A while ago (in May!), I posted about using Taskbar Shuffle to rearrange the icons in your Windows taskbar. This is handy when I have lots of windows open, and I want a couple of them to be readily available. If I drag their icons to the far left of the Windows Taskbar, they’re easier [...]

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How many times has this happened to you? You have a graphic. You’re trying to find an exciting new way to prepare it for your blog or website.
You could scale the graphic, remove the graphic’s tail, head and bones, and serve the graphic as you would any other graphic dinner. But why bother, now that [...]

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Many programs use the Windows Common dialogs which you’ll see when you Open or Save files in those programs. For example, in Notepad, if I select Fileâ–ºOpen this dialog appears. The bar at the left is the Places Bar, and it contains 5 standard icons.

Not once, in my entire computing life, have I used that [...]

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To accurately measure items on your screen you can use the free utility, Pixel Ruler. I’ve found this helpful when I have to upload a picture that’s a specific measurement, such as a blog banner, or profile photo.

You can drag the ruler to any position on the screen, to line up the zero mark with [...]

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From June 2-8, the full version of NTI Shadow 3 backup software is available free. Regularly $29.99, this software makes backups as you work, so you can save important documents onto a removable drive, such as a thumb drive, for safekeeping.
The program has received fairly good reviews, with some complaints of slow copying, and it [...]

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The free utility AM-Deadlink can find dead links and duplicates in your list of browser bookmarks. I run it on my machine every couple of months, to clean things up and save me from wasting time in following dead links. You can download the utility here: AM-DeadlinkÂ
It’s easy to install and use, and takes only a [...]

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As you work on your computer, you probably have several windows open most of the time. Even with multiple monitors, it can be difficult to arrange the windows so you can see the ones you need, and get the others out of the road temporarily. FreeSnap is a free utility that lets you use keyboard [...]

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Throughout the day, I log in to several web sites that require a user name and password. I store them all in a list in an Excel workbook, but it’s tough to remember all of them, and easy to waste time guessing.
A couple of months ago a colleague recommended RoboForm, so I downloaded the trial [...]

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As you work on your computer, you probably open several applications, and the Windows Taskbar quickly fills with buttons. The buttons you need most might be stuck at the far right, or in a hidden row of buttons, and that can slow you down.

Taskbar Shuffle is an easy-to-use free utility that gives you control over the [...]

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