Removing third party system services from Windows

Windows System Services are background processes in Windows that are either vital for running certain applications or Windows itself. Typically they require no user interaction to perform their role and as such, they are usually configured to start automatically upon system boot. If you’ve ever looked in Task Manager for the list of running processes, [...]

What’s my Windows Uptime Anyways?

Uptime – the time your operating system has been up and running since the last power-cycle or reboot. In the earlier days of computing, uptime was everything. Unix admins would often brag about their multi-year uptime; while those limited to Windows may be lucky to make a day. It’s been the running joke or stereotype [...]

Creating New Folders with a Keyboard Shortcut

Even light readers of How in the TECH know that I am a keyboard fanatic. Anything you can do in a traditional point and click GUI you can often do faster with a key combination. Everyone is aware of CTRL+C to copy and CTRL+V to paste. As I do a fair bit of work within [...]

Windows Keyboard Shortcuts that I Use Daily

I’m a heavy laptop user; it’s my primary work machine and I’ve also got caught up in the latest  craze – the subnotes or netbooks such as the Asus EeePC. This might just be my behavior, but when using a laptop I subconsciously avoid using the touchpad and instead rely on keyboard shortcuts to accomplish [...]

Force Any Application to Run from the Windows Tray

Trayconizer is a light-weight program that provides functionality that allows just about any application to minimize and run from the Windows tray. While there are other utilities that provide this feature, Trayconizer is unique for the following reasons.

There is no installation, instead it is just a single executable.
It’s very minimal on system resource usage, right [...]