Get the feeling that the all-new, in-your-face Windows 8 “Start” screen isn’t playing nice with the familiar Windows desktop? Join the club. Sure, the touch-centric Windows 8 and its swipe-friendly Start screen make sense on a tablet. On a standard...
Ever stumble across a street address on the web—yes, an actual street address—and wish you could quickly pinpoint it on a map? Well, the usual way to go about it is to copy and paste the address into Google Maps in another browser window. But the latest version of the...
The Start button may have made a comeback in Microsoft’s recent update to Windows 8, but the familiar old Start menu—the one with the handy “Programs” shortcut for all your apps—appears to be gone for good. In its place is the new Start screen, an...
Wish your Windows 8 PC would simply display the familiar Windows desktop when you log into your system, rather than first making a stop at the flashy new “Start” screen? Until now, the only way to skip the Start screen when booting up a Windows 8 system...
Back in the day, opening a folder on your PC’s or Mac’s desktop always opened a brand-new folder window, even if the folder you were opening was sitting in another folder. In recent years, though, folder windows have started acting like browser...
So, still using Windows 7, Vista, or an older version of Windows? Happy with what you’ve got? If so, I’m not here to convince you to upgrade to Windows 8. Indeed, with its new, eye-popping Start screen, the missing Start menu, full-screen apps and all-new,...
Wondering how your mobile hotspot-connected laptop ate half of your monthly cellular data allowance in a single gulp? Well, both Mac and Windows PCs come with a handy feature that may unwittingly gobble up a big chunk of your monthly mobile data: the ability to...
Frank writes: I just read your tip about viewing what’s on the virtual clipboard. However, the article just related to Mac. How can you view on a Windows PC? Hi Frank! I wish I could tell you there’s a simple “Show clipboard” menu item in...
You probably know already how to copy and paste text, images, documents, and other digital items from one place to another by pressing COMMAND + C (“copy”) and COMMAND + V (“paste”). And you may even know about the “clipboard,” the...
Jennifer writes: I am a Mac Lion user, and I am having some troubles with my desktop. I always keep my desktop’s “Sort by” as “none” so that I can arrange the items by myself. Also, when I would drag a picture or any other item into my...
