Archive for April, 2010
Gnome Commander Whips Files Into Shape
Gnome Commander, an advanced twin-panel graphical file manager for the Linux OS, brings back memories of my pre-Windows days. That is an era when graphical shell programs were popular before the Microsoft DOS desktop gave way to the Windows 95 GUI. If that sounds like a put-down for Gnome Commander, [...]
April 28th, 2010 | Posted in Windows 95, Windows 95 Tutorials | No Comments
19 Tips Every Windows 7 User Needs To Know [How To]
# howto Your OS drives your whole PC experience, so it’s your job as an enthusiast to keep it in a high state of tune. Here’s how to do just that with Windows 7 . More »
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April 28th, 2010 | Posted in Windows 7, Windows 98 Tutorials | No Comments
Product DescriptionOver 12 hours of full-motion, animated instruction with crystal-clear audio in Microsoft Excel. 233 individual lessons. The best Excel tutorial available. Designed by software training professionals who teach Excel in our classrooms all year long. Learn at your office or home – at your own pace. Includes all of the topics covered in our [...]
April 28th, 2010 | Posted in Windows NT Tutorials | 2 Comments
Microsoft re-releases botched Windows 2000 update
Microsoft has re-released a buggy update that didn’t properly protect some of its Windows 2000 users from a security flaw.
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April 28th, 2010 | Posted in Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Tutorials | No Comments
Product DescriptionMavis Beacon can teach you the important skill of typing. Whether you are learning to type or you want o improve, this tying program is a time-tested learning system that stand above the rest. Mavis is a proven, effective way to learn and master keyboard skills.Amazon.com Product DescriptionMavis Beacon Teaches Typing continually [...]
April 28th, 2010 | Posted in Windows XP Tutorials | 5 Comments
How to Seamlessly Run That One Windows App You Need on a Mac [Virtual Machines]
# virtualmachines Love OS X but have that one stubborn app you can only run on Windows? With the right tools and setup, you can run individual Windows apps seamlessly on your Mac desktop, as though they were always meant to [...]
April 28th, 2010 | Posted in Windows Vista Tutorials | No Comments
DescriptionThis instructional video has been designed to give computer shy seniors a non-technical and easy to follow introduction to the World Wide Web.This computer help DVD provides visual demonstrations and step-by-step instructions to get you (or your computer shy friends) up to speed with using the Internet as quickly as possible.Internet Explorer 7 is used [...]
April 28th, 2010 | Posted in Windows 7 Tutorials, Windows Vista | 1 Comment
I think the mark of a true geek is someone who can actually partake in a meaningful conversation relating to a technology which was pioneered half a decade before they were even born. This realisation comes after yours truly found himself today discussing the old CP/M Operating System with our web guy and the PC [...]
April 28th, 2010 | Posted in Windows 95, Windows 95 History | No Comments
I want to give my son the desktop and don’t want info lost. The desktop has only a floppy disk drive.
April 28th, 2010 | Posted in Windows 98, Windows 98 History | 2 Comments
HP: last Itanium man standing
Nehalem lives the dream Comment Make no mistake: If Hewlett-Packard had not coerced chip maker Intel into making Itanium into something it never should have been, the point we have come to in the history of the server business would have got here a hell of a lot sooner than it [...]
April 28th, 2010 | Posted in Windows ME History | No Comments