Installing Windows 7 for Testing
A client asked me how to best install Windows 7 for testing. His son is interested in it, and he thought his son’s machine could afford being wiped to install the new OS. I instead told him to use VirtualPC …
Productivity
Programs We Like: Artweaver
I’m a HUGE fan of Photoshop, but when I have lot of programs open and am running low on memory, it’s sometimes tough to justify the long startup time to do a quick edit or convert something to JPG. I …
Importing and Exporting Mail and User Accounts in Outlook 2007
Outlook 2007 did away with the export account information that was present in earlier editions. So, if a user with one account moves machines, it’s often faster to just recreate the account on the new machine. However, if a user …
Bettr Spelling Through Firefox
Firefox, the browser of choice for those of us running Windows at Jephens Tech., has built in spell checking for big text areas. That doesn’t do us much good for these blog headlines and other one-line input fields… but the …
Stop the Beeping!
On my laptop, every time I connect to a wireless network, the Intel software pops up a notification window telling me that I’ve connected, but it is accompanied by a loud BEEP — even though my speaker is muted and …