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How To Get Back The Classic WinXP Alt-Tab in Windows 7
If you have migrated to Windows 7 from Windows XP, you’ll realise that a lot has changed, including the alt-tab functionality. In the default Windows 7 behaviour, alt-tab shows thumbnails, but looks messy and cluttered, not to mention slow. Thankfully, you can still get back the Windows XP alt-tab functionality. Just follow these steps: Go [...]
Continue reading...How To Scroll Horizontally (Left and Right) in Mac OS
Saturday, June 12, 2010
This is something new to me, and something that I know doesn’t work in Windows XP. I was programming on my Macbook, when all the long, horizontal lines of code started bugging me. I had to click on the horizontal scrollbar and move the focus left and right, and I thought to myself, “Isn’t there [...]
Continue reading...How To Find Out What Network Adapter You Have
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
I run a virtualised copy of Windows XP with VirtualBox, and one thing that I couldn’t get running was the network adapter, or ethernet controller. There’s a free Windows program that helps you with this problem though: Everest. Download and install Everest, and it should tell you the manufacturer and model number of your card [...]
Continue reading...How To Open Microsoft Office Documents in VMWare Fusion By Default
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
As much as I’d like to have a homogeneous operating system environment, it’s just not possible because of incompatible file formats or programs. So I have a virtualised copy of Windows running together with OSX on my Macbook Pro, which takes care of any programs or files needing Windows. One thing I like about VMWare [...]
Continue reading...The Best Free Windows Right-Click Image Resizer Application Review
Sunday, August 3, 2008
I think digital cameras are great, especially since they removed film out of the equation, making photography convenient and easy. It does become too good of a good thing though, as digital photos tend to pile up rather quickly. One of the annoying things that I constantly face is the need to resize my photographs [...]
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Friday, November 5, 2010
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