Loosely secure your Thunderbird profile with a password
One of the advantages of keeping your email in the cloud – outside of the obvious ability of accessibility basically anywhere you have access to a computer – is the notion of security and privacy. Accessing your Gmail requires a username and password, that’s pretty obvious. But what if you have your Gmail, or any [...]
Making remote troubleshooting easier with Support Details
Those of us who have had to support friends or family members with their computing problems from afar can sympathize with one another. It’s generally a painful and frustrating experience. To support them, we rely on them to relay accurately what is going on when they do situation x or click doo-hickey y. At the [...]
Pinning folder locations on the Windows 7 task bar
With Windows 7, Microsoft introduced the most radical overhaul of the taskbar since it’s inception clear back in Windows 95. Live thumbnail previews, while first seen in Vista, were experienced by most for the first time in 7. Jump lists provided a contextually and functionality aware commands depending on each application in question. Lastly, the [...]
Hiding Homegroup, Favorites, and Network from Windows 7 Explorer view
I’ve written before about the process involved in hiding the Libraries item in Windows Explorer under Windows 7. I abhor clutter and after using 7 for a sizable amount of time I realized that I actually don’t use many of the other navigation shortcuts in Explorer – such as Home Group, Favorites, or Network. Basically, [...]
Log into your PC with just face recognition
Facial recognition systems are always portrayed so amazingly in the movies and on television. Even if you ignore Hollywood’s ability to take an extremely blurry and low-resolution photo, sharpen it up while also enlarging it and then make a positive ID on an individual – facial recognition software is real and can be magical outside [...]
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