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Home Recording - Sonic Maximizer
One of my favorite VST commercial plug-ins for recording guitar is the BBE Sonic Maximizer.
SlickRun For Window's Power Users
One thing we love to show you at How-To Geek is ways to simplify your computing experience.
Completely Uninstall Programs And More With Revo Uninstaller
Don't you hate it when you try to uninstall a program it either does not include an uninstaller or when using Add / Remove Programs in Windows, there are several traces of the software left? It is definitely one of my bigger pet peeves .
Final Set Up After Installing Open Office
In a previous post I showed the initial screen shots for setting up Open Office on Vista.
Disable Certain default XP Applications
Sometimes when setting up computer workstations for company employees and / or family members, you might not want certain default XP applications to be accessible.
Join Your Local Freecycle Group!
Since it is Earth Day I thought I would include a quick post on how cool Freecycle groups are.
Installing Open Office 2.4
Last week i wrote about switching my main OS to Kubuntu and so far everything has been going fairly well except for a few configurations here and there.
Avoid Extra Software When Installing Trillian
One thing I like to do is point out the extra software applications try to sneak in during installation.
Stupid Geek Tricks: Find Messages Quickly Without Searching in Outlook
After watching the project manager at work scroll painfully through 10,000 messages in her inbox trying to find one from the right sender, it occurred to me that a lot of people don't realize how easily you can use the keyboard to find a message in a sorted list.
Create a Query in Microsoft Access to Find Duplicate Entries in a Table
Running into duplicate data in an Access Database can be quite annoying during the hectic workday, so I decided to write up a technique to help identify the duplicate records so you can manually handle them.
Mysticgeek Makes The Linux Switch - Kubuntu
I have played with various distributions of Linux for the past 5 years.
Easily Summarize A Word 2007 Document
AutoSummarize is a feature in Word 2007 that scores the document by giving points to sentences that contain frequently used words. You can then use the highest scoring sentences to create the summary or use the Auto function.
Turn Vista Home Premium Into Ultimate - (Part 1) Disk Imaging
One of the features in Vista Ultimate is Complete PC Backup and Restore.
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 Issue
Last week I wrote about the hassles I experienced with installing Internet Explorer 8 on my XP machine at work.
Turn Vista Home Premium To Ultimate Without Spending Extra Money
I am starting off a series of articles today to show you how to get the extra functionality of Windows Vista Ultimate without spending the outrageous cost of $399.
Add A Toolbar To Any Directory On The Taskbar
Here is a quick and handy tip to add a toolbar to any directory in Windows on the taskbar.