Certain tools in Vista can be used to maliciously or innocently wreak havoc on a computer. Although such tools are useful in specific situations, you may want to disable access to some of these tools to prevent unwanted changes to your computer. Task Manager is one such tool that can produce negative results, such as system [...]

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SniffPass is small freeware utility that listens to your network, captures the passwords that pass through your network adapter, and displays them on the screen instantly. SniffPass can capture the passwords of the following protocols: POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, FTP, and HTTP (basic authentication passwords). You can use this utility to recover lost Web/FTP/email passwords. [Discovered via [...]

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With all of the emphasis on ‘green’ everything, I’d like to know what I can do to make my computer more ‘green’? – Jamie According to Gartner Research, the technology industry accounts for approximately 2% of global carbon dioxide emissions (mostly from the power generation), which is equivalent to the emissions generated by the aviation industry. The [...]

The Search tool in Vista can do much more than just search your computer for folder, files and programs. If you frequently use Google, you can configure the Search tool in Vista to search Google. You can then search the Internet for your favorite Web pages right from your Start Menu. To search Google from your [...]

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As time goes on, more and more applications that we used to think could only belong on the desktop have made the jump online and opened up a world of possibilities for everyone. I used to download and try out desktop software all the time, but these days I spend most of my time in [...]

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Gnomie Time2Rock from our chat room writes: Hey Chris, I love your videos. Here are some suggestions, based on my personal experience, why some people shouldn’t rush out to grab Vista. I’m really into the latest and greatest technology and got Vista without doing my homework. I hope some of these are helpful. Thanks! Your USB/FireWire devices might stop [...]

The Page Orientation determines whether the long edge of the paper is along the bottom/top or along the sides. There are two page orientation options to choose from: portrait or landscape. If you select Portrait (the default option), the long edge of the paper is along the sides; the short edges are along the top [...]

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I don’t know what it is about charts but I just can’t seem to get enough of them. Reading information is one thing, but seeing it presented in a graphical way makes it so much more appealing and understandable. I haven’t seen enough presentations to be sick of them like many people in business are, [...]

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Recuva (pronounced “recover”) is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files [...]

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Hey Chris! This is David Leonard, and I wanted to send you another top 5. This one is listing the top 5 reasons to buy custom over pre-built computers. It Costs Less – Yes, custom machines can cost less if you are shopping at the right places. You can usually go look up the specs of a [...]

In a previous tip, I showed you how to add page numbers to documents created in Word 2003. As you become familiar with adding page numbers, you may also want to try changing the formatting, such as the font type and the size. You can change the formatting of your page numbers from the Header and [...]