The Snipping Tool – Windows 7’s New Screen Capture Tool The Snipping Tool is a new feature that Microsoft has included with Windows 7. It is a lightweight screen capture tool that can have many applications.   For example let’s say you keep getting an error message and you...

Screen Shots On a Macintosh Machine (CMD+SHIFT+3) To take a screen shot of the entire desktop, hold down the APPLE key (also called the command key), the SHIFT key, and the 3 key simultaneously. To take a screen shot of just a portion of the desktop, hold down the APPLE key, the SHIFT key, and...

Speeding Up Vista Windows Vista comes with many options to make things a little more flashy and pleasing to the eye. Examples of this are the smooth transitions between windows and graphical alt-tab setup. While these features look good, they are not required to run windows Vista and...

Did you know that you can easily resize the text on most webpages (Most but not all. Some lock their pages to prevent this) to make it easier on your eyes?  Try it out.  Press and hold the control button on your keyboard and then scroll UP on your mouse wheel to decrease text size...

Remove all links (hyperlinks) from a word document Did you know that you can remove all links on a web page that you are viewing/editing in a Word document? Select all the text on the page. When all the text is marked, press CTRL+Shift+F9 to remove all the links on the page. This will...

Windows Vista Software Compatibility List. This is a list of hardware that has been tested with Windows Vista.   It may not be 100% up to date.   If you know something on this list to be incorrect,  please post a comment.  Thanks to ieXbeta.com for this...

When you want to delete a file or folder without it going to the recycle bin, mark the file or folder with one click, and then hold "Shift" and press "Delete". This will bypass the recycle bin. Be careful though, once you do this there is no going back.

You may lock your desktop by press WinKey and L key at the same time. Then Windows will appear blue welcome screen. And you will need to re-login to get back to the desktop again. The winkey is the key that looks like the windows logo on your (windows) keyboard.   There are usually 2...

Shortcut when typing addresses in Internet Explorer Did you know that if you are going to a normal .com address,  you can save a little time typing the address?   Type the name of the website and then press CTRL+Enter, Internet Explorer automatically will give you http://www." and...

Becoming a Google Search master in 5 minutes Isn't it frustrating when you are searching for something and you get 500,000 results that are NOT relevant to your search?   Well you dont have to put up with it anymore.    Learn these 8 search operators and you will be a...

Navigating the Windows Vista Control Panel Things have changed in the land of windows. If you have used Windows Vista then you know what I am talking about. Getting into the control panel will make this fact even more obvious. Most of the functions of the Windows XP control panel...

The Windows Vista Firewall can be found in the Security Center. To access the firewall, follow these simple steps. Click the Start button, then select Control Panel on the right. Double-click the Security Center icon, then click "Windows Firewall" in the left panel. Click...

Vista Flavors As if it was not confusing enough with windows XP Home and Professional versions, Microsoft's new operating system comes in 5 varieties. It is enough to make a person want to scream. Here is a quick guide to what each version does, and their differences. The...

Better LIVE PRESENTATIONS Basic Tips: These are some very basic tips that can make your presentation run more smoothly, look more professional and be more effective. Turn off the screensaver: if you should pause to elaborate on any part of your slide show, it is possible that the...

How can I modify my desktop image? Your computer comes with many desktop images and designs already installed, which you can easily display on your desktop. To access them simply right-click your desktop. In the menu that opens choose “Properties” . The window that opens will alow you...

How can I modify my Start Menu or “Help! I can't find 'My Computer'”? With Windows XP, or higher, you have a choice between the Classic Start Menus and the new "Bubblier" version. If the NEW version is active, you may not see "My Computer" or "My Documents" or other familiar icons...

Deleting Browser Cookies, Cache, & History Files Your computer is automatically saving data when you browse the internet.   It keeps a history of all of the webpages you visit. Some sites save your password for you so you do not have to enter it all the time.  ...

How To Map a Network Drive in Windows XP Using Windows Explorer Windows XP supports several different methods for mapping a network drive. A network drive is a file folder located on a remote computer that has been configured for sharing over a network These instructions explain...

CampusCruiser offers a wide variety of tools to assist with the filtering of your e-mail.  The following is a list of the tools or functions available to all members of CampusCruiser: Incoming Mail Filters - perform an action upon incoming messages that meet certain criteria. The Incoming...

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