Tag: "How-To"

View Weather Conditions in Windows 7 Media Center

View Weather Conditions in Windows 7 Media Center

While watching your favorite programming on Windows 7 Media Center you might want an easy way to check out weather conditions. Today we take a look at Heatwave, which is a simple plugin that provides you with global weather conditions in WMC.
Heatwave Setup
Installation is quick and easy following the install wizard, just [...]

Visually Browse Through Your Open Tabs in Google Chrome

Visually Browse Through Your Open Tabs in Google Chrome

Do you prefer visually browsing through your open tabs as opposed to using a tab list? Then the Visual Tabs extension for Google Chrome just might be the “visual tool” that you have been looking for.
Visual Tabs in Action
As soon as you have installed the extension you are ready to go. To [...]

Integrate Boxee with Media Center in Windows 7

Integrate Boxee with Media Center in Windows 7

Looking for a way to get access to more content through Windows 7 Media Center? Maybe you’d like a good way to jump back and forth between Boxee and Media Center with just a click of the remote? Today we show you how to get access to Boxee through Media Center with [...]

Disable or Modify the “Delay Time” for Aero Peek in Windows 7

Disable or Modify the “Delay Time” for Aero Peek in Windows 7

Are you looking for an easy way to modify the “delay time” for Aero Peek in Windows 7 or perhaps want to disable the feature altogether? Then see how simple it is to do either with the Desktop Peek Tweak.
Before
The “Aero Peek” feature in Windows 7 is really convenient for viewing your [...]

How to hide files and folders in Windows XP – The easy way

How to hide files and folders in Windows XP – The easy way

Ok, so here’s a quick little tip for those people who want to hide a particular file or folder on their computers, but don’t feel like spending $40 on a piece of software for that one single purpose! This method of hiding files and folders in Windows XP is quite rudimentary, which means that if [...]