Archive for 'Computer Tips' Category

How to Combine Videos

Do you find when you purchase lessons in video format that you are downloading 5, 10, 20 or even more small videos? The reason for that is that when preparing videos for download, most people will try to break them down into smaller file sizes to make downloading easier for those who are on dial-up [...]

Computer Tip – Save Web Pages as .PDF Files

Have you ever been surfing the web and found a web page that you would like to save just as it appears on your screen? Usually you will either click on the print button, saving a hard copy to your computer or would copy and paste portions of the page to a Word document, spending [...]

Computer Tip – WizMouse

As you may or may not know, I am a software junkie and love to find new and helpful software utilities. And if they are free, that is always a bonus!  My latest find is WizMouse. What this utility does is enable you to scroll non-focused application windows with your mouse wheel. That is the [...]

How to Combine Videos

If you are having problems downloading large files or videos, you can help speed up the downloading process by using a download accelerator software utility. You will find more information on the various types of download utilities in the Using a Download Accelerator post. Now, what do you do with all those many small videos [...]

Using a Download Accelerator

There are times when you may want to download several large files from the internet. But you don’t want to wait for them to be downloaded. The answer is to use a “download accelerator” program. This speeds up downloads, even on a dial-up internet service. It will also manage multiple downloads while you are away [...]

Computer Tip – Personalize your Desktop and Screensaver

Personalizing your desktop is not only simple, but it will make your computer run much faster and efficiently. Do you remember your first computer where you had the ability to add shortcuts to your desktop? And you thought you were in heaven as you could add a shortcut to every program on your computer! The [...]

Computer Tip – Windows Explorer Replacement

Windows Explorer is something that most of us use on a daily basis.   I have found that the one thing I really dislike about Windows Explorer is that there are only two panes to work with.  Several years ago I found a replacement for Windows Explorer that I honestly think is the best thing since [...]

Computer Tip – Reading PDF Files with Adobe Reader and Foxit Reader

If you work with a lot of PDF files, such as e-books or other lengthy documents, you probably find it either frustrating or annoying that the documents always open at page one rather than the last page you were viewing. However, with Adobe Reader 8 there is a way to have the program remember the [...]

Embird Tip – Searching for Designs

There are all sorts of hidden “goodies” within Embird that are not well known.   One is the search function.   At the top right panel in the Manager screen, there is a magnifying glass with the letter “F” in the centre.   This is your search icon and is helpful to find files where you know the [...]

Computer Tip – Removing Thumbs.db files

Thumbs.db is a system file generated automatically by Windows XP when you view the contents of a folder in thumbnail view. It contains a copy of each of the tiny preview images generated for image files in that folder so that they load up quickly the next time you browse that folder and also stores [...]