Basics of Computer and Information Technology

After a long hiatus, keyboard shortc ut of the week returns to 'Bloody Computer!' This week, we will look at new features of the Wi...

Windows offers the facility to hide all the icons on your desktop. The default option is to show all desktop icons, but this may be switched...

As promised some time ago, here is the first post about Windows 7 (and Vista ). Users of XP and earlier versions of Windows who now use V...

If, like me, you have a lot of applications installed on Windows XP, it can be time consuming to find the folder or icon for the program tha...

Certain applications, such as Microsoft Word , enable you to password protect your files. Nevertheless, the zip functionality that is built ...

The left hand side of the Start menu in Windows XP and Vista includes a list of recently used applications at the bottom below the divider, ...

Some applications have an option to make their windows stay visible even when you select another application. While using my webcam on Skype...

Hopping Between Windows Have you ever needed to swap windows while you are using the keyboard? Have you needed to jump quickly from that ema...

A number of weeks ago I posted an article naming the various elements that you will find in in Windows programs. This is the second part o...

In a previous post I explained how to stop programs running when Windows starts up , but in this post I will explain how to make one run e...

All the various controls on a Windows program have names that are not always intuitive. In this post I will identify the most common control...

In a previous post I mentioned that you can hop between open windows by holding down the Alt key and pressing the Tab key repeatedly. A li...

I should start with an apology for not having posted anything here for a while. I have been rather busy for the last few weeks, but I am bac...

In the last post I have instructions for using the Command Prompt to navigate to a particular folder; however, there is an easier way to d...

There are a number of programs available that will create a text file from a list of files in a folder, but here is a quick and easy way of ...

There is a price to be paid for fancy effects and other visual features in Windows : a reduction in performance. Nevertheless, by switching ...

Windows Explorer has different looks for different folders depending on the type of files contained within them. The bar down the left hand...

There are many web sites from which you can download extra fonts for free, such as 1001 Free Fonts , Urban Fonts and many more. The downloa...