A fantastic new feature of Windows 7 is the Live Preview. This is similar to the Dock in Mac OS x. The Live Preview allows you to view the contents of the window without actually opening or maximizing it. Here is a little tweak to the responsiveness of the preview. [...]
Whenever a new OS comes out routinely the first thing people do is run out and change the desktop image and the theme. Windows 7 comes with some nice default themes and images. Here are some of them and here are a list of other sites with some more themes. [...]
The easiest way to create a bootable USB with Linux is UNetbootin. You can build it on Windows or Linux and it couldn’t be easier. With a bootable USB you do not need a CD, DVD or FTP to install linux. Here is the step by step guide on how to Boot and run Linux from a USB. [...]
Are you experiencing sluggish performance from a recently installed Internet Explorer 8? Many users are complaining about tabs opening and loading slowly inexplicably. Here is the answer to your woes. [...]
One of the features I really like in previous versions of Windows was the ability to search the Internet directly from the start menu without having to load a browser. In Windows 7 the ability to search the Internet from the Start Menu was removed by default. Here is how to restore it. [...]
Most people use Windows as their main downloading system just as a matter of convenience and availability of download tools. The pain comes in sharing these files with your Ubuntu system. This is when symbolic links really in a dual boot system. [...]
The world’s favourite search engine provider has done it again. In the matter of months they have expanded into the new technology market, challenging Microsoft on yet another front. You had guessed right, Google has started work on their brand new Operating System. The new Google Chrome OS, is an open source operating system, OSOS [...] [...]
Often when you are troubleshooting what is going wrong with your Windows box you are left to your own devices to guess what is running and what is screwing up. In the Linux world you can grep and get a view of what processes are running using Process Identifier, or more commonly known as PID or process ID. Here is how to get that same functionality in Windows. [...]
Adobe Version Cue is a fantastic tool for managing your images, photos and videos. Here is the complete reference guide on how to configure Version Cue so that you can use it in your production environment. [...]
I came across a really cool utility a little while ago. It allow you to use the MAC OS X Dock in Windows XP or Vista. It duplicates the functionality to a tee. Even the System Tray is included. Here is where to get it and how to install it. [...]
