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Customize your icons

Many Windows users are unaware that they are not stuck with the default set of icons that comes with their setup. In fact, it is quite easy to edit or replace the existing icons. Some years ago I wrote...

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Control your browser font sizes

As some of us get older, our eyes aren’t what they used to be and we need larger font sizes in our browsers. Also, the newer displays have high resolutions that make fonts look smaller and harder to...

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Left-handed mouse pointers for Windows

I’m not left-handed but, from teaching, I know that the standard mouse setup can be inconvenient for those who are. Changing the buttons on a mouse is a standard Windows adjustment but Microsoft has...

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Remapping special keys on the keyboard

I have posted about remapping keys like the “caps lock” before. I have also written elsewhere about remapping the standard keyboard in general. However, a special case is presented by those keys that...

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Restore missing or disappearing tray icons in Windows Vista

Here’s an annoying Vista problem. Periodically, I would find my network connection and some other tray icons disappearing. A little research revealed that it is a Vista bug caused by some Registry...

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All-purpose Windows tweaking software X-Setup

Way back in the days of Windows 95, I used to like an all-purpose tweaking tool called X-Setup. It was free and it allowed for numerous adjustments to the configuration of Windows. It gradually became...

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Package of very useful computer utilities

Periodically, I mention little free programs that help with some aspect of administering, configuring, or using a PC. Two prime sources of nice utility programs are Sysinternals from Mark Russinovich...

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Tweaking Windows 7

If you like to do a lot of configuring of your PC settings, there are various free tweaking tools available. In the case of Windows 7, there are a lot of these utilities. In fact, there are too many to...

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Microsoft Word tips for the non-expert user

Microsoft Word is on hundreds of millions of computers all over the world. Word documents are in use everywhere. Although Word is heavily used by businesses and professional producers of documents,...

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Useful tips for Windows XP

It may be old but Windows XP isn’t dead yet. Windows 7 is creeping up on it but Windows XP is still the world’s most widely used PC operating system. If, like many people, you are still running Windows...

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