Posts Tagged ‘permanent-link’
Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Are you looking for some high seas adventure for your desktop? Then get ready to hoist the colors with our Pirate Theme 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.
Posted in How to Guides | Tags: backup, desktop, desktop fun, mechanic, media, microsoft, permanent-link, picture, random, security, taking-forever, tools, wallpapers, welcome-screen, windows | No Comments »
Friday, March 12th, 2010

Want to take a trip down memory lane with old school DOS games?
Posted in How to Guides | Tags: backup, color, delicious, dos, game, geek fun, permanent-link, security, vista, windows | No Comments »
Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Want to try out mobile websites designed for the iPhone and other mobile devices on your PC?
Posted in How to Guides | Tags: agent, delicious, download, iphone, media, permanent-link, random, tools, windows | No Comments »
Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Are you tired of items like the Chat and Invite Boxes cluttering up your Gmail account? Then join us as we look at the Better Gmail extension for Google Chrome. Before Here are some examples of items that you may be tired of looking at in your Gmail account such as the “Footer” below your “Inbox”, the “Chat Box”, and the “Invitation Box”.
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Posted in How to Guides | Tags: chat, delicious, google chrome, internet, mechanic, mobile, online, permanent-link, security, signature, tools, windows | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

If you use Windows Home Server to backup the machines on your network, your in luck if you accidentally delete important files or they become corrupted. Today we take a look at getting your data back from backups on your home server. Open Windows Home Server Console and click select the Computers and Backup tab. Right-click on the computer you need to restore files for and select View Backups. This will open a list of your recent backups
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Posted in How to Guides | Tags: article, backup, computers, data, internet, life, mechanic, microsoft, network, permanent-link, random, security, server, windows-home | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Do you make it a habit of falling asleep at night while watching Windows Media Center? Today we are going to take a look at the MC7 Sleep Timer for Windows 7 Media Center. This simple little plugin allows you to schedule an automatic shutdown time in Media Center. Note: At this point MC7 Sleep Timer doesn’t work with extenders.
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Posted in How to Guides | Tags: backup, life, media center, night, permanent-link, plugin, random, sleep, time, tools, windows, windows 7, windows media center | No Comments »
Monday, March 8th, 2010

Keeping your computer and software up to date is very important in keeping everything running smooth and secure. It’s also important to keep your geeky gadgets updated as well. Here we take a look at updating a Zune HD. Note: In this example we’re updating a Zune HD out of the box which hasn’t been updated yet.
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Posted in How to Guides | Tags: green, internet, music, office, permanent-link, personal, player, random, security, tools, ubuntu, zune | No Comments »
Monday, March 8th, 2010

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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Posted in How to Guides | Tags: default, desktop, extensions, green, library, mechanic, movie, permanent-link, random, security, tools, types-manager, windows, windows 7 | No Comments »
Monday, March 8th, 2010

The Search Bar in Firefox is very useful for finding additional information or images while browsing but the UI space it takes up can be frustrating at times. Now you can reclaim that UI space and still have access to all that searching goodness with the Foobar extension. Note: This is about the Foobar Firefox extension and not to be confused with Foobar2000 the open source music player.
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Posted in How to Guides | Tags: backup, browser, extension, firefox, foobar, green, history, match, mechanic, permanent-link, personal, search, security, tools | No Comments »
Saturday, March 6th, 2010

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.
Posted in How to Guides | Tags: backup, desktop, desktop fun, digital, driver, permanent-link, personal, security, wallpapers, welcome-screen, windows | No Comments »