To help eliminate errors in typing and speed up the tedious process of typing in URLs in your Web browser, Windows employs a feature called AutoComplete. This nifty feature looks at whatever few characters of the URL address you type in the Address bar and, based on them, attempts to match them to one of […]

Did you know that you can “right-click” an item without ever lifting your fingers off the keyboard? With that item (folder, file, whatever) selected, hold down the Shift key and press F10. Use your keyboard’s up and down arrow keys to select the command you want, then press Enter.

Want to send an open window to the Taskbar without using the mouse? Press Alt-Spacebar to display the context menu of the currently active window, then press N for Minimize. So, for the quick version, press Alt-Spacebar-N.
You can use a similar technique to close an open window. Press Alt-Spacebar, then press C for […]

When you use cut and paste in a Word document, Word takes care of adding the correct spacing–that is, if you have the Smart Cut And Paste option selected.
Run Word and choose Tools, Options. When the Options dialog box opens, click the Edit tab. Now, select the Use Smart Cut And Paste check […]

To highlight a word, double-click it; to highlight a line, click once to its left (in the left margin); and to highlight a paragraph, double-click to its left (again, in the margin). Now let’s look at some bigger selections.
To highlight a large area of text, click once at the beginning of the text, […]

Do you want to get to the desktop in a flash? Hold down the Windows Key ( next to the Ctrl and Alt key on most keyboards) and press M. This immediately minimizes all windows you have open and brings you to the desktop.

The History list is a file, and therefore it begins to take up space as it grows larger. This is particularly true if you set a fairly long expiration time. It makes sense to clear the list every now and again. To do this, open Internet Explorer and click “Tools / Internet Options / […]

The “money order scam” or “nigerian money order scam” are both the same thing. Basically someone gains your trust and sends you a money order (no kidding, you actually receive a money order and it may be for 2000 or 3000 dollars).

ALT+ENTER View properties for the selected item.
ALT+ESC Cycle through items in the order they were opened.
ALT+F4 Close the active item, or quit the active program.

Phishing is when a website “fakes” a financial site to try and trick you into entering your passwords or bank account information. Normally they do this by emailing you with spam, saying “your account is overdrawn” or “your account will be terminated”, etc. These are all obviously fake but many people continue to fall […]

First off, internet cookies are basically written on your computer when you visit some websites. Now some good things come from cookies, this is how sometimes you do not have to enter your password again when you visit a website, it knows who you are because the information is on your computer in a […]

Adware is simply software that displays popup ads or other ad related screens in your web browser or on your desktop. It arrives on your pc without your consent it has no easy way to uninstall or intentionally reinstalls if you remove parts of it, changes your pc and browser settings without your consent, […]