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...
View ArticleControl 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...
View ArticleLeft-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...
View ArticleRemapping 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...
View ArticleRestore 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...
View ArticleAll-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...
View ArticlePackage 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...
View ArticleTweaking 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...
View ArticleMicrosoft 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,...
View ArticleUseful 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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