Posted by: Helen on: March 10, 2007
[Source: How-to-Geek]
Firefox resizes large images by default to fit in the browser window. This can get really annoying if you are browsing a lot of large images.
To see this in action, you can click the link to the really nice Ubuntu wallpaper. You’ll notice that [...]
Posted by: Helen on: December 23, 2006
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Each service is listed as it is in Microsoft’s WIndows XP Professional. These should be similar in Microsoft’s XP Home as well. Under each is the definition given in the Services Manager.
Alerter
Notifies selected users and computers of administrative alerts. If the service is stopped, programs that use administrative alerts will not receive them. [...]
Posted by: Helen on: November 30, 2006
1. Installer music
Start > Run > “C:\Windows\system32\oobe\images\title.wma” > Ok
2. Hibernate
Start > Turn Off Computer… > press Shift key to change the “Stand By” button to “Hibernate”
3. Hidden Devices
Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager > select “View” and Show hidden devices
4. Character Map
Start > Run > “charmap.exe” > Ok
5. Clipboard Viewer
Start > Run [...]
Posted by: Helen on: August 28, 2006
Start >Run > enter firefox -profilemanager
Create a new profile and check to stop starting the dialogue box everytime FF starts.
[http://www.dkparrott.co.uk/site/archive/40/]
Posted by: Helen on: August 17, 2006
Start -> Access IBM -> Keyboard Customizer Utility and set, for example, the Alt key as the Windows key
