Recent Posts By Lori Kaufman
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 The classic tree view of folders and directories from Windows Vista and XP has been replaced by a list of groups like Favorites, Libraries, Homegroup, Computer, and Network.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 [...]
Easily Add Website Links to the Windows 7 Desktop Context Menu
October 5th, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Windows 7
We have previously written about how to access websites from the context menu on the desktop in Windows 7 and Vista. We found a free tool, called Web Pinner, that makes it easier to access websites from your desktop. Download Web Pinner from http://www.thewindowsclub.com/add-pin-website-links-windows-7-desktop-context-menu-web-pinner. Web Pinner does not need to be installed. However, it must [...]
Add and Remove Toolbar Buttons in Windows Explorer in Windows 7
October 3rd, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Windows 7
The context menu in Windows 7 can be a useful feature to quickly access often-used features. However, if you prefer clicking buttons, you may want to add buttons to the toolbar in Windows Explorer to perform tasks such as copying, pasting, and deleting files and folders. Windows XP allowed you to customize the toolbar in [...]
Easily Count the Number of Lines, Words, and Characters in any Text Copied to the Clipboard
October 1st, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: How-To
Many of you have probably filled out forms online and encountered form fields that have a limit as the number of words or characters you can enter. Some count the words or characters for you. However, for those that don’t, there is a handy, free tool that will count the lines, words, and characters in [...]
Use a Free Utility to Open More Than 70 Popular File Formats
September 28th, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Reviews, Tools Review
Is your computer becoming cluttered with various software programs so you can view different types of files, such as videos, PDF files, Office files, etc. We found a tool that can simplify your life and allow you to get rid of some of the extraneous software on your machine. Free Opener is a free tool [...]
Speed Up Windows XP Performance by Turning Off the Indexing Service
September 25th, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Windows XP Tips
We have previously written about setting options for file search indexing in Windows 7. The indexing service may slow down your system because it works in the background to automatically index files in certain locations on your hard drive. Tweaking the indexing service in Windows 7 allows you to increase your system’s performance by removing [...]
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