Archive for April 21, 2011

One of the biggest complaints about Vista has always been the speed problems when copying files, especially large files over the network. If you want to dramatically speed up your file copying, then you want to take a look at TeraCopy. Note: If you aren’t interested in installing any additional software but still want to [...]

VMware has a set of shortcut keys or hotkeys for quick control over your virtual machine. This is a list of them. Ctrl+B         Power on the Virtual Machine Ctrl+D         Edit the Virtual Machine Settings Ctrl+E         Power off the Virtual Machine Ctrl+G         Grab keyboard input focus Ctrl+N         Create a new Virtual Machine Ctrl+O         Open a Virtual [...]

Google offers a pretty comprehensive set of online applications which many of you probably take advantage of. Here is how to easily configure Firefox to use Google’s online offerings for email, RSS, PDF and office documents as your default in-browser viewer without the need for a pesky toolbar. Gmail for Email Firefox has the native [...]

You may want to prevent changes from being made on your perfectly setup Ubuntu computer, but locking down user accounts gives annoying error messages and prevents temporary changes. With Gofris, you can accomplish this without complicated hard drive imaging. Locked-Down Changes It takes time to get the perfect installation and setup of your computer, especially [...]

Continuing in our series covering how to use Virtual PC, this week we’ll be showing you how to install Windows 7 into a virtual machine. It’s a very simple process, but here’s the step-by-step guide for beginners. If you haven’t already read it, you should check out our guide on how to create a new [...]

Microsoft Virtual PC is a free application that helps you create your own virtual machines inside your current operating system, so you can test software, or learn a new environment easily. Here’s how to get started. Using Windows Virtual PC First, you need to download Virtual PC from Microsoft’s web site. You’ll want to make [...]