For Windows – Keep Pidgin’s buddy list “always on top” of other windows for easy access to instant messaging without the hassle of switching windows. First, head to Tools → Plugins in the buddy list. Scroll to the bottom, make … Continue reading
Windows stows away a setting that enables a beep whenever one of the lock keys are hit (Caps Lock, Scoll Lock, and Num Lock). For those of you who need extra notification when you accidentally hit the Capslock button, we’ll … Continue reading
New keyboards now often come with a sleep button, which can sometimes be in an easy to hit location (e.g. near Esc key). Luckily, the Control Panel provides an easy way to change the function. Head over to the Control … Continue reading
Sandboxie, a free application, creates a virtual layer on your computer where you can run and install various software applications without actual changes to your true hard disk. Simply, Sandboxie forces applications to write to the layer instead of the … Continue reading
We’re going to show you how to easily disable Windows XP’s startup and shut down sounds, and optionally, any other sounds that Windows makes when you perform an action. You can also use these settings to change the sounds associated … Continue reading
In this tutorial, we’re going to show you how to quickly deploy a local WAMP (Windows Apache MySQL PHP) server in a few minutes using XAMPP. Using a local webserver, you can install PHP web applications on your local computer … Continue reading
For Windows, Faststone Capture 5.3 is a free (for noncommercial use) lightweight application allowing you to take screenshots (pictures) of your desktop. It allows you to easily take a picture of the current window, the selected window/object, a rectangular region, … Continue reading
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
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
