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Windows 7 Search Options
If you're a Windows 7 user, then you've probably noticed how awesome the Search Box is. You can find just about anything by typing a name into the box; be it files, programs, commands, etc, but did you know there are ways to customize your search? Click Start, then in the Search Box type Folder Options Now click on the Search Tab. From here, you can set options on what to search for, how to search and what to include during your search. Fidget around in here until your satisfied, but remember that you can always restore the default search settings by clciking the Restore Defaults button at the bottom of the window. |
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Need to email a 2GB file? Upload it to WeTransfer for free, send your friends the URL, and they can download it for two weeks. After that it gets deleted, with no copies kept. No registration required.
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Have you ever visited a Web site that you just loved and you knew you had to share it with someone else? Maybe the site had an awesome picture on it or maybe even a video you wanted to share. Either way, how can you manage it so your friend can see the site? Well, there's a couple of things you can do and they're both so easy!
First, you can just do a simple copy and paste. Go up to the address bar in your Web browser, highlight the link, right click on it and choose Copy. Then go to your e-mail program and open up a brand new message box. Place your cursor in there, right click again and click on Paste. The Web link will then appear in the e-mail. You can then write a little message to your friend and tell them to click on the link to see the site. If you want to paste the link in another program (like Word, for instance), just do the same exact thing. Now, if you are on a site and you see a link within it that you want to share with someone, right click it and choose Copy Shortcut or Copy Link Location. You can then go and paste that link in an e-mail or wherever you'd like (just like I explained above). You can also use this method to copy a photo link from a Web site. If the picture has a link included with it, you can right click it and choose the same options. Then go and paste it and everyone you send it to will be able to see the image. |
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Here's an easy one for all you Windows 7 users out there! Say you want to rename something under your start menu – let's say you want “Games” to be called “Entertainment”.
So click Start, and then Right-Click on Games. Now Choose Rename and type in your new name for the section. And there you have it! Instant customization! Now you can rename Documents, Pictures, Music, Videos, Games and Computer to whatever you want! |
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It appears this horse never got out of the stable. Google Wave, Google's real-time communication app that allowed the input of live text, dragging and dropping of images and more, all in your web browser, has been killed off quietly.
Here's part of the announcement from Google's Official Blog: “...when we launched our developer preview of Google Wave, a web app for real time communication and collaboration, it set a high bar for what was possible in a web browser. ...despite these wins, and numerous loyal fans, Wave has not seen the user adoption we would have liked. We don’t plan to continue developing Wave as a standalone product, but we will maintain the site at least through the end of the year and extend the technology for use in other Google projects.” So, if you were a fan of Google Wave, you have until the end of the year to say goodbye to it. Open Source developers will be happy to know, however, that the central parts of the code that allowed for some of Wave's cooler features are available for further development. So, maybe some future innovation of Google Wave will peek its head out in the future. |
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You know you pressed the power button on your computer, you know Windows is starting up, but does that necessarily mean you need an annoying sing-song chime to indicate that your machine has booted?
No, it doesn't. So let's learn how to make Windows 7 silent upon Startup! Press Start, and in the Search Box type mmsys.cpl. Now press Enter. The sound dialog window should open up. Click the Sounds tab. At the bottom you'll see a checkbox that says “Play Windows Startup Sound”. Un-check it, and press OK. Now Windows will keep its yapper shut when it boots up! If you want the sound back, just follow these steps and re-check the box! |
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Elementary my dear Watson
The screens you’ll see during the un-installation procedure vary with your internet browser. In this tip, first show you how to uninstall the Yahoo! Toolbar from Mozilla Firefox and then from Internet Explorer. Uninstalling the Yahoo! Toolbar from Mozilla Firefox Perform the following steps: 1)Launch Mozilla Firefox. 2)Now click Tools up at the top 3)Click the Add-ons menu option. After clicking the Add-ons menu option, the Add-ons window appears. 4)Scroll down and locate the Yahoo! Toolbar. Since the add-ons are alphabetically ordered, the Yahoo! Toolbar should be listed at the bottom. 5)Click the Uninstall button 6)After the Yahoo! Toolbar has been successfully uninstalled, restart Firefox by clicking the Restart Firefox button. You need to restart Firefox for the changes to take effect. Uninstalling the Yahoo! Toolbar from Internet Explorer The procedure to uninstall the Yahoo! Toolbar from Internet Explorer should be applicable to all versions of Internet Explorer. As a matter of fact, you can use this procedure to uninstall any program from Windows. Perform the following steps: 1)On your Windows desktop, click the Start button. 2)Click the Control Panel menu item, 3)The Control Panel window appears. In this window, click the Add or Remove Programs icon. 4)The Add or Remove Programs window appears. In this window, scroll down the list and locate Yahoo! Toolbar. Since the add-ons are alphabetically ordered, the Yahoo! Toolbar should be listed at the bottom. 5)Click the Remove button. 6)The Yahoo! Toolbar Uninstall window appears. In this window, click the Yes button. 7)Windows notifies you when Yahoo! Toolbar is successfully uninstalled. Click the Close button. Start Internet Explorer and you’ll notice the Yahoo! Toolbar is no longer visible |
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Schedule image-level backups of your entire hard drive with Macrium Reflect Free:
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The Guide DB where you can search among millions of PDF guides. (via Metafilter)
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