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Posts Tagged ‘Windows’

What is Zipping Files?

Compress files into a smaller format for transport via email, thumb-drive, or for storage. This is by bundling and reducing the size of the original files. This will not harm the original content, and can help to increase space. Some files can not be compressed, like JPG photos. But others are great for compression, like document files.


Multiple Excel spreadhseet instances

In recent versions of windows there exists the option to group your applications on the taskbar. Also, in Excel, there exists the option to group your windows in one instance of Excel so that 15 Excel spreadsheets can fit in one Excel applcation instead of 15 different Excel apps. Clutter!


Ungrouping Taskbar Applications

In recent versions of Windows there exists the option to group your applications on the Taskbar. This is expected to reduce the amount of windows on the screen. To reduce clutter. It’s helped me, but at times, I can’t tell which window is which, or I want to compare side by side and it’s clumsy [...]


USB Dead After Vista Update

Have you recently performed an update on your machine that includes a patch from Microsoft (KB938371) that has suddenly disabled your USB ports, possibly your bluetooth, and making virtually any of your devices to stop interacting with your computer? This happened to me and I wanted to do what we do best, get all the information [...]


Firewire

Wow, the differences between the Firewire standards really have me up in arms. I’m a little disappointed with Apple for not making the Firewire 800 (1394b – 9pin) plug available on my MacBook. Because, it’s been out for a while, and the speed is amazing, up to 700 MB/sec. That’s up from the 100, 200, [...]