December 31, 2007
It’s a new year, why not give your years old XP operating system a new look? If you’re bored of having to look at the same kind of icons and eyecandy everytime, you can download and install these free transformation packs, and transform XP to look like any other OS. (Note: Some of the listed [...]
December 16, 2007
I am always looking for ways to do things faster and one of those things is to shut down the computer faster, or log off a particular XP user account. It gets a little irritating having to always go through the start menu so I started experimenting with desktop shortcuts to streamline the process. Now [...]
December 2, 2007
Friday was another “Eureka!” day for me as I finally found a freeware PC program I was convinced existed somewhere in the deepest darkest reaches of cyberspace but was doing a good job of hiding from me. It’s called Filebox eXtender and it gives you one click access to your most used folders in Windows [...]
November 26, 2007
Do you like Windows Vista only because of its newly revamped Graphical User Interface? It surely does have an attractive interface but many are still hesitant to upgrade. Some because of it’s massive system requirements, and some because of all the negative buzz around it. Whatever your reasons are, you still can get a Vista [...]
September 13, 2007
Before we continue with our registry tweaks, why not put a shortcut to the registry on your desktop? It sure beats going through the start menu… Just right-click on the desktop, choose ‘new‘ then ‘shortcut‘. In the target box, enter ‘C:\WINDOWS\regedit.exe‘ . Click ‘next’ and enter your shortcut name (such as “Windows Registry”) then save [...]
September 11, 2007
Posted by makeuseof guest-writer Mark O’Neill 1. Edit / customize the “Send To” right-click option When you right-click on a file in Windows Explorer, you have a “send to” option which can launch a program or send that file to another folder. You can delete or add new destinations by going to the following Explorer [...]
September 11, 2007
While I am busy compiling some more Registry tweaks for you, I realised that there are some tweaks you can make to your PC without ever having to touch the Registry at all. So here’s some off the top of my head. 1. Tweak your trash bin If you right-click on your trash bin and [...]
September 11, 2007
As I delve further and further into how the PC works and I start to get involved in more technical projects, I am finding myself increasingly using the command prompt window. These days, the command prompt window is kind of made redundant by the fact that everything can be done by clicking on a link [...]
July 1, 2007
Widgets are tiny nice-looking programs that can do all sorts of interesting stuff ranging from the addition of a simple desktop clock or weather tool to a feature-rich video player. In many cases the purpose of a desktop widget is to bring functionality of the website (or at least part of it) right to your [...]
March 8, 2007
That’s not another list of lame landscape wallpapers but truly unique design pieces that you won’t see elsewhere. I have listed my top 10 kick-ass wallpaper picks and also provided info on where you can get more of similar stuff. Source 1: Wallpapr – wallpaper search engine (built on top of Flickr.) possible search terms: [...]
