Category: Simple How Tos

If you having issues with Internet Explorer 9 on Windows 7 and simply resetting browser settings doesn’t fix the problem, it’s worth trying to re-install IE. Uninstall IE 9 Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features > View installed updates In section “Microsoft Windows” find “Windows Internet Explorer 9” > right click > Uninstall…

Logitech MX 3200 keyboard has Dynamic Search & Zoom which I find completely useless and even annoying as it’s easy enough to hit it accidentally. Luckily it only takes a second to disable it. Simply press FN + Close (Close in a button with X symbol next the Dynamic search and zoom). You will hear a beep…

You can easily create shortcuts to classic desktop applications on Windows 8 Start Screen (this is called “Pin to Start” in Windows 8).It may not be immediately obvious how to rename these shortcuts / tiles once they are on your Start Screen. Select (right click) on the tile you want to rename. Click on “Open…

Microsoft Office 2013 includes a little weather widget in calendar view which shows current temperature for your chosen location. By default temperatures are displayed in Fahrenheit. To change it to Celsius: File > Options > CalendarScroll down to the very bottom where you will find an option to change it:

By default Run… command button is not present in Windows 7 Start menu. To add it back perform following : Right click on Start Button > Properties In Taskbar and Start Menu Properties click Customize Scroll down and select Run Command Save opened dialog boxes by clicking OK Welcome back good old Run… button

Windows 8 Consumer Preview Weather App seems to always default to Fahrenheit, and it may be not immediately obvious how to change to Celsius: Open the Weather App Open Side Panel Charms (drag mouse cursor to the top right corner or press WIN+C) 

If you are not worried about security you can make Windows 7 login automatically using your chosen account even if the account is password protected. Start > type netplwiz and press Enter User Accounts window will appear Select user you want to use for automatic logon Uncheck “Users must enter a user name and password…

Windows XP by default keeps some important files and folders hidden. This is to protect files from accidental deletion, but if for any reason you want to see such files it only takes a few seconds to change this default behaviour: Open your “My Documents” folder (in fact it can be any folder) Click on…

Windows  7 Start Menu Search feature helps you to find data on your computer, but it’s easy enough to make search the web as well.  All is needed a little registry change: Open registry editor – just type regedit in the start menu search bar and click on regedit.exe) Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\ExplorerIf Explorer or other…

By default Outlook will try to filter the most obvious junk e-mail and move it to the Junk-E-mail folder. Unfortunately Outlook SPAM filter is not the most sophisticated and quite often legitimate messages get marked as Junk mail. You can choose to disable Outlook Junk-mail filter completely, especially if your company or email provider already…

If you can’t start Outlook 2010 or it keeps crashing, you could try is starting it in safe mode. This disables extensions, reading pane and toolbar customizations. If this fixes the problem you can re-enable these elements one by one.To start Outlook in Safe Mode:Start > Run > Outlook /safe > OK

To Disable Hibernation Start > type cmd > right click on Command Prompt and click Run as AdministratorIn command prompt type powercfg.exe /hibernate off and press Enter.