Windows Vista, 7 and 8 all have their own tab switchers with which you can switch between open windows on the taskbar by pressing Alt + Tab. However, those tab switchers lack options. If you’re searching for an Alt + Tab swi...
It is very easy to open or launch a website from within a web browser; simply open the browser, type in the website URL, and go. However, what if you wanted the ability to launch websites directly from your desktop without first o...
If you’re searching for a specific keyword within PDF documents, it’s better to search across multiple PDFs at the same time than separately within separate documents. We will show you how to do that — read on to...
Windows has a variety of fonts to select from word processor applications. Although you can add even more fonts to Windows. Alternatively, if most of the fonts are surplus to requirements you can also delete them. To delete fonts ...
Adobe Reader is a software package with which you can open and print PDF documents. When printing PDF documents with Adobe Reader, you don’t always have to print out whole pages. You can instead print smaller sections of the...
Hyperlinks aren’t just for websites and pages. To share data from other Excel documents, you can interlink them with spreadsheet hyperlinks. This is an option to provide quicker access to other spreadsheet documents which you woul...
VHDs are virtual (aka fake) hard discs that can be used as real hard drives in Windows. This previous dotTech post covered how to set up a virtual hard disc. To regain local hard disc space, you can also delete this virtual disc w...
If you seldom require the Caps Lock you might as well disable it. That will then ensure the key is not switched on when inputting passwords. This is guide shows you how you can switch the Caps Lock key off via the registry, so it ...
Most standard keyboards include only a few symbols on them. However, Windows actually supports a wider range of symbols than those included on the keyboard. As such, you can enter a larger number of symbols in your documents with ...
You can copy and paste text to the Windows clipboard with the Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V shortcut keys. However, you can only copy one text snippet at a time, aka you only have one clipboard. To copy and paste multiple text snippets to...
Is something up with your mouse? Perhaps you have a mouse with batteries in it that have run out. If so having an alternative to the mouse might be handy. The keyboard can be your Windows mouse replacement. Enter mouse in the Wind...
You can access most of the system options via the Windows Control Panel. Sure, but there are also a lot of options there to search through before finding the specific option required. Wouldn’t it be great if you could set up...
When you remove software from Windows, some packages might leave a few of their shortcuts on the desktop or Start menu. As such, you might have a few broken shortcuts on your desktop or Start menu. You can find and delete broken s...
Let’s just say that you want to write a quick Windows tutorial and you’re trying to highlight some important sections on your desktop or Windows home screen. If you go by the usual method, then you’ll need to take a screenshot of ...
You never know when a Windows 7 malfunction might occur. If that happens, having a system repair disc could be handy. Then you can run the disc from Windows Boot Manager to select from a variety of alternative recovery options. To...
