Disk Defragmenter and Disk Clean-up are typically installed by default on Windows XP installations. If, however, they are not showing up under Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools and when you go to My Computer, right-click on the drive, Properties, and on the Tools tab you get the message: "No defragmentation tool is currently installed" You might need to manually … [Read more...]
My Brush with Blog Scraping
While many people have resigned that spam is just a fact of life--they will get it, it will fill their inboxes, they will waste valuable time each and every day deleting it--having someone steal your written words to make their spam look legitimate is much worse, much more personal, and nothing of which to resign yourself. The DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act) is in place … [Read more...]
Simple Tip: Hidden Folders and File Extensions
In order to get an unadulterated view of what is on your machine, I recommend making two setting changes. First, make hidden files and folders visible. When you are troubleshooting and looking for files, you don't want something to go unnoticed. Secondly, show extensions for known file types. Instead of relying upon icons to tell you the file extension, see it for … [Read more...]
Simple Tip: Make all Windows folders look like you want
If you prefer to change the view in your Windows Explorer's folders to Details, Icons, List, or Tiles, but hate having to change it in every window you go to, you can follow these instructions to set it to your preferences for all folders. Open a folder and right-click on a blank space to open the context menu. Go to view -> and choose your preferred view. With your … [Read more...]
Simple Tip: Add Icons to the Desktop
Simple tip for today is how to add icons to the Desktop. It seems a lot of people I encounter are unaware of how to do this, so it was worth posting. Put icons on your desktop to ease access to programs, folders, and files that you frequently access. If the current shortcut is on your Start Menu: Open up the Start Menu, Programs folder and find the shortcut you want. Hold … [Read more...]