How to hide system tray icons in Windows XP
Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under Computer Tips | 6 Comments
I usually write about computer tips that help me, such as today when I wanted to hide some of the icons in my system tray on Windows XP. After a point, my system tray starts to cross the halfway mark on my screen and that’s a problem! Because I write this blog, I usually install lots of software so that I can test it before writing about it, but it also means my system tray is a disaster.
How to increase the launch speed of Adobe Acrobat Reader
Posted on December 27, 2007 - Filed Under Computer Tips | 4 Comments
Doesn’t it bother you that all Adobe products, like Acrobat Reader take like 15 minutes to load? I’ve replaced Acrobat Reader with Foxit Reader and PDF-XChange Viewer because both of these launch so much faster! And don’t even get me started on how slowly Adobe Photoshop loads! And when you watch the startup splash screens, it seems like their are a millions different modules and plug-ins that keep loading.
Recently, however, I learned a cool trick whereby you can significantly increase the load speed of Adobe Acrobat Reader or the Standard and Professional versions also.
How to access blocked web sites from school, office, or work using JAP
Posted on December 27, 2007 - Filed Under Computer Tips | 29 Comments
Looking for a way to access blocked websites like Orkut, YouTube, MySpace, FaceBook, etc from school or work? Most people end up trying out the million or so proxy servers out there, but those are usually dead ends. Also, those proxy servers are very slow and it can take a year for a single web page to load sometimes! There’s luckily an easier way to access blocked websites that doesn’t rely on proxy servers!
Customize the right-click context menu in Windows XP and Vista
Posted on December 26, 2007 - Filed Under Free Software Downloads | 5 Comments
FileMenu Tools is a a freeware application that you can use to customize and edit the right-click context menu for Explorer in Windows XP and Windows Vista. It’s a small nifty little app that makes it super easy to add and remove menu items to the context menu. You can add built-in utilities to the context menu that perform certain operations over files and folders.
Here are a couple of other things you can do with FileMenu Tools that make working in Explorer more efficient:
Hamachi - Create your own personal virtual private network
Posted on December 26, 2007 - Filed Under Software Reviews | 1 Comment
If you have ever worked from home, you probably know what a VPN or virtual private network is. Using a virtual private network, you can connect to your office network and access files and data just as if you were physically at the office. Data transfer is a little slower, but you’re able to access network drives and company servers in the same way!
Portable digital photo albums - Store, organize and create HD slideshows of photos
Posted on December 25, 2007 - Filed Under Gadgets | Leave a Comment
Christmas is only a day or two away, so if you’re looking for some nice gifts, why not check out a portable digital photo album. I’m not talking about online web-based photo-album software like Picasa Web Albums or Flickr, etc, but actual hardware devices that can store, organize and display your digital photos wherever you go, even onto an HDTV.
If you’re a hardcore photographer and you have lots of high-definition photos that you would like to display on your high-definition TV, then you might want to check out the new Sony HDMS-S1D Digital Photo Album for those people who want to archive, organize, and enjoy professional slideshows of their digital photos.
