The versatility of individual programs seems to grow daily. Just as we have watched technology move from bulky desktops to laptops and now to handheld devices, so too have some applications gotten more compact and portable. Nowhere is this more apparent than in portable applications, programs condensed to the size of a small flash drive [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

If you run a low resolution monitor, use a laptop or other mobile device you know that screen estate is of premium value. This is actually the main reason why browser developers like Google or Mozilla try to reduce the interface elements of the browser. If you run a 24″ monitor you won’t notice a [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Internet Explorer 9 supports a new pinned site feature that can be used to pin websites to the Windows 7 taskbar. The combination of IE9 and Windows 7 outlines that its reach is somewhat limited at the moment. Websites do not have to support the feature to make it usable. Internet Explorer 9 users can [...]

Categories: Browsing, Internet Explorer, Web Development

I recently started to add custom jumplists to my sites. That’s when I noticed that jumplists were not showing up under Windows 7 at all anymore. Even standard programs like Microsoft Office, Firefox or Google Chrome where not showing any jumplists, except for the option to unpin the icon from the taskbar and to launch [...]

Categories: troubleshooting, Tutorials Basic

A friend of mine who made the switch to Windows 7 recently called me the other day. He mentioned that he was experiencing a strange system volume issue whenever telephone calls where made on the system. The volume of all other sounds on the system was automatically adjusted whenever calls where placed or received. He [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

A computer running Windows 7 may connect to networks with various adapters. Probably the most common example is a notebook or mobile device that can connect to the Internet via a wireless connection or a wired connection. If you have a device that can connect to networks in multiple ways, you may wonder how Windows [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

It is usually recommended to format hard drive to NTFS in Windows as the file system offers several advantages over its alternative, Fat32. Sometimes however you may need to format a drive to Fat32, for instance if you run another device or computer that can only read Fat32 disks and not NTFS disks. That’s not [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

The Encrypting File System (EFS) has been part of all professional versions of Windows since Windows 2000. The feature provides file level encryption for data stored on NTFS systems, and is directly linked to a specific user account on an operating system. Only the user who encrypted the files and folders will be able to [...]

Categories: Security, Windows

Aero Snap is a new feature that Microsoft implemented in the Windows 7 operating system. It can be used to automatically arrange windows when they are moved to the edge of the screen. I use the feature all the time, for instance to display two windows next to each other. Some users on the other [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows