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  Wednesday, May 14, 2008 – Permalink –

(A:)Drive in Front

Change display



In Microsoft Windows, on mapped drives, the Drive letter may appear last.

My Financial Statements (Alpha1) (D:)
3 1/2 Floppy (A:)

To change the so that the drive letter comes first:
(A:) 3 1/2 Floppy

  1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.

  2. Locate and then click the following subkey in the registry:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

  3. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.

  4. Type ShowDriveLettersFirst, and then press ENTER.

  5. On the Edit menu, click Modify.

  6. Type 4, and then click OK.




Key: ShowDriveLettersFirst
Type: DWORD
Value: 1, 2, or 4
If the value is 1, the drive letter is displayed first for remote drives.
If the value is 2, drive letters are not displayed.
If the value is 4, the drive letter is displayed first for all drives.

Microsoft KB:

The computer description appears before the computer name in Windows XP

"In Windows Vista, you can also use the ShowDriveLettersFirst and the ToggleCommentPosition registry entries to set the display order. However, if you set the ShowDriveLettersFirst entry only under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry key, the setting will not take effect after you change folder options. You must set the ShowDriveLettersFirst entry under both the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry key and the HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry key."




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  Tuesday, January 15, 2008 – Permalink –

Cleanup Wizard

XP bother


XP has an annoying elf that tries to clean your desktop of unused icons. It pops up every two months.

To stop it:

  1. Right-click a empty space on your desktop and choose Properties.
  2. Click the Desktop tab.
  3. Choose Customize Desktop.
  4. Remove the check mark next to Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard every 60 days.


Here are the instructions to change the interval between popups


Wizard Frequency



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<Doug Klippert@ 7:01 AM

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  Tuesday, December 25, 2007 – Permalink –

Change Info Box

Make up your own


When you press the Windows key + Break, you'll see the properties window with the standard manufactures data/ad.
The How to Geek shows how to change this. There is also a registry file that can be downloaded to make the basic entries.



Customize support info



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  Wednesday, November 07, 2007 – Permalink –

Custom Shortcuts

Hands on keys


Ed Bott reminds us how to set up custom keyboard shortcuts to start applications.



Create custom keyboard shortcuts



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  Tuesday, October 30, 2007 – Permalink –

Save the Warning

Easy record


It happens. Your machine balks and spits out an obscure warning message.

You grab a pen and scribble out the error code, which typically is 90 characters long.

Too much hassle!

When the warning box appears, just hit Ctrl+C. The contents of the box are now on the Clipboard and can be pasted into Notepad.






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  Friday, July 06, 2007 – Permalink –

MS RSS Feeds

Eavesdrop on the experts


RSS feeds can give you a flow of new information.

Microsoft knows the value of these web casts and provides a list of links from Access to SharePoint Server:

RSS Feeds on Microsoft Office




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  Friday, June 22, 2007 – Permalink –

Convert Files

No add-ins needed


Here and there you pick up a lot of odd files. Some of them maybe for programs that have long since been sent to the great Recycle Bin.

There is a web site that will convert a great many file formats up to 150mb.

  • Raw text, HTML, XHTML, Microsoft Word, RTF, PDF, PS, Open Office, Star Writer, Pocket Word, Word Perfect

  • CSV, dBase, Microsoft Excel, Pocket Excel, Lotus 123, Quattro Pro, Star Calc, Open Office spreadsheet

  • MathML, Star Math, Open Office math

  • Microsoft Powerpoint, Star Impress, Open Office presentation


Convert files into universal formats like Adobe PDF, PS (PostScript) or CSV to print, fax or simply read them on any computer, without special software.

Learn morse code with the text to morse converter ;-)


Media-convert.com



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  Thursday, June 14, 2007 – Permalink –

Folder Tree

DOS is back


"To find out how many folders there are on your hard disk, you can open a Command Prompt and use the Tree command. You'll get a very nice looking graphical tree structure showing all the folders on your hard disk.

The only problem is that the display will scroll by your screen so fast and exceed the buffer size, so you'll never be able to see it."



Import Tree command into Word




Tree command



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  Friday, April 27, 2007 – Permalink –

All Programs Sort

Alpha my Adobe


After awhile, the list of programs on the All Programs list can get out of order.

Here's the super tech way to fix it:

Right click on the Programs menu and select Sort by Name.

Thank you very much.



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  Thursday, April 19, 2007 – Permalink –

Make Your Own Fonts

No molten lead required


Not satisfied with the billions of available typefaces for free or pay? Do it yourself.


Okay. Fine. I'll let the secret out. This tutorial explains my personal font-making technique. It may not be the academically approved typographic design process, but it works for me, and it can be done on any Mac or PC with the proper software installed. You've been working with the alphabet since you were a small child. Now you can make a font of your own.


How to Make Your Own Fonts




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  Thursday, February 22, 2007 – Permalink –

Vista Shut Down not Sleep

Change the default


In the old days of Windows, the shutdown option was not of great concern, because it remembered the last action and repeated it.

Vista is a little more stubborn.

The default action for the Power button on the start menu in Windows Vista is Sleep.

Many of my techy friends leave their machines on for years, but I prefer to shutdown at night.

Here's how to make the change:
  1. Go to Control Panel >Power Options

  2. Select Change Plan Settings >Change Advanced Power Settings

  3. Find "Power buttons and lid"

  4. Change the Start menu power button to either Shut Down Sleep, or Hibernate



The Power button action
Changes the hardware power button action.

The Start menu power button
Changes the power button on the Start Menu




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  Wednesday, December 20, 2006 – Permalink –

Give Yourself a Tip

Take your own advise


If you still have Windows set up so that it shows a tip when you first sign in, you can add your own message, or change the ones the developers created.
  1. Go to start>Run and type in Regedit

  2. Find:
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Tips]

  3. Create a new string value named by incrementing the existing value names and set it to the required tip text.

  4. The Data Type is REG_SZ (String Value)

  5. The Value Data: Your tip







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