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Save 1-4% More Battery Life With Windows Vista Battery Saver
The Windows Vista Battery Saver utility will turn off Aero and/or the Windows Sidebar when on battery, or only when battery life is low.
Increase Size of Windows Vista Taskbar Previews
Vista Thumbnail Sizer will let you increase the size of your taskbar preview windows to any size that you'd like. You can even add a fade-in animation.
Fix for New Contact Group Button Not Displaying in Vista
Reader Jeffrey wrote in with a problem - The New Contact Group button wasn't showing up when he went into his Vista Contacts folder. After checking, I noticed I had the same exact problem.
Bounty(Paid!) for Increasing Windows Vista Taskbar Preview Size
Ever since Windows Vista came out, I've been trying to figure out how to increase the size of the tiny Windows Vista taskbar preview windows.
Great Geek Sites
In honor of hitting the 10k subscriber mark here at How-To Geek, I've decided to deviate from the normal how-to articles and write up a short list of the smaller geek sites I read the most frequently that you might not have heard of.
Fixing Problems with Slow Katapult Searching
If you've become addicted to using keyboard launchers like I have, you might have encountered the scenario where Katapult became extremely slow for no apparent reason.
Using htop to Monitor System Processes on Linux
Most people familiar with Linux have used the top command line utility to see what process is taking the most CPU or memory. There's a similar utility called htop that is much easier to use for normal tasks.
Install Tabbed File Manager in Ubuntu
One of the greatest mysteries to me is why most file managers don't have tabs - it makes performing tasks so much simpler.
Fixing When Windows Media Player Library Won't Let You Add Files
If you've been experiencing the problem where you can't add files to Windows Media Player's library no matter what you do, then you probably have a corrupted database.
Make Vista Index Your Network Connections
One of the more irritating things about Windows Vista is that you can't easily get to your Network Connections list - at least not without clicking through half a dozen links in the control panel.
Disable Single-Click Opening of Files in KDE
Having switched from Ubuntu to Kubuntu recently, the first thing that irritated me beyond all reason was that single-clicking on a file or folder immediately opens it.
Make Firefox Use Multiple Rows of Tabs
If you are a Firefox power user like I am, then you probably have dozens of tabs open all the time.
Keyboard Ninja: Concatenate Multiple Text Files in Windows
You have a directory full of log files that you want to import into Excel or a database so you can do some processing on them... but there are hundreds of files...
Make To-Do Bar in Outlook 2007 Show Only Today's Tasks
The default setting of showing all of your tasks regardless of date can be overwhelming for anybody that has a lot of tasks, and just isn't all that helpful.
Mimic the Eclipse "Open Resource" Feature in Visual Studio
Ever since my friend Daniel educated me on the great "Open Resource" feature in Eclipse, I decided I needed the same feature in Visual Studio as well.
Make Firefox Quick Search Use Google's Beta Search Keys
After becoming addicted to the new experimental Google Beta Shortcuts that let you navigate through results with your keyboard, it started to irritate me that I didn't get to use the shortcut keys when I use a quick search.
Access Your MySQL Server Remotely Over SSH
If you want to access your remote database from a client tool like the MySQL Query Browser, normally you'd have to open up access from your local IP address...
Make Word 2007 Always Save in Word 2003 Format
After a dozen times of accidentally sending a Word 2007 document to co-workers still stuck on Office 2003, I've decided to make Word save in the Word 2003 format by default.
Keyboard Ninja: Assign a Hotkey to any Window
When I need to perform a repetitive task such as checking my email or switching to an open IM window, the quickest option is to assign a hotkey directly to the window.
Cleanup Beagle Search Cache after Removing Beagle
If you are like me, you've just gotten the news about the new Google Desktop client for Linux, and you are removing the current Beagle search for Ubuntu so you can replace it with Google instead.