May 20th, 2012 by Eric Fleming | File in: Linux Tips
Since the introduction of Ubuntu’s new Unity interface, one of its features has been the “Dodge Windows” functionality. What this means is that if a program window were to be moved so that it would have been on top of the Unity dock, the dock would “dodge” out of the way as much as necessary, [...]
May 19th, 2012 by Eric Fleming | File in: How-To
With the popularity of webmail such as Gmail, a lot of us are using our Web browser as our main email “client,” instead of a Desktop application such as Apple’s Mail.app, Outlook or Evolution. This means that if our Internet goes out, we have no way to look at our email; forget about checking for [...]
May 18th, 2012 by Aseem | File in: How-To
So I have a few Macs and a few PCs in my house and it’s always fun trying to get everything to communicate with each other. Luckily, with OS X Snow Leopard/Lion and Windows XP/7, communication between the different platforms is pretty good. Earlier is used to be a royal pain to get the two [...]
May 17th, 2012 by Eric Fleming | File in: Linux Tips
One advantage that Linux has had (for quite a few years), over both Windows and Mac OS X is the implementation of workspaces. With workspaces, it’s possible to keep windows from different applications on their own “space” but have quick access to everything with just a keyboard combination or click of the mouse button. This [...]
May 16th, 2012 by Aseem | File in: Office Tips
It seems like every time Microsoft releases a new version of Office, they move everything around! You get used to seeing one thing under one menu and then next version of Office moves that option to another menu! Grrrr. I’ve upgraded to Office 2010 and one of the most common features I use is the [...]
May 15th, 2012 by Aseem | File in: Windows 8
I’ve been playing around with Windows 8 Consumer Preview for a few days now and it’s definitely taking me a little time to get used to the whole change in the UI. Along with the Start button being removed, you now have to access the new Metro apps in an odd hovering way. When you [...]
May 14th, 2012 by Aseem | File in: Windows 8
Like Windows 7 was to Windows XP (See our previous post on the differences between Windows XP and 7), Windows 8 is supposedly a “completely re-imagined” version of Windows from start to finish. It’s being rewritten so that it can run not only on desktops and laptops, but also on tablet PCs in a much [...]
May 13th, 2012 by Aseem | File in: Office Tips
One of the great things about online email services like Gmail is that you never have to worry about things like autocomplete because all your contacts are stored in the cloud and Gmail automatically builds a giant index of everyone who has email you or who you have emailed. When you start typing a name [...]
May 12th, 2012 by Aseem | File in: How-To
One common complaint that I get from friends and family is that their computers with default system configurations from Dell, HP, etc often times make the C partition too small and therefore forcing customers to figure out a way to extend the partition in order to get more free space. Unfortunately, when you search about [...]
May 11th, 2012 by Aseem | File in: Help Desk
If you’ve been using Windows for as long as I have, you have probably run into your share of weird error messages. One that I got recently when trying to delete a file was: Could not find this item. This is no longer located in X. Verify the item’s location and try again. This was [...]
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