Tag Archives: efficiency

Here is another Vista shortcut.  If you use the new Sidebar, you can bring your Gadgets to the front at any time by pressing the Windows Key and the space bar at the same time.  Once you bring the Sidebar … Continue reading →

Until Vista, I was never a fan of the Quick Launch toolbar.  The small set of icons just to the right of the Start button seemed redundant.  Since I’m a keyboard-shortcut fan, the extra “click-only” icons were just in the … Continue reading →

I was helping someone today and we needed a file that was stored on a CD.  The first unlabeled disk didn’t have the file.  Neither did the second.  Fortunately the third disk (also unlabeled) had the file. Here’s a tip.  … Continue reading →

I have several computers that have no monitors.  These are machines that do basic tasks for my network: firewall, backups, video streaming, etc.  I use a free program called VNC to remotely connect to those machines. With VNC, I can … Continue reading →

I bought my first CD in 1983.  Since then I have purchased hundreds of CDs.  Even though CDs are suppose to be “permanent” recordings, I have had a few that were destroyed in accidents.  For this reason, I digitize all my music … Continue reading →