Windows 8 Aero automatically adjusts the taskbar’s Aero Glass color so that it matches your desktop wallpaper color. You can add something similar to Windows 7 with the Aero Adjuster utility. That adjusts both the Windows 7 Aero t...
Most keyboards have indicators for Caps Lock, Scroll Lock and Num Lock. However, some notebook keyboards do not include such indicators. If your keyboard doesn’t have those indicators consider adding TrayStatus to Windows XP...
In Windows 8, Microsoft gave Windows Explorer (re-titled as File Explorer) something of a revamp. They added a ribbon-based UI and additional options. With Better Explorer we can add Windows 8 File Explorer’s additional opti...
Drawing tools are included with editing software packages, but Epic Pen is a little more original. Epic Pen is an open-source application with which you can scribble directly over the desktop and open windows. The software is avai...
Color gradients are a mixture of colors that are often incorporated into website page and document backgrounds. They are not something that you can readily copy and paste from the clipboard into a document or HTML page. However, w...
If you collect something, it might be handy to keep a record of the items in your collection. You could set up a database, but the applications don’t have options to add photos to records. To set up a collection catalog with...
You can move the mouse cursor with the numeric keypad keys, as covered in this article. However, Windows doesn’t have any options to customize the keys. A third-party app will do the trick, and you can set up custom keys to ...
Previous articles have covered how you can select Firefox and Opera options with specific mouse movements. You can also select options in Windows much the same with the StrokesPlus. That’s a freeware mouse gesture applicatio...
There are lots of website pages that include buttons. As such, most website design packages have options to set up CSS buttons with. However, you can also set up some classy CSS buttons from the Button X page. Open the Button X we...
The CMD is the Command Prompt with which you can operate Windows with DOS commands. If you frequently open the Command Prompt in Windows, check out the open source Console utility. That’s a nifty replacement for the CMD that...
Previous articles have covered app launchers such as sTabLauncher that add extra toolbars/taskbars to the top of the desktop. For something more original, add the SliderDock app launcher to Windows. That’s a rotating ring fr...
If you’re looking for a quick way to add website shortcuts to the Windows desktop, give HTMtied a try. That’s a portable app which coverts any URL (Universal Resource Locator) from the Windows Clipboard into an HTML fi...
Microsoft added a fantastic Aero Glass effect to Windows 7 with Windows Aero. However, Windows 7 doesn’t have many options to customize Windows Aero. Nevertheless, we can further tweak Windows Aero with AeroTuner, which has a few ...
Google Calender is an online calendar that you can open in any browser. However, there are alternatives to Google Calendar. Among them is the PerCal app for the Google Chrome browser. That’s a calendar app that you can add to the ...
The Send To option on the context menu gives you a handy shortcut for moving folders and documents to alternative locations. Although you don’t need any extra software to add new items to the Send To submenu, you can’t...
