Recent Posts By Lori Kaufman
How to Install Shutter in Linux Mint 12
January 24th, 2012 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Linux Tips
Shutter is a very useful screenshot program for Linux. If you’ve used Shutter in another Linux distribution such as Ubuntu and was wondering if it would work in Linux Mint 12, the answer is yes. It’s also very easy to install. We will show you three ways of installing Shutter in Linux Mint 12. Using [...]
View Hidden Programs and Services in Startup Applications in Linux Mint 12
January 23rd, 2012 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Linux Tips
The list of programs in Startup Applications is very short in Linux Mint 12. These are programs that automatically start when you boot into the system. Most of the programs are now hidden by default. However, it is easy to show all the startup applications. You can view the Startup Applications by selecting Other | [...]
Change the Default Save Folder in a Windows 7 Library To a Custom Folder
January 22nd, 2012 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Windows 7
When you save a file in a program and you don’t manually change the folder, the file ends up in My Documents by default. What if you want most files to be saved to a different folder without having to navigate to it every time? We’ve written about how to change the default save location [...]
Switch Users in Windows Using a Shortcut
November 24th, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: How-To
Quickly switching among users is a very useful feature of Windows on multi-user computers. If another user needs to briefly use the computer and you are working on something in a program that you cannot close yet, that user can log on without disturbing your work. Your session remains active while the other user logs [...]
Save Clipboard Content Using a Free Tool in Windows
November 20th, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Reviews
We previously showed you how to save your clipboard content using a sidebar gadget in Windows. If you don’t like using gadgets, we have another option for a clipboard manager, called Clipboardic, which will also run in any version of Windows back to Windows 2000. Clipboardic does not have to be installed. Simply extract the [...]
Retrieve Your Wireless Network Security Key in Windows 7
November 4th, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Featured Posts, How-To
Have you experienced a situation where you have to add a computer to your wireless network and you can’t find the network security key? Windows 7, like previous versions of Windows, remembers (with your permission) the network security key when you first connect to a secured wireless (Wi-Fi) network protected by WEP, WPA, or WPA2. [...]
Show the Classic Navigation Tree in Windows 7 Explorer
October 31st, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Windows 7
Windows Explorer in Windows 7 has undergone some major changes, one of which is the new Navigation pane. The classic tree view of folders and directories from Windows Vista and XP has been replaced by a list of groups like Favorites, Libraries, Homegroup, Computer, and Network. The Computer group does not display unused drives like [...]
Save Clipboard Content Using a Sidebar Gadget in Windows 7 and Vista
October 27th, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Windows 7
If you copy and paste a lot of text, images, and files, a gadget, called Clipboarder, will make your life easier. It allows you to view and access saved clipboard items using a few simple hotkeys. The clipboard items are displayed as previews in the sidebar. Clipboarder also supports drag and drop functionality. Download Clipboarder [...]
Export, Clear, and Increase the Log Size for an Event Log in the Event Viewer in Windows 7
October 13th, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Windows 7
The Event Viewer in Windows is a centralized log service utilized by applications and operating system components to report events that have taken place, such as a failure to complete an action or to start a component or program. There are several sections in the Event Viewer, such as Application and Security under Windows Logs [...]
Create a Portable Version of Any Application in Windows
October 7th, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: How-To
There are a lot of portable applications available out there (for example, on websites such as http://portableapps.com/ and http://www.pendriveapps.com/) that you can install to a USB flash drive or external hard drive and run on any computer. However, you may have some favorite programs that you use in your daily work that do not come [...]
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