Jan 26, 2009

I’d heard that, as a default feature, the public beta release of Windows 7 supported the loading and editing of files saved in the docx format, so I thought I would give that a go. In order to perform this evaluation, I took a couple of existing Word documents that I had, and I let Microsoft Word save them as docx, and then loaded them into Windows 7. In...

Jan 26, 2009

We had a need to replace a DSL modem at a friend’s home just recently. During the last year, they had upgraded their connection from ordinary ADSL to what’s called “Fast ADSL”, which gives them an improvement in speed – in their case, from 256 to 8192kbps. Their old modem didn’t support this faster speed and its wireless...

Jan 13, 2009

One of the newer but lesser known features in Windows Vista was the Snipping Tool. This tool is continued in Windows 7, and it provides you with a simple means of capturing an image of a portion of your system’s screen, which might be needed for you to include in a document you’re preparing, for support of an application that you’re using, or...

Jan 12, 2009

One way to secure your system against intrusion is to provide it with a user ID along with a password that is secure. In Windows 7, this is enforced as a part of the setup process. As a result of this, every time that you start up your computer, it asks you to enter your password using your keyboard. However, if you’re the only person who uses your PC, and...

Jan 12, 2009

Happy New Mouse! Well, it’s a brand new year, a whole new working year ahead of us, and what better way than to start the year with some new hardware? Well, how about just a little bit of new hardware, anyway? In my hand I have the new Microsoft Explorer Mini Mouse. It doesn’t go exploring in caves or on the beaches, and I’m not too sure that...