PC Memoirs

If you are looking for a quick way to resize your large photos and keep the same quality, try my solution using Microsoft Office Picture Manager. This software usually comes bundled with Microsoft Office. I hope you have it, because it’s a good program for basic photo and picture modifications.
Once you download the picture from a [...]

Is your computer unbelievably slow? Does it take several minutes to load Windows and start programs? Is it using up all the RAM (physical memory)?
If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, it’s time to do something about it.
There are many reasons why a computer slows down. Maybe it is simply old and the processor can’t do all the [...]

Just the other day one of my friends had trouble viewing videos in Windows Vista. When she clicked on a video file, she saw the following error message: “COM surrogate has stopped working”. This happened with every other video file. She asked me for help.
I did some research on the Internet and found out that this happens [...]

Here is part 2 of my selected keyboard shortcuts. For a complete list of all shortcuts, please visit this Microsoft Web page.
Happy testing!

ALT+TAB = switch between running programs (windows in taskbar)
ALT+F4 = close running program or window
ALT+down arrow = open drop down list box
ALT+ENTER = open properties for the selected object
F1 = help
F5 = refresh current page
SHIFT+DELETE = permanently [...]

Are you sometimes tired of clicking every link with the mouse? Would you like to use a keyboard shortcut instead? Sometimes your mouse could fail and you will have no choice than to navigate with the keyboard alone. It’s not easy, but it’s also not that difficult if you know your way around the basic shortcuts.
Knowing Windows shortcuts will [...]