Taskkill Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 borrow a feature from Linux. Taskkill allows you to terminate a running process (program) from the command line. Here’s how you use it: In Windows XP Click Start/Run and type CMD and press Enter. The command utility window opens. Or Windows Key + R  and type CMD and press Enter. For… Read More »

One of the questions we are asked most often is: “How do I get my program window(s) to open full-size?” On all versions of Windows there’s the little trick of maximizing a program window and then closing it by holding down the Shift key while clicking the “X” in the top-right corner. With most programs this will force… Read More »

You might think that security begins with an “S” as in Security Software, but I’m here to tell you that it begins with “Y” as in YOU. You may have read one of the many articles appearing seemingly daily in the news about some big corporation or another being “hacked” by an individual miscreant or a cabal of criminals. And… Read More »

Here’s a great tip for those of you who have trouble locating your mouse pointer on the screen. Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 have a feature that we refer to as “mouse sonar”. This option cause your mouse pointer to pop-up with a little concentric ring around so you can easily find it. Some of you may… Read More »

Before you go on, you’ll need a Gmail account to use this tip. You can get one free at www.gmail.com . As we’ve been telling you for a couple months now – the world is changing. Last year over one-half billion people bought smartphones or tablets.And whether we like it, you like it, or anyone else likes it, the age… Read More »

In earlier versions of Windows if a program froze (hung, locked-up) there was nothing you could do about but kill the program using Task Manager/Processes/End Process. But Windows 7 users have at least a shot at un-freezing the program – plus you may get a nifty explanation of the problem too. And using this method to unlock or… Read More »