Are your settings not saving in Windows 8 after you shutdown and then turn on the computer?  Try performing a RESTART instead of a shutdown! One of the biggest changes to Windows 8 is the way that Reboot & Shutdown now function. Most people are still in the habit from Windows XP days of manually [...]

This method can be modified to pin virtually any folder to the taskbar with its own button. If you would like to use different icons you can also change the icon of the shortcut before pinning it.

“The author of the Windows file copy dialog visits some friends.” And of course the Alternate Text “They could say “the connection is probably lost,” but it’s more fun to do naive time-averaging to give you hope that if you wait around for 1,163 hours, it will finally finish.” Check It Out> XKCD

When it comes to Home Theater PC’s Microsoft has a stranglehold on the market due to their inclusion of Windows Media Center into most consumer versions of Windows. That stranglehold is very quickly being broken, first by Hulu Desktop and now by Boxee for Windows. Boxee for Windows has been released today for Windows (albeit [...]