Some people, such as myself, are not entirely and completed wedded to a single content and device ecosystem in that I have the Samsung Galaxy S as my mobile phone (an Android device for those unfamiliar with it), a Windows 7 custom built desktop at home, a Windows 7 MSI Wind netbook and an Apple …
Category: Windows 7
Dec 13 2010
Geek Toolkit Recommendation – CPU-Z
Just a quick update for tonight. Sometimes the tech savvy amongst us are called upon to look at all sorts of computers belonging to friends, family, work colleagues and sometimes unwanted acquaintances. Trying to find out more about the computer with which you are dealing can be difficult especially for ancient hardware. Unless you know about the …
Nov 24 2010
Windows Home Server – Vail is Fail After Abandoning Drive Extender
In a hark back to the flop of the Windows Vista “wow is now” campaign Microsoft has seemingly shot itself square in the foot by announcing that the second version of Drive Extender (or DE) technology from Windows Home Server was being dropped. For those of you wanting to know about the original Windows Home …
Nov 10 2010
Phone Disk – Use Your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch as a Portable Drive
Ever since the original iPhone came out, people have complained about Apple’s decision to prevent its use as a portable drive. Apple’s original iPods (excluding the iPod Touch) all supported the use of the device as an external drive which would show up in Windows or MacOS as another disk drive. There have been a …
Oct 26 2010
Regain the Traditional Start Menu with Classic Shell
Here’s a quick tip for those that may have made the move to Windows 7 before realising the changes to the start menu and the taskbar or otherwise had change thrust upon them without much choice (like your old computer having gone to heaven thus requiring the purchase of a new computer). One of the …
Oct 16 2010
Basic Screenshot Tips & Tricks for Windows
Every now and then, I need to capture screenshots to share with colleagues via e-mail or to embed into a PowerPoint presentation or a document. Sometimes, it can be a pain having to crop your screenshots to get a particular window or a particular object on screen. Here are a few tips to make your …
Oct 11 2010
Get More Out of Jumplists with Jumplist Extender
Another quick one for tonight. Windows 7 introduced the “jumplist” feature which extends the functionality of the taskbar by allowing quick access to common features, functions and recently used files. However, users have been stuck with what software developers have deemed appropriate for their users whilst users have been unable to make their own modifications. …
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