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Is Touch The Future Of Computing?
In today's world, many of us interact with our computers using
external input devices, such as the keyboard and mouse that have been commonplace ever since the dawn of personal computing. In the
not-too distant future, these external input devices, that we depend so much on with computers today, may not be needed with the direction that computing is headed.
Date: 2011-12-30
MS Office Coming Soon To An IPad Near You
One of the great software packages that many people run on Microsoft Windows is the Microsoft Office package. This software package took over from Microsoft Works, providing consumers various tools to accomplish computer-based and online tasks, such as: word processing (Word), spreadsheets (Excel), database management (Access), and visual presentations (PowerPoint). This software quickly became popular and made the office and educational environment more efficient with these easy-to-use packages.
Date: 2011-12-01
The Various Pointer Options Of Windows XP
In Microsoft Windows (or any other graphical user interface), the mouse is the best (and easiest) input device for navigating around the various windows and menus within your operating system. With this in mind, there are various ways to customize how your mouse operates and functions so that you can gain a better Windows experience
Date: 2011-11-11
Achieve Better Productivity On The Road With Windows Applications
Do you perform your business duties and ventures "on the go"? Do you spend more time on the road rather than in the office? Do you travel with a laptop always looking for wifi hotspots? If so, then the truck that I will elaborate on in this article is just for you.
Date: 2011-10-20
Create A Screen Saver Using Your Photos
In this age of technology, many people are taking photos of their friends and family from the various events they have attended, and sharing them with these people by uploading them to various social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.
Date: 2011-10-04
Upgrade My Virtual Machine For VMware Fusion 4?
I've just upgraded from VMware Fusion 3 to the latest 4.0 release since I'm running Lion and the company says it's a lot faster, but now it's complaining that Windows 7 is out of date and needs to be updated? What's going on and how do I fix it?
Date: 2011-09-21
Windows XP Celebrates Ten Successful Years
A few weeks ago on August 24th, 2011, the well-known and still widely used operating system of Windows XP (short for eXPerience) celebrated its 10-year anniversary. According to Engadget, Windows XP is still widely used among consumers and businesses alike, and it is also a common choice of operating systems for computers that are being released today. Engadget also states that this distribution from Microsoft still holds 74 percent of the workplace marketshare.
Date: 2011-09-08
How To Create A Screen Shot In Windows
There may be some cases where you will need to create a screen shot of the window(s) that you currently have open, whether it is for a customer support representative to better diagnose a technical problem with your computer or to create a snapshot of what is happening on your computer just in case the situation you are in does not happen again. All of the common versions of Microsoft Windows (95, 98, 2000, XP, Vista, and 7) provide ways to easily capture and save a screen shot so that you have a visual document of the current state of your operating system.
Date: 2011-08-16
Helpful Windows Shortcuts For InfoTech Admins
The Windows operating system is a clean and easy system to navigate around in. Menus at the top of your application windows, icons to folders and applications on the Desktop, and smaller icons within the System Tray make accessing your programs easier and give Windows a more user-friendly experience. Along with these easy-to-use shortcuts that can be performed with your mouse, I would like to highlight some of the commonly used keyboard shortcuts that can better your Windows experience.
Date: 2011-08-04
Kinect Now "Connects" To Windows
One of the biggest revolutions in the gaming industry (as well as the technology industry in general) is the Kinect for the well-known gaming system Xbox 360. The Kinect changed the gaming world by releasing a component for the Xbox 360 by enabling users to interact with the game they are currently using without using any handheld controllers. This gives the user/player more freedom and better controls their character/avatar/entity on the specific game that the user is playing. Just think: What if this technology was brought into everyday computing functions? Well, that dream is now reality.
Date: 2011-07-14
Easier Way To Take Windows Screen Captures: Snippet Tool
A while back you wrote about how to use the PrtScrn and MS Paint to capture or grab screen images in Microsoft Windows [ed: link added], but there's an easier way, Dave, a utility included in Windows 7 called Snippet Tool.
Date: 2011-06-30
Touching Windows 8
If you have an interest in PC software and, in particular, operating systems, you'll probably remember the milestones in each consumer release of Microsoft Windows. You may have fond memories of some versions, eg, Windows XP. Others, like Windows Me, might bring back some hostile thoughts.
Date: 2011-06-09
A Look Into Windows' Accessibility Tools
Many people in today's population use Microsoft WindowsTouching Windows 8 without a hitch; however, there are many people out there who need a little extra help navigating through this quality operating system. Whether a person needs more visual aids around Windows or more audio assisting, Microsoft Windows provides its users with various tools so that they can get the best and most out of this product.
Date: 2011-05-26
Will We See "Microsoft Skype" Soon?
On Tuesday, May 10, 2010, the software giant Microsoft announced a deal that they would be buying the large communication software Skype, which is a commonly used for face-to-face interaction. Skype was originally owned by an investment company called Silver Lake, and, as of this week, Microsoft now owns this quality communication software.
Date: 2011-05-12
Windows 8 Build Leaks! Oops?
It seems like only yesterday when the latest version of Windows (Windows 7) was released, covering up the various flaws that Vista included. You will see that computers on the market now come with a mandatory version of Windows 7, instead of having the choice of either Windows XP or Windows 7, because Windows 7 is now starting to become a dominant operating system within the PC world.
Date: 2011-04-28
Unix/Linux Commands That You Can Run In DOS
If you have been a long time Windows user, you would remember that prior to the Windows 9x boom, there was Windows 3.1, which primarily ran through MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System), now commonly known as the "Command Prompt."
Date: 2011-04-14
Firefox Users: Version 4 Is Now Available!
Last week, Mozilla released its latest release of its Firefox web browser (version 4), and there are many new features included with this new release, such as a new cosmetic appearance, along with new ways that you can interact with the pages that you visit on the Internet.
Date: 2011-03-31
Enabling And Disabling AutoPlay In Windows XP
One of the unique and interesting features for external media in Windows XP is the feature of AutoPlay. These features in Windows XP allow the user to automatically run a specific program or event whenever they insert or load a specific device into your computer, such as a CD-ROM disk, or a USB jump drive.
Date: 2011-03-17
How To Import And Export Your Saved Passwords In Firefox
For many Windows users, Mozilla Firefox is a well-known, secure, and commonly used browser that is great for viewing content all around the web. Not only is it fast, but it is one of the most secure web browsers that users can download for free. In this tutorial, I will show you to export your saved passwords from one computer that has Firefox installed to another.
Date: 2011-03-03
Performing Loopback Tests In Windows XP
If you are involved with networking in a small office or home environment, you may encounter situations where you will need to perform loopback tests. Windows XP provides you with an easy-to-use tool that will help you perform loopback tests, and I would like to show you how to install and utilize the loopback tool within this tutorial.
Date: 2011-02-17
Use Your XP Machine As A Web Server Using IIS
In some cases, finding web hosting for your website or just a few files may be a costly scenario. What most Windows users do not know is that they can use their Windows XP machine as a miniature web service.
Date: 2011-02-03
Some Simple Windows Game Tricks
The Windows version of Solitaire has been a popular game and ever since the days
of Windows 3.1. For this WinXPDigest publication, I would like to bring your attention to some ways that you can "bend the rules" of Solitaire and also the popular game
of 3D Pinball.
Date: 2011-01-20
Optimize Your Windows XP OS Using System Tools
To enhance and keep your Windows XP performance in tip-top shape, this quality operating system has provided you various tools that you can utilize. These tools will help you optimize your system in a way that best suits you.
Date: 2011-01-07
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