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Vista: Change Size of Windows Borders

Vista’s glass-enabled borders are very attractive. Increasing or decreasing the size of the borders will change your system’s look.

WinRar: Change the Default Archive Format

By default, WinRar uses the RAR archive format for compressing files. You may prefer using the more popular ZIP archive format instead. Here’s how to change the default archive format from RAR to ZIP:

Blackberry: Remove, Move, and Hide Icons

The first thing most blackberry(bb) owners want to know is how to remove some of the useless icons on the main screen. Hiding these icons is very simple. Here is how to proceed.

Vista: Enable or Disable Firewall

A firewall can be a life saving barrier between you and hackers. Likewise, a firewall can be a hair-pulling obstruction preventing programs from reaching the internet correctly. Being comfortable with turning the firewall on and off is a basic skill that everyone should master.

Windows Live Writer: Automatically Spell Check Before Publishing to Blog

You can make Windows Live Writer automatically spell check your posting before publishing it to your blog. This can save you from some rather embarrassing moments brought on by the keyboard not cooperating with your fingers.

WinRar: Limit Volume Sizes to Fit on CD or DVD

WinRar allows you to define volume sizes for compressing large files and/or folders. This makes it easy to split the compressed files to preset volume sizes for burning onto CD or DVD. You can even create custom volume sizes to meet any other size requirements that you might run into.

AIM 6.1: Disable Display of AIM Today When Signing In

By default, AIM launches your web browser to bring up AIM Today each time you sing in. This can get rather annoying if all you wanted to do was chat with someone. To disable the launching of AIM Today, follow these steps:

7-Zip: Remove Items from the Explorer Context (Right-Click) Menu

If you have 7-Zip integrated with the shell context menu, it adds several options to the right-click menu. Even if you utilize the cascaded context menu setting, you still have to wade through the various options. A better approach is to narrow the possibilities by only selecting the options you use to show up in the context menu.

Outlook: How to Recall a Sent Message

Have you ever clicked send on a message and then remembered that you forgot to attach that important file, or realized you put the wrong time down for a meeting? Outlook allows you the option of recalling a sent message. Here’s how:

Motorola Q – How to do a real Hard Reset (wipe device)

This recipe will explain how to do a real hard reset on a motorola q. This method is not documented anywhere in the manual but will wipe all user data from the phone.

Windows Live Writer: Set Interval for Automatically Saving Drafts

Nothing sucks more than to be working on a lengthy blog posting and have something go wrong (power outage, computer lockup, etc.). All of that great work is gone. Oh the frustration! Windows Live Writer can automatically save your drafts at a preset interval. While you might not be able to completely recapture your work of blogging art, you will only have to recreate a small portion of it.

Outlook 2007: Change the Screen Location that the Desktop Alert Appears

By default, Outlook displays the Desktop Alert above the system tray on the desktop. Since I run a multiple monitor setup, I found myself rarely noticing the Desktop Alert because I was focused on applications on the other monitor. by changing the location that the Desktop Alert appears, it was more easily noticed and better served its purpose. To change where the Desktop Alert appears on your screen, follow these steps:

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