As a follow up to our seamless Ubuntu in Windows tutorials, we’re going to show you how to sync a Windows (host) folder to a folder in the Ubuntu (guest). You’ll need to have guest additions installed on the guest … Continue reading
I’ve guest blogged at Quick Online Tips, a technology blog which posts about blogging tips, Web 2.0, and computer software. You can read the article over here. It lists free software replacements for Windows built in software, such as Movie … Continue reading
(XP only) – We’re going to be using TweakUI to move My Documents to a separate partition (similar to setting Linux’s /home on a separate partition). In this tutorial, we’re going to be moving our own important contents of My … Continue reading
Using TweakUI, you can get rid of the little arrow icons on your shortcuts: We’ll assume you have TweakUI installed. Head to Explorer and click Shortcut. Pick an option (for the purposes of this tutorial we chose None) and hit … Continue reading
While not immediately obvious, the Add/Remove Windows Components allows you to double click particular entries: Double click Accessories and Utilities and you’ll see a sublist of Accessories and Games, which can also be double clicked to reveal even more specific … Continue reading
Control two networked computers with the same keyboard and mouse using Synergy, a free program available from SourceForge.net. It’s available for all platforms, but we’ll delve mainly into the Windows usage. Install the latest version for all the computers you … Continue reading
The latest version of Windows, Mojave Vista, is often criticized by others for being slow and having too many unnecessary features. We’re going to show you how to get several of Vista’s major features on XP – for free. We’re … Continue reading
Enjoy always being idle, or never being idle in Google Talk – with a small application by the name of GAlwaysIdle: Once it’s installed, right click on the Google Talk icon and select from 3 choices – Always, Never, and … Continue reading
Rather complicated simply to enable a quick feature: Right click on the Windows Media Player titlebar, select Tools, then select Options. Check the box that says Keep the Player on top of other windows. That’s it.
‘Print’ anything into a PDF file using PDFCreator, a convenient method of saving documents, webpages, and anything else that can be printed into PDF files. Download it here at pdfforge.org. When you install it, it’ll setup a ‘printer’ on your … Continue reading
