If you've already upgraded to Firefox 3.6, you might have noticed that many of your extensions no longer work, and the old checkCompatibility trick doesn't work anymore. Or does it?

Installing the latest device drivers is an essential task for keeping your system running at peak performance, but almost all of the driver update solutions out there aren't actually free. Thankfully, Device Doctor is absolutely, completely free to use.

If you have a user account on your Windows 7 machine that you don’t need anymore, you may want to get rid of it. Today we take a look at how to delete a user account and save their files.

Do you like the way that the Progress Bar is built into the Address Bar in Safari Browser? You can get the same functionality in Firefox with the Fission extension.

Are you looking for a capable text editor without the bloat of the commercial apps? Jarte is a streamlined text editor with a customizable UI structure and well worth taking a good look at.

As a programmer that does a lot of work on web sites, I end up having to edit my hosts file far too often, and in Windows 7 or Vista, you have to use Notepad in Administrator Mode. Tedious.

Windows 7 has a neat feature where you can create Virtual Hard Drives and even encrypt them. Today we show you how to delete it if you no longer need the drive and regain local hard drive space.

There's nothing quite as fun as a simple geek trick to show off your awesome skills to those around you. We've rounded up the ten best out of all the stupid geek tricks we've covered over the years.

Another week slaving for "the man" and you now get your two days of freedom. Not necessarily only two days, because as you have noticed here, we support wasting any time working at the office on Friday playing a fun flash game.

If you have a shared access computer, it can be aggravating when other users make a bunch of changes to the settings. Today we take a look at SteadyState for Windows Vista and XP which lets you return the computer to the original state after a user session.

Does the idea of being able to minimize Firefox to the System Tray instead of the Taskbar sound appealing? If so, then see just how easy it is to set up with the MinimizeToTray Revived extension.

Today's stupid geek trick takes us to the unseen technical world beneath the surface of your favorite websites, and shows us how real geeks hide secret messages in the HTTP protocol headers. We're talking Serious geek cred here.

So you have reduced your UI in Firefox to regain more screen real-estate but have a lot of bookmarks in your Bookmarks Toolbar that you use every day. Learn how to reduce that toolbar to an extremely convenient toolbar button using the Bookmarks Menu extension.

PCmover is an easy to use migration utility that will move programs, files and settings from your old computer to the new one.

Tired of having to dig through the Control Panel (or deeper parts of the Start Menu) just to access and use various Windows Utilities? Enjoy having super quick (and easy) access to those utilities with Windows Utilities Launcher.

Tired of wasting lots of paper and printer ink just to get useful articles printed out? Learn how you can quickly & easily clean up those webpages in Firefox or your favorite browser.

Looking for an easy way to access your bookmarks from anywhere in your browser window instead of always having to go to the Menu Bar? Now you can with Context Bookmarks!

Are you looking for a customizable sticky notes program for your desktop that can be fixed to blend with your theme? See how Stickies makes a nice addition to any Windows system.

If you liked using the earlier releases of FavBackup, then you will certainly be pleased with the additional features that have been added. Join us as we take a closer look at the newest version.

Are you tired of having to paste text into Notepad from Firefox to remove the formatting before you can use it elsewhere? See how easy it is to remove all the formatting with the Copy Plain Text extension.

Tired of all the garbage and the profanity in the comments at YouTube? Now you can clean things up with the YouTube Comment Snob extension for Firefox.

You are no doubt reading this article because you've noticed the mDNSResponder.exe process running in Task Manager, you don't remember installing it, and it doesn't show up in the Add/Remove programs in Control Panel. So what is it, and how do we get rid of it?

Are you one of those people that obsessively edits your start menu to keep it clean, tidy, and organized? Back in Windows XP, all you had to do was right-click on the start button to get to the folder, but Windows 7 changed it.

Are you looking for way to combine your Reload & Stop Buttons or perhaps you would like to alter the New Tab Button on the Tab Bar? Then you might want to take a look at these two quick and easy UI tweaks for your Firefox Browser.

This week we gave away some software, learned a bunch of new things, and even had some Friday Fun. So now it's time for our weekly wrap-up with lots of links and such for you to enjoy.

Printing the content contained in Windows directories can sometime be complicated and confusing. Today we look at Directory List & Print which is a free utility that gets the job accomplished in a very simple way.

Do you like the Panels Sidebar in Opera and want the same functionality in Firefox too? Now you can with the All-in-One Sidebar extension.

Another Friday has arrived and it is time to put down your TPS reports and play a fun flash game on company time. Today we take a look at Kinetikz which is fun, challenging, and relaxing all at once.

If you have a large spreadsheet with tons of data, it's a good idea to create a Pivot Table to easily analyze data more easily. Today we take a look at creating a basic Pivot Table to better organize large amounts of data to identify specific areas.

If you share a computer and don't want other users accessing certain applications, there is a new feature in Windows 7 that allows you to block them. Today we take a quick look at restricting what programs other users can access using AppLocker.

Have you found a great article at a website that you want or need to save as a PDF file? See just how easy it is to convert a webpage to PDF files using Firefox or your favorite browser.

If you're moving to Office 2003 to 2007 you might have a hard time finding the right commands for creating your documents using the Ribbon. Search Commands is a cool add-in that lets you search and find commands quickly.

Giveaway of the Day is an interesting site and sometimes they offer some decent programs for free. However, there is always a catch, they try to include crapware during the app install. We'll show you how to avoid the extra junk during the install process.

Are you looking for a way to easily start creating your own webpages? KompoZer is a nice basic website editor that will allow you to quickly get started and become familiar with the process.

Over at Lifehacker, I've written an article of interest to How-To Geek readers, about how well the default Windows security tools work if you just use a little common sense (and install Microsoft Security Essentials).

Windows 7 has made a lot of improvements to several features, but Windows Explorer can be a bit annoying when organizing a large collection of files and folders. Today we show you a quick tip to help make it more manageable.

For Windows users it's probably all too familiar seeing the Blue Screen of Death, especially in XP. Today we take a look at BlueScreenView which is a free utility to display and interpret the data located in the mini dump files after the BSOD occurs.

If you've made the switch to Windows 7 and use Windows Live Messenger, you might have noticed the icon stays in the new Taskbar. If you are annoyed by this and would rather see it in the System Tray (notification area), just follow this simple process.

Are you frustrated with having no quick and easy way to restart Firefox after modifying the about:config settings or a similar action? Now you can with a little bit of extension magic.

Want more free stuff? Today we're giving away 5 copies of DisplayFusion Pro, a multiple-monitor taskbar and desktop wallpaper rotating application that we've been fans of for a very long time. And it now supports Windows 7!