About MatthewA
Matthew is a freelancer who has produced a variety of software articles for sites such as Bright Hub and Captured Snapshot. He has an A - Level in ICT, at grade C, and is proficient with a number of software packages. Matthew also has a golf blog http://amateurgolfer.blogspot.com/.
Check out his book at http://battlesofthepacificwar.blogspot.co.uk/. Battles of the Pacific War 1941 -1945 recalls where, when and how the Pacific War was won and lost within the battlefields of the Pacific.
The Run utility in Windows gives you a quick way to access various tools. You can open it by pressing the Win key + R. These are a few of the handy Run command shortcuts. Open the C Drive You can open the C Drive directly from Run...
Windows 7 users will have at least one user account. Those accounts are stored in the User folder that includes all profiles, data and settings. If you’re going to install a fresh copy of Windows 7, you can back up and resto...
If you need to transfer your Internet Explorer settings to another desktop, BackRex Internet Explorer Backup might be handy. That’s a freeware package with which you can back up your IE favorites, history, cookies and more b...
Cookies are text files that save details for websites you visit. For example, they can save login passwords for websites. With the Tab Cookies extension you can choose which cookies are saved on a per tab basis and eliminate cooki...
Vivaldi is the new browser on the block! This browser revives some of the things found in earlier versions of Opera and introduces new innovations. So it’s comparable to Opera, but certainly not a replica. The first launch p...
There aren’t many media players that include options to add passwords to videos. However, GreenForce-Player is a freeware media player that has video password options. So with that software you can add passwords to videos. O...
There are various Web apps that can assist website developers. TypeWonder is a Web app with which you can preview fonts in website pages. Then you can preview alternative fonts for your own websites and copy their code into HTML. ...
If you have lots of Firefox add-ons, you might have to scroll some way down the Add-ons Manager tab to find an extension. To condense some wasted space on the Add-ons Manager page, check out Cleanest Addon Manager. That’s an...
The registry is a database that includes configuration settings for Windows. There are a number of articles that cover how you can customize Windows by editing the registry. It’s a good idea to back up the registry so that y...
If you often need to check your connections, a shortcut to the Network Connections in Windows might be handy. There are a few ways that you could add a shortcut to the Start Menu or desktop. One way is to set up a shortcut on the ...
This post told you about Aero Adjuster. Aero Color Show is another software package that you can adjust the Windows 7 Aero taskbar and Start Menu colors with. However, with this program you can adjust the colors to match any image...
To add desktop shortcuts to Windows, you would usually right-click the desktop, select New and Shortcut. However, there’s a better way to add shortcuts to the Windows 7/8 desktops. Instead, you can save a library of hundreds...
Tables are a great addition to MS Word documents. Aside from displaying statistics, you can also lay out document templates with tables. You can add tables to documents with Word’s Insert Tables option, but that inserts tables wit...
Survey forms include check box options. Do you need to add check box options to a printed survey form? If so, you can add check boxes to documents with MS Word 2010/13. Press the small arrow beside the Bullets button on the Home t...
The Windows Explorer copy/move tool shows you progress bars when you copy or move a larger folder of files to another. For an alternative copy/move tool, check out Supercopier. That’s an enhanced copy/move tool that you can ...