Web Talk

Lately, Microsoft is trying hard to make its famous Internet Explorer browser safer and faster. That’s why you should be constantly looking and check  for hotfixes which, apart patching important security holes, are also able to make your Microsoft Internet browser more performing. What follows is a nice, simple tutorial which will tech you how to check for updates and keep Internet Explorer always up-to-date! Continue reading »

Microsoft has recently released  some interesting ebooks  which aim to describe the main features and products of Office 2010 which will be released next June. The Office 2010 Product Guides provides an overview of what’s new in your favorite Microsoft Office programs and a deeper look at the benefits available across all Office 2010 programs, as well as Office Web Apps and Office Mobile 2010. These free books also give readers a full exhaustive explanations of Office 2010 main features as well as a valid help to let  them understand what’s new in Office 2010 and the best way to use it. Continue reading »

A couple of days ago I wrote on how to turn on the super admin account. Today, I am going to write on  how to get full Administrator rights and access thanks to a little, but rather unknown trick. So, thanks to this little tutorial you will be able to gain access,  total control and be the owner of any Windows 7 operating system, including its tools and apps. Continue reading »

Windows 7 has got a super administrator account which, by default, is disabled. Such  account is automatically created when Windows 7 boots up for the first time but, for security reasons, is hidden from view.  Let’s see how to turn it on thanks to a simple query in the Command Prompt. Continue reading »

In Windows 7, whenever you hover you mouse over the icons on desktop taskbar some  nice previews pop-up showing you  thumbnails of the windows which are opened on your desktop.  That’s quite useful when you have a lot of windows opened and you can not keep track of what is happening on a particular window which is hidden by others. Now, if you look closely, you will notice that when you “touch” with your mouse an element sitting on the taskbar, the thumbnail will appear after some delay. After 400 milliseconds to be exact! Here is quick hack to change the delay of the Taskbar Preview Thumbnail and make it faster or slower. Continue reading »

OK, I have to admit it. This is really a quick trick which will take only a couple of seconds. If you use Firefox and you wish to duplicate a tab, so that you will have two tabs with the same website or blog, I have got an easy shortcut for you. Simply, press CTRL+Click on the Tab you want to duplicate and drag it wherever you want under the Firefox Web address bar. That’s it!

Wikipedia is the biggest, free encyclopedia available online, built with the help of thousands of Internet users. However, one of its most annoying limits is the lack of videos.  An interesting website and a Firefox addon are going to solve this issue letting you upload whatever video you want on Wikipedia. Continue reading »

Windows Media Center is one of the most used tools in  Windows 7 which lets you organize your media files in an easy way. But what if you want to watch YouTube videos and other videos which rely on Internet services? Recently, and without a lot of fuss, a member of the greenbutton.com forum has released an interesting plug-in called Macro Tube which aims to solve this issue. Thanks to it you will be able to watch your favorite YouTube videos, directly from WMC! Continue reading »