How to Use Windows

The default balloon tooltip in Firefox does well at times but then there are instances when a person finds that more information would be much better. The Tooltip Plus extension for Firefox will give your browser that nice extra information boost. Before & After For our example we have placed the “before & after shots” together for better comparison. First off we started with the How-To Geek logo.

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Are you looking for a way to take the music videos you watch on YouTube and convert them to MP3? Today we take a look at an easy way to convert those YouTube videos to MP3 for free with YouTube Downloader. The YouTube Downloader functions in two steps. First, it downloads the video from YouTube in MP4 format, and then allows you to convert that MP4 file to MP3. Note: It also supports conversion conversion to some other formats such as AVI video, MOV, iPhone, PSP, 3GP, and WMV.

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Do you regularly need to type in multiple languages in Windows?

It used to be that Notepad was a necessary evil because it started up quickly and let us catch a quick glimpse of plain text files. Now, there are a bevy of capable Notepad replacements that are just as fast, but also have great feature sets. Before following the rest of this how-to, ensure that you’re logged into an account with Administrator access. Note: The following instructions involve modifying some Windows system folders. Don’t mess anything up while you’re in there! If you follow our instructions closely, you’ll be fine.

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In Windows XP, you could change the icon associated with a file type in Windows Explorer. In Windows 7, you have to do some registry hacking to change a file type’s icon. We’ll show you a much easier and faster method for Windows 7.

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Have you been feeling a need for speed lately? Then get ready to jump into the driver’s seat with our Fast Cars Wallpapers collection. Note: Click on the picture to see the full-size image—these wallpapers vary in size so you may need to crop, stretch, or place them on a colored background in order to best match them to your screen’s resolution.

HP puts a low-power laptop on the desktop and charges a premium Most all-in-one PCs make extensive use of notebook technologies: The processors are low voltage, the GPUs are mobile designs, and the optical drives are low profile. This tends to endow all-in-ones with a natural price premium, because compact, lower-power components add cost. Be that as it may, the $700 HP Pro All-in-One seems a tad overpriced—particularly when you consider that the nearly identical home version, the Pavilion MS200, costs $100 less. We don’t think this boost is entirely an attempt to gouge corporate buyers, though

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The Linux faithful should see quite a change when they download the next major release of the popular Ubuntu distro. Version 10.04 is expected to come with a heavily revamped default theme . Yes, gone are the days of the brown default theme that has graced Ubuntu installs since its introduction in 2004. Canonical has evolved the look ever so slightly as the OS has gone through revisions. The look has been getting decidedly brighter as time went on with oranges creeping into the desktop color scheme

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When the iPad was announced, cynics scoffed: “It’s just a big iPod touch!” It turns out that a big iPod Touch is exactly what a lot of people are waiting for, and not just so they can admire their achingly trendy reflections in its smudge-resistant glass. Here are 10 industries that the iPad would be ideal for. 1. Medicine With a wipe-clean surface and few nooks or crannies for brain matter or bodily fluids to get stuck in, the iPad’s form factor is ideal for medical applications.

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Let it not be said that I don’t pay attention to the demands of the readers.  No sooner did I wrap up another comparative analysis of three slammin’ freeware applications for altering your desktop in new and unique ways then, well, you all talked.  And talked.  And talked. That’s not a bad thing, however.  A number of you voiced support for your favorite applications and utilities that you use to radically transform the look of your traditional Windows desktop in some pretty awesome ways.  It would be a shame to let these suggestions languish in the comments thread of an old article, however.  So, this week, Freeware Files is all about you.  I’ll be featuring your suggestions for applications and showing people why they should consider your alternatives for giving their desktops a refreshed look. Got it?  Let’s begin! 3DNA What.  The.  Hell.  Sorry to be so blunt, and I apologize for offending anyone’s sensitive ears.  Let’s not kid ourselves, however.  That’s the first think you’ll be thinking when you go to load up 3DNA, a desktop transformation that takes the concept of a 3D environment one step further… off the deep end.  I kid, but it’s just that much of a radical transformation.  Unlike the previously featured Bumptop, which allows you to manipulate your desktop as if it was a 3D cube of-sorts, 3DNA turns your desktop into the equivalent of Second Life.

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