Have you ever needed a special character? -I’m talking about a special text character! Sure, there’s a bunch of Alt codes you can use to get results, but if you’re like me, you need a more visual approach.

So, in Windows 7 or Vista hit Start and type in Character Map in your search box. Now either hit Enter or double-click the Character Map icon that appears in the results.

So, in Windows 7 or Vista hit Start and type in Character Map in your search box. Now either hit Enter or double-click the Character Map icon that appears in the results.



From here, simply specify your font at the top and locate the special character you want to insert and double-click it. All of your selections will appear in the Characters to copy box, so all you have to do is hit the copy button when you’re done and then paste (CTRL+V) into your chosen program

If you’re a Windows 7 user, what do you do when it’s time to scan something? Do you open the program that came with your scanner, fiddle with a bunch of settings, preview the scan and finally commit to scanning the item in question?

Sounds like there should be an easier way, especially if all you need to do is scan something for your records. It doesn’t need to be perfect; just good enough.

So let’s scan the quick way!

1.) Put your document in your scanner

2.) Click Start>Devices and Printers
3.) Now locate your scanner, Right Click on it, and choose Start scan

You’ll get the scan with some quick and dirty options like Color format, Output type and Resolution. If you’re in a hurry, just hit the Scan button

After your scan is completed, you have a couple options. You can either hit Import in the resulting dialog box and Windows will put your scan into a special folder for imported stuff, or you can click Import Settings to manually choose a folder to save to.

After you hit Import the location your scan was saved to will pop up and you can double-click it for a preview!

Formula for Megabyte to Gigabyte Conversion

As shown below, the formula is straightforward:

1024 Mb = 1 Gb

Therefore,
1 Mb = 1/1024 Gb = 0.0009765625 Gb

Let’s see how this works with two examples.

Example 1 – Convert Megabytes into Gigabytes

Suppose, you have bought yourself an Argus 3.2MP Digital/PC Camera. This camera comes with 16 Mb internal memory. How much is this in gigabytes? Let’s find out.

1 Mb = 0.0009765625 Gb

Therefore,
16 Mb = 0.0009765625 Gb x 16

16 Mb = 0.015625 Gb

There’s nothing more to it. Now, let’s look at another example.

Example 2 – Convert Gigabytes into Megabytes

Suppose you have bought yourself a new Black 4GB Strontium Flash Drive. As the name suggests, this flash drive has a 4Gb capacity. How much is this in megabytes? Let’s use the formula.

1 Gb = 1024 Mb

Therefore,
4 Gb = 1024 Mb x 4

4 Gb = 4096 Mb

That’s it!

Using Google to Convert Megabytes to Gigabytes

Doing these conversions can be a tedious task, especially if you need to convert odd sounding numerals, like 0.007833 Mb into gigabytes. Fortunately, Google comes with a in-built converter. All you have to do is specify the figures you want to convert in the Search field and then click the Search button, . The key here is to specify the conversion, so Google understands what you are trying to convert. For example, to convert 128 megabytes to gigabytes, type the following in the search field:

Convert 128 Mb to Gb



128 megabits = 0.125 gigabits

More about calculator.

Way back I posted how to make your Windows XP folders more interesting with pictures. Well, what about Windows 7? Here’s the scoop, tip lovers!

In Windows 7, simply right-click on the folder you want to customize and select Properties

Now, make sure you’re under the Customize tab and click the CChoose File… button, under Folder Pictures.

Choose the picture you’d like displayed in your folder icon and click Open. Now click OK, and take a look at your newly customized folder icon!

f you ever want to go back, simply follow these steps and click the Restore Default button!

Hyper irritating when searching for help to non-Italian speaking members [pretty much everyone on these forums], when typing in a phras or line in google, you get results from Italian sites, so searched on a fix and found this:

http://thesamovar.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/ma...-other-language-you-like/

Works for me, and no longer are cookies needed to have it stick. Restarted and voila, primary searches [but always in English now )

(now to figure out how to make it search multiple languages in order, so for instance EN, IT, DE, FR etc.

(Why cant google be smart enough that if you type a question in Gaelic, the primary searches are to be performed on Gaelic web pages, when in another country?)

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edit: Of course, they're not entirely dumb over at my best friend's [as a search engine only], so modded the proposed line to

<Param name=”hl” value=”en”,"it","fr","de","nl"/>

Sure enough, now typing a text in a chosen language pops out first responses in the right language. Way to go.