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- An investigation of GUI changes found in Windows Vista SP1
- Many of the changes made in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 occur behind the scenes and were designed to improve performance. As such, they may not be readily apparent unless you're actively seeking them out and using a stop watch. Many Vista users were hoping for a few, possibly dramatic, changes...
- Tags: Folder, Hard Drive, Disk, Version, Microsoft Windows Vista, GUI, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Defragmenter, Disk Defragmenter, SP1, Dialog Box, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Greg Shultz
- Blog posts 2008-04-16
- Integrate your favorite search engine into Windows Vista
- If you've read the July 18th edition of the Windows Vista Report titled "My six favorite Sidebar Gadgets," you know that I use Search Gadget in the Vista Sidebar because it allows me to quickly and easily launch a search on my preferred search engine: Google. Well,...
- Tags: Box, Google Inc., Search Engine Company, Search Engine, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Dialog Box, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Web Browsers, Search, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Internet, Greg Shultz
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- Get sound alerts for RSS feeds in Windows XP
- If you're always on the lookout for new RSS Really Simple Syndication feeds, you probably look to see if the new Web site you're browsing features a feed. To make this easier, you can configure Internet Explorer 7 to automatically alert you that the page you're currently visiting has an...
- Tags: RSS Feed, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Dialog Box, RSS, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Greg Shultz
- Blog posts 2008-03-12
- Use PuTTY as a secure proxy on Windows
- Last month, I wrote about using OpenSSH as a secure Web proxy on UNIX and Linux systems. This time, I'll show you how to do the same thing on Microsoft Windows using PuTTY -- probably the single most popular SSH client available for Microsoft's operating system platforms (and also available...
- Tags: Web, Network, SSH, Microsoft Windows, Unix, Wireless Network, PuTTY, Dialog Box, Networking, Wireless, Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- Off hours: Put your name in the Windows XP notification area
- During those times when the urgent need for high powered technical intelligence wanes a bit-- especially on a slow Friday afternoon -- try this fun trick and amaze your colleagues. Here's how to make your "own" time by putting your name in the notification area next to the time. ...
- Tags: Notification Area, Dialog Box, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Greg Shultz
- Blog posts 2008-02-27
- Organize your taskbar in Windows Vista with Taskbar Shuffle
- If you've read my recent blogs, Play With Two PowerToys-Like Programs For Windows Vista and My Six Favorite Sidebar Gadgets, you know that I am always on the lookout for little programs that perform very specific tasks and enhance the Windows Vista operating system. I recently discovered a little gem...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Icon, Taskbar Shuffle, Dialog Box, Notification Area, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Greg Shultz
- Blog posts 2008-02-21
- Create your own special characters in Windows XP
- If you've ever wanted to create your own font or maybe just a special character -- for example, a character showing your initials for when you wish to approve documents with your "signature" -- you can easily create your own special characters using a hidden Windows XP tool called the...
- Tags: Font, Character, Dialog Box, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Greg Shultz
- Blog posts 2008-02-20
- Creating a Windows Vista Recovery CD
- If you purchased a new computer with Windows Vista preinstalled on it, you may have received an actual Windows Vista DVD with your purchase or a Recovery Disk created by the computer's manufacturer, or maybe your new computer came with a Recovery Partition on the hard disk in lieu of...
- Tags: Recovery, Recorder, CD, Microsoft Windows Vista, ISO, Dialog Box, Figure B ISO Recorder, Microsoft Windows, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Quality, Business Operations, Greg Shultz
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- Make Vista launch UAC restricted programs at startup with Task Scheduler
- When you start Microsoft Windows Vista have you encountered a warning message in the notification area like the one shown in Figure A that indicates that Vista has blocked a startup program? The reason that this type of warning is displayed is because Vista discovered a program that has User...
- Tags: Program, Microsoft Windows Vista, Dialog Box, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Greg Shultz
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
- How to subtotal Excel lists the easy way
- Lists are new in Excel 2003 and they're great, unless you want to subtotal columns; Excel disables the Subtotal feature for lists. Now, you can keep the list and produce subtotals the hard way. Or you can temporarily convert the list into a conventional range and subtotal the easy way....
