We love shortcuts! They make our lives easier and our computing more productive. For those of us whose hands ache from over using the mouse, shortcuts can add hours of pain-free computer time.

Along with the new window management features in Windows 7 comes shortcuts for those features to completely bypass the mouse. This makes the new features more user-friendly, and …

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After your network cabling and homegroup is set up, the next step is to fine-tune it so that all the computers can find each other. If your network contains computers running different versions of Windows, put all computers in the same workgroup.
If computers running Windows XP are part of your network, it’s important to use the same workgroup …

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If you have a Windows Vista computer and you try to upgrade it to Windows 7, you might end up getting a message like this if the upgrade fails:
This version of Windows could not be installed, Your previous version of Windows has been restored, and you can continue to use it.
Whoops! Well, that’s fine right? Just restart and you’ll be …

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Hiding files and folders is one question I am constantly being asked about in IT. It seems there is a lot of data out there that people simply do not want others to see. I’ve previously written several articles on hiding and locking files/folders:

You would think that would be enough, but I’ve realized that this type of service …

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Snipping tool was introduced in Windows Vista for the first time and also exists in the latest Windows 7 operating system.
With Snipping Tool you can capture text, graphics, and any associated annotations and then save them in your desired format. Unfortunately, Microsoft has not defined a default keyboard shortcut for Snipping Tool both in Vista and Windows 7. It’s …

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