PCMech » PCMech Videos http://www.pcmech.com Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:46:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How To Add A Windows Live Email Signature Image Without Drop Shadowhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-add-a-windows-live-email-signature-image-without-drop-shadow/ http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-add-a-windows-live-email-signature-image-without-drop-shadow/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:00:23 +0000 Rich Menga http://www.pcmech.com/?p=15120 Post from: PCMech. Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On And Live The Digital Lifestyle.

How To Add A Windows Live Email Signature Image Without Drop Shadow

]]> Every time I think I have the email-signature-with-image thing licked in Windows Live Mail 2011, a new problem sprouts up. This time around it’s the fact that per my last video on the subject, the auto-add of an image into an email signature adds a very annoying “cool effect”, that being a drop shadow.

This time around, I instruct how to get the image in your email signature without that stupid drop shadow being added in automatically.

Important note: Watch this video first before watching the one below, because the one in this article is a follow-up to the first and contains information you need to know.

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How To Add A Windows Live Email Signature Image Without Drop Shadow

]]> http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-add-a-windows-live-email-signature-image-without-drop-shadow/feed/ 0 How To Re-enable Hidden Buttons In Google Chromehttp://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-re-enable-hidden-buttons-in-google-chrome/ http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-re-enable-hidden-buttons-in-google-chrome/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:00:23 +0000 Rich Menga http://www.pcmech.com/?p=15103 Post from: PCMech. Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On And Live The Digital Lifestyle.

How To Re-enable Hidden Buttons In Google Chrome

]]> There are many Google Chrome extensions that once installed put a button a the top right of the browser. By right-clicking one, there’s the option to hide the button which doesn’t uninstall the extension but just hides its presence. But what if you hide a button accidentally or want one back that you hid? See video below for information on how to do that.

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How To Re-enable Hidden Buttons In Google Chrome

]]> http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-re-enable-hidden-buttons-in-google-chrome/feed/ 5 Retro Friday: Doing Basic Stuff In Windows 98http://www.pcmech.com/article/retro-friday-doing-basic-stuff-in-windows-98/ http://www.pcmech.com/article/retro-friday-doing-basic-stuff-in-windows-98/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:00:35 +0000 Rich Menga http://www.pcmech.com/?p=15104 Post from: PCMech. Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On And Live The Digital Lifestyle.

Retro Friday: Doing Basic Stuff In Windows 98

]]> Windows 98 may be old, but it happens to be the platform of choice for retro PC gaming because it plays most of the games for MS-DOS, all for Windows 95 and obviously all for Windows 98.

Other than gaming however, you’d still want to use your vintage PC rig for basic computing tasks like chat and email. Computers are multi-tasking machines, right? Right.

Below is a quick video that shows a quick overview of the basics concerning how to do basic things in Windows 98, including launching an MS-DOS Prompt, how to work within that prompt, finding your IP address, navigating Windows 98 and more.

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Retro Friday: Doing Basic Stuff In Windows 98

]]> http://www.pcmech.com/article/retro-friday-doing-basic-stuff-in-windows-98/feed/ 2 How To Resize Windows To Popular Resolutions In Two Clickshttp://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-resize-windows-with-sizer/ http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-resize-windows-with-sizer/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:00:25 +0000 Rich Menga http://www.pcmech.com/?p=15045 Post from: PCMech. Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On And Live The Digital Lifestyle.

How To Resize Windows To Popular Resolutions In Two Clicks

]]> Sizer is a freeware app that allows you to quickly resize application windows to predefined sizes in just two clicks (once configured). For those of you with larger displays, you will find this to be a very useful tool for the resizing of browser, image editor, word processor, spreadsheet windows and a whole lot more.

See video below to see how it works. And yes it will work in Win2000, WinXP, WinVista and Win7, 32 or 64-bit.

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How To Resize Windows To Popular Resolutions In Two Clicks

]]> http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-resize-windows-with-sizer/feed/ 1 How To Speed Up Your Web Browser With RAMDiskhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-speed-up-your-web-browser-with-ramdisk/ http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-speed-up-your-web-browser-with-ramdisk/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:00:00 +0000 Rich Menga http://www.pcmech.com/?p=14966 Post from: PCMech. Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On And Live The Digital Lifestyle.

How To Speed Up Your Web Browser With RAMDisk

]]> For those of you running computers that are older and/or slower, your hard drive may be acting as a bottleneck of sorts when loading certain web sites. If you switch over your cache or profile folder to use your RAM instead, this may speed up your browser noticeably.

The use of a RAMDisk is nothing new to desktop computing and has been around for decades. The difference between then and now is that software like the free Dataram RAMDisk on the Windows platform makes it all very easy. See video below for details.

