I often receive questions about how to change the "Send To" items which are found when you right click a file and scroll down to "Send To." Some people feel there are too many items; others believe there are too few. Then there are those who don’t see the particular one they would prefer. You…
Last time we discussed Portable Applications for your windows computers. There are several great things about portable programs. One being they are independent which means they stand alone. For instance, when installing them you select only one folder. Once installed, you will find that program and all of its related files in that folder. This…
This column was brought about by a group of us geeks discussing the current Windows operating systems. Of course, this included the Windows Registry and the way applications are now installed on a Windows based computer. Basically there was a consensus that we would like to do away with the registry and the way applications…
Several weeks ago I was technologically surprised by a non-geek. Over the phone, a good friend of mine and I were discussing a problem with his home PC. For some strange reason he could not get a particular Microsoft Excel formula to work properly. At work I use an application that must first be installed…
Well it is all out now, Microsoft Windows 8 & Surface Tablets or notebook if you add the keyboard. What did Jim and I think about them…and many others too? Listen in and find out. Here is some information about those and the others things we discussed today. Have fun! Microsoft Windows 8 & Surface?…
Last week we took a look at using the control key plus the arrow keys to move your Windows around the screen. Today we check out a few more Windows 7 tricks. Remember as you read that ‘W +’ means to hold down the Windows key (the one with the logo to the left of…
W3Schools.com, a great site for coding and statistical information, does a monthly poll on the main operating systems used today and the percentages of users taking advantage of each system. For July, 2012 it rolls out like this: Windows 7-53.8%, Vista-3.4%, Microsoft NT-1.2%, Windows XP-26.1%, Linux-4.9% and Mac-8.2%. It is obvious that Microsoft is currently…
Thank you for all of the emails over the last couple of weeks regarding the past year in review. Keep in mind you can find all the articles online at DNRonline.com and my site, DoubleClicks.info if you want to catch up. Many emails asked about the Android Market link (market.android.com). Before starting you should note…
Last week we were looking at some tricks you can do with your Windows 7 taskbar. Today let’s see how to actually add a task to the taskbar. To add any program which is installed on your computer to the taskbar, first find the program you want to add. Do this by clicking the Start…
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