Archive for the ‘windows’ Category
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
I make a living at the computer. I also enjoy doing lots of other things online. So I spend a lot of time in front of my computer. My mind also jumps around really fast and I'm often doing more than one thing at a time. If my computer can't ...
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
On Wednesday, April 1 a virus called Conficker will "call home" from Windows machines that have been infected since November 2008. No one is sure who created the virus or what, if anything, will happen, but it could be bad (or it could be nothing), but why take any chances?
Unlike ...
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
A clean desktop -- both real and electronic -- is one of those things for which many of us strive.
On my Windows computers, I've started using a "Junk" folder at the root level of my hard drive (C:\Junk) with a corresponding alias / shortcut on my desktop to stash all ...
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
The very first tip I wrote in this blog back in Janaury 2008 was How to Configure Windows XP to Login Automatically. So here's the Vista version of that same concept, if you prefer not to have to login to your computer every time you turn it on.
How to Configure ...
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
One of the must-have utilities in my daily work arsenal is X1, which archives every email and file on my computer in real-time -- as new emails come in and out, and as files change -- and enables me to search for anything with lightning-fast speed. It's like Gmail ...
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Going on vacation? Visiting a friend across the country or across town? Or just going down the street to work from the local coffee shop for the day? Sure, you brought your laptop, but what if you need to access that important file or document sitting on your home workstation?
If ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
When I get a new Windows machine or reinstall an operating systems, one of the first things I do after installing the OS and drivers is install an invaluable little utility called UltraMon. It's really the only way to experience dual monitors.
Doesn't Windows have built-in dual monitor support? Sure, but ...
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Let's say you're sending an email via your Gmail or other Web email account and want to attach a file. Or maybe you're uploading a file to your blog or just about any other Web-based application, but you'd rather not bother with that annoying Browse button since you're already looking ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Yesterday I downloaded a great little application that a coworker recommended: AutoHotkey. Similar to Texter or other utilities that allow you to assign keyboard shortcuts to input text strings, AutoHotkey does all that and more. And, unlike Texter, it works on Vista (and XP), and I haven't run into the ...
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
From the gabeanderson.com archives: I originally published this entry on Wednesday, January 25th, 2006. This entry was never the most popular -- 494 page views with 450 unique through 11/13/2006 -- but it's one of the first things I find myself doing whenever setting up a new computer, so hopefully ...
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Hi, I'm Gabe Anderson. I've published more than 2,000 personal and professional blog entries on my other blogs since 2000.