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How To Speed Up Your Web Browser With RAMDisk

]]> http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-speed-up-your-web-browser-with-ramdisk/feed/ 1 Tech Tip Minute: How To List All Your Windows 7 Shared Foldershttp://www.pcmech.com/article/tech-tip-minute-how-to-list-all-your-windows-7-shared-folders/ http://www.pcmech.com/article/tech-tip-minute-how-to-list-all-your-windows-7-shared-folders/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:00:00 +0000 Rich Menga http://www.pcmech.com/?p=14923 Post from: PCMech. Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On And Live The Digital Lifestyle.

Tech Tip Minute: How To List All Your Windows 7 Shared Folders

]]> In Windows it’s a little too easy to lose track of all the folder shares you create. However there’s a utility in Windows 7 that will list all your shares in just a few clicks. See video below to see how it’s done.

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Tech Tip Minute: How To List All Your Windows 7 Shared Folders

]]> http://www.pcmech.com/article/tech-tip-minute-how-to-list-all-your-windows-7-shared-folders/feed/ 1 Tech Tip In Under A Minute: Unshare Your Windows 7 User Folderhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/tech-tip-in-under-a-minute-unshare-your-windows-7-user-folder/ http://www.pcmech.com/article/tech-tip-in-under-a-minute-unshare-your-windows-7-user-folder/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:00:00 +0000 Rich Menga http://www.pcmech.com/?p=14920 Post from: PCMech. Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On And Live The Digital Lifestyle.

Tech Tip In Under A Minute: Unshare Your Windows 7 User Folder

]]> On most Windows Vista and Windows 7 PCs, the current-user-logged-in user folder is usually automatically shared over the local network. Some people don’t like this and don’t want the user folder shared out at all. This is an easy fix once you know how to do it. See video below for instructions.

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Tech Tip In Under A Minute: Unshare Your Windows 7 User Folder

]]> http://www.pcmech.com/article/tech-tip-in-under-a-minute-unshare-your-windows-7-user-folder/feed/ 1 How To Quick-Enable/Disable Google Street View With Your Mousehttp://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-quick-enabledisable-google-street-view-with-your-mouse/ http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-quick-enabledisable-google-street-view-with-your-mouse/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:00:39 +0000 Rich Menga http://www.pcmech.com/?p=14814 Post from: PCMech. Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On And Live The Digital Lifestyle.

How To Quick-Enable/Disable Google Street View With Your Mouse

]]> Something that’s somewhat annoying about Google Maps is that when using the Street View feature there’s no way to preview whether an area has street views or not without actually engaging it. If you use Google Earth on the other hand, you can preview. Confused? See the quick video below for an explanation.

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How To Quick-Enable/Disable Google Street View With Your Mouse

]]> http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-quick-enabledisable-google-street-view-with-your-mouse/feed/ 0 How To Get Rid Of Hissing Noise From A USB Headset’s Microphonehttp://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-get-rid-of-hissing-noise-from-a-usb-headsets-microphone/ http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-get-rid-of-hissing-noise-from-a-usb-headsets-microphone/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:17:30 +0000 Rich Menga http://www.pcmech.com/?p=14513 Post from: PCMech. Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On And Live The Digital Lifestyle.

How To Get Rid Of Hissing Noise From A USB Headset’s Microphone

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Not all USB microphones develop hissing/white noise sounds when plugged into a USB hub, but it’s generally true that with headsets, the microphone isn’t exactly what you’d call ‘premium’ quality. The reason for this is because more expensive USB microphones do have built-in physical filters to cut noise like that out, while on headsets the mic is left filter-less for the most part save for a mic sock which doesn’t help concerning white noise.

Are there hubs you can plug USB mics into that don’t produce white noise?

Maybe. More often than not a smaller 4-port powered hub will not produce white noise in a USB mic, but this is not guaranteed. Also, sometimes it works when you plug a USB headset w/mic in a slot away from other slots in use. This also isn’t guaranteed either, but it may work.

When in doubt (or if you’ve tried everything else), plug your USB headset w/mic into a USB port directly on the PC and not into a USB hub, and any white noise should go away immediately.

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How To Get Rid Of Hissing Noise From A USB Headset’s Microphone

]]> http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-get-rid-of-hissing-noise-from-a-usb-headsets-microphone/feed/ 3 How To Use Firefox Tab Groupshttp://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-use-firefox-tab-groups/ http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-use-firefox-tab-groups/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:00:56 +0000 Rich Menga http://www.pcmech.com/?p=14484 Post from: PCMech. Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On And Live The Digital Lifestyle.

How To Use Firefox Tab Groups

]]> One of the more underrated features of the modern Firefox browser is the use of Tab Groups. This built-in feature (meaning no add-ons/plugins required) makes quick work of a cluttered-up tab bar by organizing a lot of tabs into easy-manage groups that can be ordered however you like. See video below for details on how it works.

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How To Use Firefox Tab Groups

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