Tips & Tricks
Windows 7: Disable The AutoRun/AutoPlay Feature
According to latest E-Threats Landscape Report , AutoRun feature ranks among the Top 10 Malware Dissemination Methods, being accountable for 5.22% of the total amount of infections worldwide. Part of the current Downadup or Conficker worm pandemic was actually carried away via intermediary variants that exploited this specific feature.
Windows Vista: Keeping on task
The Windows Vista Calendar helps you keep track of appointments or meetings and is a great way to stay on top of what is most important. It is easy to set up appointments, track tasks, and schedule meetings.
Windows 7: .ISO Image Files
Windows 7 introduces an easy to use applet that makes burning an .ISO image simple.
Windows 7: Notify Me, My Way
Windows 7 helps you solve more problems, and solve them on your schedule. The Action Center is a new, integrated Control Panel experience that gives you a central place to go for tasks and notifications associated with keeping your computer running smoothly.
Windows 7: Shuffling Through Program Windows
If you’re running a number of files from the same program, such as multiple documents in Microsoft Word, Windows 7 allows you to switch through these windows with ease.
MAC: Java Update for MAC 10.5 & 10.6
Apple released the two updates, Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 1 and Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 6, on Thursday. Both include a number of security fixes for the cross-platform technology, with the Leopard update being the heftier of the two, weighing in at 122MB.
MAC: The Smaller PDF Secret Control
The file sizes of PDFs that Mac OS X creates are sometimes too big. There’s a way to get smaller PDFs.
MAC: Spell Check on the Fly
Mac offers a really quick way to check the spelling of individual words in Pages, Numbers, Keynote, TextEdit, Mail, Stickies, and other text-based applications. You can check spelling on the fly without leaving the application you
MAC: Setting High Quality Fractions
When you saw cookbooks specify at the last time.125 teaspoons of salt? No, in virtually all non-metric publications, this would be written 1/8 tsp. That
MAC: Smart Mailbox Idea
If you have got emails that more than one or two years old just clogging up your Inbox (and taking up valuable space), you can use a Smart Mailbox to help you do some fast email house cleaning.
