woody’s Office Watch. I’d appreciate any comments you have …

White Balance – Digital Photography Tip of the Week

Last week I reviewed Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0, a must have for amateur digital photographers. This week I will discuss white balance, how it will affect your photos, why it does, and how you can take advantage of this feature in your camera. Light as we see it is typically white. That is because our …

Game Developers at Midori Release a New Game, Smack Solitaire

I received the following press release: December 07, 2005, Burgundy, France – Independent game and software company, Midori, has announced the release of a new computer game called, “Smack Solitaire,” Solitaire games developed for both Mac and PC. Smack Solitaire is a collection of 30 different types of Solitaire games. In the set, players have …

WinBackup 1.86 Released Unlimited as Free Download

I received the following from Kevin J. Vella, Public Relations Manager at Uniblue Systems Ltd: I just wanted to drop you a quick note to let you know that we have just released the full and unlimited version of WinBackup 1.86 for free. Packed with advanced features, WinBackup 1.86 has been termed “exceptionally simple” by …

GMail Tips & Tricks

Did you know… Gmail does not take dots in consideration. So if your address is myname@gmail.com, someone writes to my.name@gmail.com, or myna.me@gmail.com or m.y.n.a.m.e@gmail.com. All those mails will arrive in your mail box. Don’t worry, this won’t cause your mail to go another GMail user, because when you subscribe your GMail Account, Google verify that …

Unlocker 1.7.5

Ever had such an annoying message given by Windows? It has many other flavors: Cannot delete file: Access is denied There has been a sharing violation. The source or destination file may be in use. The file is in use by another program or user. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and …