- Tags: Spreadsheet, Subtotal, Salesperson, Dialog Box, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-01-25
- Re-enable icon transparency on your desktop in Windows XP
- Have you ever changed your desktop theme or just your desktop background and discovered that the text for your desktop icons is no longer transparent? Instead you now have a colored background box behind the text. If you have experienced this situation, chances are that you searched high and low...
- Tags: Dialog Box, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Greg Shultz
- Blog posts 2008-01-15
- How do I... Use Zoomify to improve my digital images in Photoshop CS3?
- If you own a digital camera, you know this experience well: You've just taken a fantastic photo of your kids in front of the Grand Canyon or you've caught your friend or brother-in-law in a moment of infamy that he will never live down. This photo simply must make its...
- Tags: Adobe PhotoShop, Netscape Navigator, Digital Image, Web Browser, Photograph, Option, Zoomify, Flash, Dialog Box, John Lee
- Blog posts 2008-01-15
- Bypass the Windows Vista's logon procedure
- One of the pillars of the Windows Vista operating system is security. Vista comes with the User Account Control UAC system, a firewall, malware protection, antispyware, phishing filters, automatic updates, and of course a logon procedure that requires a user account and a password. All this security is tremendous and...
- Tags: Password, Microsoft Windows Vista, Logon Procedure, Dialog Box, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Greg Shultz
- Blog posts 2008-01-08
- Uncover Windows XP's built-in image resizing utility
- If you've ever had to resize a group of digital picture files, you've likely launched your image editing program and then resized each image individually -- this is an extremely time-consuming task. Windows XP has a built-in image resizing utility buried inside the Send Pictures Via E-Mail dialog box that...
- Tags: built-In, Dialog Box, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Greg Shultz
- Blog posts 2008-01-08
- Narrow a saved search with Vista's Query Composition feature
- While writing about scripting Windows Sidebar gadgets for the last two editions of the Windows Vista Report, I spent a lot of time searching with the Windows Vista Search tool. I performed several wide-ranging searches using wildcard characters; for example, to find all of my VBScript scripts, I searched for...
- Tags: Search, Microsoft Windows Vista, Feature, Dialog Box, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Greg Shultz
- Blog posts 2007-12-12
- How do I... Create a customized JavaScript jump menu in Dreamweaver CS3?
- If you are in charge of maintaining a Web site, one of your recurring tasks is likely accommodating a committee of supervisors or clients that want to add links to the site on a continuing basis. This can often lead to a cluttered navigation interface, if it doesn't destroy your...
- Tags: Menu, Macromedia Dreamweaver, JavaScript, Option, Dialog Box, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, John Lee
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
- Return familiar icons to your Vista desktop
- While Microsoft has made Vista's desktop a clean environment on which the Windows Sidebar can really shine as the main component, it completely removed all of the familiar icons from Windows XP. Missing in action are the Computer, Documents, Network, and Internet Explorer icons. In fact, the only icon on...
- Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Windows Vista, Icon, Dialog Box, Figure D Vista, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Greg Shultz
- Blog posts 2007-11-15
- Add Microsoft Chat to your Windows XP Pro technical support toolbox
- Windows XP Pro comes with a LAN-based messaging program called Microsoft Chat, which is a handy addition to your technical support toolbox. Microsoft Chat provides you with a real-time messaging program that you can use to help remotely troubleshoot problems on a small business network. By default,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Corp., Computer, Microsoft Chat, Dialog Box, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Greg Shultz
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
- How do I... Group an Access report by the results of an expression?
- Basing a report's group on natural data is simple, and most of the time it's adequate. For instance, you might group customers by their names or ZIP codes. Or you could group orders by their order dates or shipped dates. Initially, groups might seem similar to sorting, but the main...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Group, Report, Expression, Dialog Box, Databases, Microsoft Office, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Office Suites, Hardware, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- Start using Vista's hidden Copy To Folder and Move To Folder commands
- Last week, I described how to use and customize Vista's SendTo command to make your file management tasks easier. While you can easily add any destination you want to the SendTo menu, there is one feature missing: the ability to send to any folder you want on the fly. If...
- Tags: Folder, Command, Microsoft Windows Vista, Dialog Box, Copy, Move, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Greg Shultz
- Blog posts 2007-11-01
