Many of the tips (or ‘hacks’) we cover on this site involve the modification of the Windows Registry, but many people are unsure of what the Windows Registry actually is, and how it works. Before messing around with the Windows Registry we suggest reading and understanding this guide first, especially the section on backing up […]
If you’re a regular user of the Sniping Tool, you probably want to have it easily to hand rather than having to keep going off to the Start Menu to find it, well, it’s actually pretty easy to pin the Snipping tool to the Taskbar so it’s right on hand every time you want it. […]
Sometimes when using Microsoft Windows you can move a window off screen to such an extent that it is impossible to grab it and bring it back on to your screen again. This commonly happens with laptop users who plug their machine in to a second screen, and forget to move the window back on […]
If you’re the sort of person who frequently takes screen shots to send to other people or to use as storage and archiving then you will almost certainly have come up against the palaver of having to hit the ‘Print Screen’ key on your keyboard, open an image editing program, pasting in the image from […]
If you’re a bit of an email junkie and are constantly writing new emails, then creating a ‘New Email shortcut might save you a bit of time and hassle by avoiding having to load up your email client every time you need to send a new email. This tip will only work if you have […]
Securing USB ports is one of the most fundamental but often overlooked security measure that any one can implement. USB ports are a wonderful invention, they allow us to plug all manner of devices into our computers and access and control them from almost anywhere in the world. If you have an external hard drive, […]
If you regularly switch between having Windows Vista Aero interface on and off you will quickly tire of the series of mouse clicks required to switch between the two. With a little tweaking of the registry it’s possible to add options for switching the Aero interface on & off. Warning – this tweak involves editing […]
