One of the features included with Windows Vista was speech recognition, a supposed feature that would revolutionize how we use computers: We totally believe speech recognition will go mainstream somewhere over the next decade. – Bill Gates, Sept. 2005 (view … Continue reading
Now that we’ve setup Ubuntu on our virtual machine (see here if you missed setting up the virtual machine), we can go ahead and configure it to become seamless. Login to Ubuntu Login to Ubuntu as soon as it starts. … Continue reading
We’re going to show you how to install Ubuntu on a virtual machine using Sun’s VirtualBox, and then setup seamless mode to allow running Windows and Ubuntu applications within the same environment (see the picture to the left). Why is … Continue reading
Defragmenting your computer’s hard drive is always a burdensome task that most people either ignore or run very infrequently. Using JKDefragGUI’s screensaver feature, we can defragment the disk without bothering ourselves with running the Windows built-in defragmenter. Download JKDefragGUI here … Continue reading
Learn to make a quick list of notes or manage a custom to-do list using Launchy. For this tutorial, you’re going to need Launchy. This is very basic functionality, as the actual list is a folder containing files with the … Continue reading
Want easy access to programs but hate rummaging through the Start Menu’s All Programs list? Don’t like keyboard launchers such as Launchy? One overlooked feature of Windows is the ability to create custom toolbars on the taskbar based by folder. … Continue reading
(Windows Vista only, Tablet PC programs enabled) Open up Snipping Tool using the Print Screen button at the top of your keyboard with this AutoHotKey script. We’ve provided the source for those of you who have AutoHotkey, and a compiled … Continue reading
As a follow-up to embedding Remember the Milk on the desktop, we’ve compiled a list of some more web apps you can embed.
Quick tip — while most people know how to do this, enabling file extensions for known file types is suggested, as Windows XP and up (stupidly) decide to hide file extensions for known file types by default. Open a Windows … Continue reading
The blue Windows XP theme gets boring. As does the silver and olive green one. As does the Zune one you downloaded from Microsoft. This tutorial will explain how to install a custom Windows theme. For this tutorial, you must … Continue reading
