I talk a lot about Windows, and using the "Run" command is a large part of it. It is a simple and easy method of accessing programs quickly. If you happen to want to make a shortcut to an application your own way, guess what, you

As you can see above, I cleaned out my folder so it only has a few items in it. Now I have the ability to create shortcuts to the Desktop, zip files, and send files to My Documents, My Pictures, and Screenshots. This last folder, 'Screenshots', I added by holding the Alt key while dragging Screenshots into the 'Send To' folder. This created a shortcut of the selected folder instead of moving it. If you don't feel comfortable with that hotkey, simply right click the desired item, click "New->Shortcut" and drag your new shortcut into the 'Send To' fol

The research functionality includes quite a few known resources as can be seen from the dropdown. Third party reference mines like Dow Jones' Factiva iWorks, the premiere online library HighBeam, Gale Company Profiles and Microsoft's own Live Search coupled with its rich Encarta dictionary and encyclope

The Add Services button puts in the choices in the Research Options dialog dropdown.

Similarly, the Update/Remove button updates or removes the services of our choice. The Parental Control is a filter which sieves the results and screens out the offensive and the vile in the resu

Notice that the Send To folder is somewhat transparent, indicating it is a hidden folder. If your hidden folders are not visible, go into "Tools->Folder Options->View (Tab)->Show Hidden Folders." Once you have done this you are ready to go into your Send To fol

Most of us fire up Microsoft Word for our run of the mill document needs. Most of us don't peek under the hood to see and use the other ready at hand tools that are just a few clicks away. I too accuse myself of this common shortcoming. It is perhaps a dire need or a serendipitous event that lead me to exploit a feature until now igno

Voila! This is a really useful little tool for me because I often need to play with several different types of files and find the best place to do that is on the Desktop. When I'm done using those files I either delete them or toss them into their relevant folders for safe keeping. 'Send To' now allows me to send all my screenshots in a batch into the Screenshots folder. This is also handy if you have any folders that take specific actions when items are added to t

Step 3: Change the following values to whatever you like: TITLE HERE - Add the text that you want to be shows, ex. John's PC ICON HERE - The image that is used as a brand logo. It must be a .ico and 24x24. ( E.g. C:\mylogo.ico. The has to be replaced by two \'s. ) FUNCTION HERE - This should be replaced with the function that will be used when clicked. ( E.g. A website, a windows executable, etc. http://google.com will redirect to Google when clicked. )Step 4: Save the file as brand.reg and double-click it. Now, https://Windowsmastery.com/ simply log off and back on and you should have your own branded version of Wind

Vista is riddled with an extremely large amount of "security" measures that may, or may not, be helpful. Running Vista as an Administrator may help, but did you know there is an even higher Administrator? Well, there is! All you need to do to unlock it is the follow

Nearly every single file on your computer contains some type of personal information - either information about the user, information on setting e.g. time, date, etc. In any case, it may be good to remove some of this information before making it available to the public, such as uploading a video or image onl

It is also useful if you are surfing on a network where you may be concerned about others observing your traffic. Perhaps you are connecting from a hotel, a client site, or from work (you didn't learn that from me) and you do not want others monitoring your traf

In the folder, you will see all of the items that show up in the drop down. Most of these are actually shortcuts to those places, though a few are drives, commands to zip, or special system shortcuts to places like the Desktop or 'My Documents'. Because they're shortcuts, any other shortcuts you place in this folder will also show up in your Send To drop d

Dynamic - This acts as a SOCKS proxy that can be used to tunnel traffic through the network where the SSH server resides. You can then configure applications that support SOCKS proxies (such as a web browser) to take advantage of it. I'll demonstrate how to set up Firefox to work through a dynamic tun

Another features most users will appreciate are the ability to create photo gallery - JetPhoto can easily make beatiful flash slideshows as well as lightbox web galleries, screensavers and desktop wallpaper, photo slideshow for presentation, and small images by resizing and cropping photo to fit most handphones and PDAs. Printing photo is also a snap either using your own printer or JetPhoto online printing serv