It is easy to add or insert images, shapes and clip art in Microsoft Word but how about removing them? Let’s just say that you are editing an existing document. Unfortunately, that document has a lot of images embedded in it that ...
The Control Panel is stacked full of options, but you cannot pin its desktop shortcut to the Windows 7 taskbar. As such, to add it to the taskbar we must first set up a new desktop shortcut for it. Then we pin that desktop shortcu...
When you insert a CD/DVD or other devices (such as cameras and tablets) into your desktop or laptop, the AutoPlay window will probably open so long as you have the Windows Vista/7 or 8 platform. That’s the window in the shot...
Paint.Net is a freeware photography package, compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 8.1 platforms, packed full of editing options for your pictures. With its layer options you can combine, or merge, two images into one. This...
The Windows desktop context menu includes a New menu from which we can select various file types. Selecting a file type from that menu creates new shortcuts on the desktop. From the registry you can add a greater number of file ty...
Windows Media Player is the media player included with Windows. Like most media players, it has a set of keyboard shortcuts to provide quicker access to options. These are a few of the Media Player’s handy keyboard shortcuts...
Windows 7 & Vista Start menu includes a user account picture at the top. That is a flat, 2D user account picture. However, with the freeware 3D User Picture we can add a more dynamic 3D alternative. You can add 3D User Picture...
If your Windows 7 user account has a password on it, you might forget the login details for it. To ensure that you can always log into Windows 7, even if you enter an incorrect password, set up a password-reset disk. With one of t...
Wouldn’t it be great if you could record macros in Windows as you can within the OpenOffice and MS Office applications? With them you can record a selection of a series of options. Well, with the MouseController software you can a...
The Command Prompt includes just two default fonts. That’s not a great variety to select from. However, you can add more TrueType monospace fonts to the Command Prompt. To add more fonts to the Command Prompt, you must first...
If you only have one Windows account, consider adding a backup admin account. Then you will still be able to log in even if your primary account becomes corrupted in any way. Alternatively, you could enter a seemingly accurate pas...
Windows has various keyboard shortcuts, and you can also set up your own custom hotkeys. There are a few software packages that you can customize the keyboard shortcuts in Windows with. Among them is the freeware 7plus program for...
To hide the Windows taskbar, you would usually right-click on it and select Properties. Selecting the Auto-hide the taskbar option then removes it from the bottom of the desktop. However, with additional software packages we can t...
Microsoft’s most notable addition to Windows 7 was perhaps the new taskbar. It gave us minimized window icons and options that pin programs to the taskbar. As the minimized windows are square, you can fit more of them on the...
The standard Recycle Bin in Windows could have more options. For example, it doesn’t include a search box, JumpList support in Windows 7 or filter options to select items according to deleted time. However, RecycleBinEx includes a...
