All Posts Tagged With: "Windows"
Speedup Windows Settings By Increasing The Double-click Speed
I have a great Windows optimization tip that all levels of users can follow!
I’ve always ‘felt’ that my PC runs faster when I’ve speedup my mouse double-click speed and Microsoft developer Raymond Chen has just confirmed that it does indeed speedup your PC. Raymond explains in his post that many other Windows settings use the [...]
Guide To The Best Windows Codecs
Most users find that installing a codec pack is sufficient for playing video and audio files on a PC. However, if you are a power user and have in particular HD content on your PC, then if your PC isn’t top notch you will need the best codecs in order for your PC to be [...]
4May2008 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | Continued
Startup Delayer: Speedup Windows BootTimes
Do you have applications that startup when you boot windows? You probably have some that do various things in the background without you realising. The time taken for every one of these applications to start and do their thing adds vital seconds to your PC boot times, which can make it unresponsive while your PC [...]
16Apr2008 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | Continued
Use The CharMap To Add Special Characters To Documents
A colleague of mine asked me today how to add special characters like ticks to her presentation. It made me realise that telling readers about CharMap would make a great tip.
The Character Map, or CharMap, is a often forgotten part of Windows that allows you to add symbols and characters that aren’t on your [...]
Jazz Up Your Desktop With Custom Cursors
The most common way to make your desktop look unique is to download a new theme. However, one area that people tend to overlook is their cursors.
Customizing cursors can really make your desktop stand out, and an easy way to do this is using CursorFX, which contains a wide selection of cursor themes. [...]
BootSkin: Customize Your Windows Boot Screen
If you want to give your Windows boot screen (XP and 2000 only) that personal touch, then you can customize it with BootSkin. This free app allows you to replace your boring Windows Splash screen with another image of your choice. A good source for other Windows splash screens is WinCustomize.
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Add Public Holidays To Outlook 2003
I realised something weird today at work. Outlook 2003 doesn’t display public holidays beyond 2007 - I have no idea why!
To add holidays until 2012, you will need to install this file. This update provides holidays for the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 calendar and for the Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 calendar for the years 2007 [...]
Five Quick Windows Tips
A very quick and useful post for the weekend. Martin over at gHacks that in his own words are:
…are that short that I can’t write enough to justify an article for them which is why I have decided to collect five quick Windows tips that are still very useful and probably not know to [...]
How To Move Off-Screen Windows Back To Your Desktop
I just found an easy solution for moving application windows that have somehow ended up off-screen back to the middle of a monitor where you can see it. It was such a nice fix, I just had to share it!
11Jan2008 | Tony Williams | 1 comment | Continued
Vista Transformation Pack 8 For Windows XP
I’ve promoted the amazing Vista Transformation Pack in the past that gives your XP machine that Vista look & feel for free. Well, now Version 8 is now available that makes windows XP/2003 look even more like Vista. The latest version of VTP 8 completely replicates Window Vista without paying the hefty price or compromising [...]
5Dec2007 | Tony Williams | 1 comment | ContinuedSubscribe For Tips!
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