IT Knowledgebase Articles

Hibernation is a term used for laptops and portable computers. Windows Vista (like XP before it) supports the industry standard power management technology known as the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (or ACPI). This allows the operating system to control power to the computer’s disk, monitor and peripheral devices. The power management features in Windows…

How can I quickly edit the items in the Quick Launch toolbar in Windows 2000/XP/2003? The Quick Launch toolbar is the area that’s just right to the Start menu button, and where you can place your own shortcuts to some of your most used applications. Launching applications in this manner is much faster then having…

How can I quickly edit the items in the Quick Launch toolbar in Windows Vista? As you may have known already, Windows Vista has a cool option that enables you to Quickly Add Quick Launch Icons in Windows Vista. Quick Launch is a toolbar that can be added to the task bar on Windows 2000/XP/2003…

How can I defrag my Hard Disk by right clicking it? You can tweak your Explorer to have a nice right-click add-on: Download this nifty [this_link_has_been_removed] (1kb) or the new and improved EXE (zipped, 10kb) and run it. You will then be able to defrag any HD by right clicking it. This script was written…

How do I quickly create a text file from the Windows Command Prompt? Old, used, boring, but still a nice tip. This article explains how to easily create a text file from the Command Prompt (CMD) in Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista. One of the things I usually do with my own machines is to burn a file…

How can I quickly copy the title and URL of a website? You’ve found the website you were looking for (use my Quickly Search the Web article for more info), and now you want to quickly copy the website’s URL and title in order to send them to a friend, to post them on a…

How can I quickly copy a file or a folder’s path in Windows 2000/XP/2003? While working with files and folders in your Windows operating system you might sometimes find the need to copy a file’s exact and full path. Besides needing these paths for programming needs you might might also need it for usage in…

While working with files and folders in your Windows operating system you might sometimes find the need to copy a file’s exact and full path. Besides needing these paths for programming needs you might might also need it for usage in the Run command, a Command Prompt window, e-mail messages, a Google search or for…

How can I quickly copy error messages and other type of messages in Windows 2000/XP/2003? Did you ever find yourself staring into your computer screen and see that long, hard to understand error message? Did you ever need to copy that loooong error or information text found in one of Windows’ error/warning/information windows? Did you…

Yes! Besides using the usual “Manage” option for any Windows 2000 or XP computer, you can use a cool tool to control any computer that has Terminal Services installed on it! The tool is called “Remote Control Add-on for Active Directory Users & Computers”. Remote Control is a small add-on that adds the option to…