Minty White
December 2010 - Posts
Use Windows 7′s Display Color Calibration to Optimize Your Display [How To]
Thu, Dec 30 2010 8:00
As all screens are not created equal, which is why Microsoft have bundled a display color calibration tool with Windows 7. This tool is easy to use and this guide serves as a checklist for using it. You should use this tool if: You’ve not calibrated...
Play Your iPod, Zune etc. MP3 Players through Your PC Speakers [Quick Tip]
Mon, Dec 27 2010 8:00
If you’d like to play your portable audio player through your Windows 7 PC speakers (without unplugging them from the back of the PC), you can use a standard 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable. This way you can play your songs through your PC. I realize this...
Big Screen EPG Puts the “E” in Electronic Program Guide [Part 3 of 3]
Fri, Dec 24 2010 19:00
Localization: For those of you tuned in from around the world – welcome. I’m a Kiwi (a person from New Zealand) and this article was written primarily to address NZ Windows Media Center users lack of access to the Electronic Program Guide...
Big Screen EPG Puts the “E” in Electronic Program Guide [Part 2 of 3]
Thu, Dec 23 2010 19:00
You’ll recall from New and Improved EPG that Big Screen has just released a final (not a beta) version of their Big Screen EPG program that grabs program guides from the internet, prepares them, and loads their data into Windows Media Center’s...
DVI-I, DVI-D and DVI-A, which is what ?
Thu, Dec 23 2010 11:27
First there was VGA, Video (or Component), S-VHS and Scart connectors. All of which use analog signals. Analog signals means that we don’t need any kind of computer to process images (and sound). All we need is old-fashioned electronics or even...
Encrypt Your USB Thumb Drive to Protect Your Data [How To]
Thu, Dec 23 2010 8:00
Now, more than ever, we carry more digital information on thumb drives and, in many cases, this information is sensitive and, in the wrong hands, could be used in ways we’d like to avoid. In this guide, I’ll show you how to encrypt your USB...
35 Country Spesific Windows 7 Themes
Wed, Dec 22 2010 11:15
I’m not a very big fan of changing themes on my computer. I like to find my look and stay with it. But that’s just me I guess, I’m boring that way. But for those of you who love to experiment with different looks and design, here are...
Windows Themed Desktop Wallpaper Collection
Wed, Dec 22 2010 7:00
In an effort to help you find the kinds of wallpapers you like, I’ve put together 19 collections of wallpapers that cover 15 different genres. This week’s genre is Windows themed wallpapers. If you know of any other wallpapers that fit in...
Re-Enable 2.0 – Restore Windows functionality after virus and Trojan attack [Freeware]
Tue, Dec 21 2010 11:48
Getting attacked by virus and Trojans in itself is an annoying experience. And if you’ve been so lucky as to get one of those intruders that delete or turn off Windows features… I feel your pain. Even when the virus or Trojan are removed,...
Download Uniblue System Tweaker 2011 for Free ($19.95)
Tue, Dec 21 2010 11:05
So we’re here again. The Holidays are time for giving so that is what we’re doing, for you, the readers! Until 15th January 2011 are giving away this great software for free usually costing $19.95!. I came across this great giveaway on Softpedia...
Fix Live Photo StartUp and Freeze problems [How To]
Mon, Dec 20 2010 11:38
Windows Live Photo Gallery is a handy free photo editing program. Some may experience that the application either won’t start at all, or freezes up and stops working after you open it. This happens when the database that’s created by WLPG...
LookInMyPC Gives You a Complete Computer Audit
Mon, Dec 20 2010 8:00
Windows Guides’ Rating User Rating Compatible with System 4 out of 5 PROS: Provides comprehensive information on the components, software, and changes on your PC. CONS: The interface is a little ugly and the information isn’t helpful for casual...
Win one of 10 Licenses for JV16 Powertools, $29,95
Sun, Dec 19 2010 11:55
Windows Guides’ Rating User Rating Compatible with System 5 out of 5 Some of you already guessed it, I know. If you didn’t see the review on JV16 PowerTools 2010 you might want to do so now. jv16 PowerTools is the ultimate Windows optimization...
Create Multiple Choice Menu in a Batch-File [how To]
Sat, Dec 18 2010 10:23
Batch-Files are small yet powerful tool that you can create to easy your daily chores. Back in the day when Windows was glass covered holes for letting air and light into your house, Batch scripting was an essential and every day tasks. Today, most people...
Microsoft Updates MSE to 2.0–Brings a Heap of New Features
Fri, Dec 17 2010 11:15
Its quite hard to believe Microsoft Security Essentials has been with us 14 months. In that time it has continued to impress everyone that seems to use it and keeps critics happy with its great detection rates and small footprint on the system....
PicJoke, online postcard creator [Free]
Fri, Dec 17 2010 5:57
Are you struggling to get those holiday postcards made ? Don’t got any bright ideas, or simply not good enough using Photoshop ? Fear no more, rescue is here. One of the easiest tools I’ve ever come across is free and online. PicJoke First...
Toggle the Navigation Pane with a Button in Windows Explorer [How To]
Fri, Dec 17 2010 5:40
We received a couple of comments to this post asking whether it was possible to have a button to toggle the Navigation Pane in Windows 7’s Explorer. After some digging around i’ve come up with a solution. Simply download NavPane Button and follow the...
Display more of your Most Popular Sites in IE9 [Quick Tip]
Thu, Dec 16 2010 12:57
We’ve taken a look at how we can use Internet Explorer’s new “Speed Dial” page as our Home page. Today’s Quick Tip is going to show you how to display more than the default 2 rows of sites in the new tab page or “about:tabs”. Step 1. Press WinKey...
EXCEL: Create a PullDown Menu [Quick Tip]
Thu, Dec 16 2010 11:16
I’m starting a new quick tip series here, which involves daily usable tips for different programs. This time I’m going to show you how to create a usable Drop Down Menu in Excel. In this mini-tutorial I am using Excel 2010, but the steps are...
Windows Commands (cmd) to Help Manage Your PC & Improve Productivity
Thu, Dec 16 2010 8:00
Previously we showed you a collection of shortcut commands you can use, to save you time, from the run dialog and Thomas showed you tips to become a command prompt superuser. In this guide, we’ll show you some commands you can use on the Windows...
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