You can customize the Windows Media Center with a few add-ons/plug-ins. Among them is the Power Playlist available for both Windows 7 and Vista Media Centers. That adds a strip to Windows Media Center with five tiles that play aud...
It’s safe to say that Start Menu is the most wanted feature in Windows 10. It brings back what a lot of people has screamed about since Windows 8 released. In Windows 10, Start Menu is not just like the one in Windows 7; it ...
This holiday season, you might want to give some custom-made calendars as presents. With custom calendars, you can include your family picture or even use it as a calendar background. Speaking of which, you do not really need to s...
There are a variety of browsers that you can add to your computer. If you use a few alternative browsers, it would be handy to have a browser Jump List on the Windows taskbar from which to open them all. Well, the Browser Chooser ...
Many people dislike Windows 8 because it forces them to use the Start Screen. Yes, Microsoft eased that with Windows 8.1 when they provided a setting to boot directly to desktop. It’s still not what people asking. A majority...
In MS Word 2007, you can add and format page numbers according to the type of document that you want. It’s not really that difficult to do. You just need to become familiar with the tools and options that are available in the said...
If there are lots of icons on your desktop, you can add more space by reducing the icon spacing. You can adjust the spacing between the desktop shortcut icons on both the Windows Vista and 7 platforms. Those platforms have options...
One of the greatest and long-awaited features Windows 10 brings is that Windows Store apps run in windowed forms just like legacy Windows desktop applications. They have a tittle bar and even three buttons: minimize, maximize, and...
As you are experiencing all the features in Windows 10, you’ll probably try to compare and contrast Windows 10 and Windows 7/8. You can tell that Microsoft made improvements on top of the features from Windows 8. In Windows ...
Windows snapping is a great feature introduced in Windows 7. It allows you to snap two windows to each half of the screen so you can drag and drop files or compare information between them. This feature basically stays the same in...
In a previous post, you’ve learned an interesting trick on how to customize MS Word 2007 to make it appear like a minimalist text editor. It’s a great option for users who just wish to focus on their writing without any distractio...
Another dotTech article told you about how to merge MP3 files. You can also do the opposite and split MP3s up into smaller files. MP3Splitter is a freeware package that you can add to Windows to split MP3 audio files. Open this pa...
To select text to copy, you would usually press and hold the left mouse button when dragging over it. However, you can highlight and drag without holding the left mouse button. Windows has a ClickLock option that enables you to ho...
If you have a document filled with redundant characters and empty spaces, Text Cleanser could be an ideal package to remove them with. Text Cleanser is a freeware utility that deletes redundant characters. With the program you can...
By default, your MS Word document has a white background. Now, what if you want to customize its background? Like, for example, you want to change the background by uploading your own image? Is that possible? Well, it is. If you s...
