Recent Posts By Lori Kaufman
A Replacement for the Smart Bookmarks Bar Add-On in Firefox 4
April 28th, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: How-To
Have you upgraded to Firefox 4? If so, you may have lost the use of some your favorite add-ons because they are not compatible with Firefox 4. One such add-on may be Smart Bookmarks Bar, which allows you to hide the text on your bookmarks on the Bookmarks Toolbar so you can view more on [...]
Easily Speed Up Firefox by Changing Four Preferences
April 27th, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: How-To
Firefox is a very flexible and powerful web browser. It’s also open source, free, and speedy, most of the time. However, there may be times when it doesn’t seem as fast as it should be. This post will show you four preferences you can easily change to speed up Firefox. We also provide links to [...]
Recover License Keys for Installed Software
April 26th, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: How-To
We have previously written about a method for recovering the license keys for Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office programs using a tool called Keyfinder (see our post, Recover Your Lost Windows XP, Windows Vista and Microsoft Office Product Keys). Keyfinder also allowed you to recover the license keys for some other programs, but the list [...]
Show File Extensions in Windows
April 25th, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Windows 7
If you have just installed Windows on your computer, you may have noticed that you don’t see extensions on filenames. They are not visible by default. This post shows you how to show the extensions on filenames in Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. This may seem like a simple task, but some of [...]
Restart the Explorer.exe Process Correctly in Windows the Quick and Easy Way
April 22nd, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: How-To
We have previously written about how to safely restart the explorer.exe process in Windows (see our post, Restart the Explorer.exe Process Correctly in Windows). We have found a free, portable utility, called Restarter, that allows you to restart explorer.exe process. It also provides additional features such as restarting the Aero service, killing not responding tasks, [...]
Another Drop-Down Terminal Window for Ubuntu
April 21st, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Linux Tips
We have previously written about a drop-down terminal window available for Ubuntu called Guake (see our post, Install a Drop-Down Terminal Window in Ubuntu). We found another drop-down terminal window for Ubuntu, called Tilda, that is easy to install and use. To install Tilda, open a Terminal window by selecting Accessories | Terminal from the [...]
Extend and Enhance the Functionality of the Recycle Bin in Windows
April 20th, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Windows 7
We have previously written about how you can automatically empty the trash in Ubuntu Linux (see our post, Automatically Empty the Trash in Ubuntu). There is a free tool, called RecycleBinEx, which is a Recycle Bin manager available for Windows that allows you to automatically empty the Recycle Bin based on how old the files [...]
Automatically Unselect the File Extension While Renaming any File in Windows XP
April 18th, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Windows XP Tips
Do you often rename files in Windows XP, without changing the file extensions? If so, you probably find it very annoying that the entire file name, including the extension, is automatically highlighted when you press F2 with the file selected in Windows Explorer. If you have renamed files in Windows 7, you will have noticed [...]
Change a Document in Print Preview Mode in Word 2010
April 15th, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Windows XP Tips
Once you have finished a first draft of your Word 2010 document, you may view it in Print Preview mode. Besides looking at the layout of the document, you may notice errors that need correcting. Instead of closing Print Preview, correcting the errors, and opening Print Preview again to make sure the document layout is [...]
Show Field Shading in Word and Convert the Fields to Plain Text
April 14th, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Office Tips
If you have a lot of fields in your Word document that you are not going to be updating, you may want to convert them to plain text. To do this, you will want to easily find your fields by turning on the field shading. This post shows you how to turn on and off [...]
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