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Prevent Widows 7 Reboot After Failure

How to Prevent Windows 7 from Restarting After a System Failure

Even though it occurs far less often in Windows 7 than it does in previous versions of Windows, the BSOD or the Blue...
How to Reduce the Number of Recent Applications in the Windows 7 Start Menu

Is Your Windows 7 Start Menu Getting Tall? Follow These Steps and Shorten It

Does your Windows Start Menu resemble a skyscraper in height? By default the Windows 7 Start Menu displays 9 recent applications plus all of...
How to Change Windows 7 Fonts

How to Change Windows 7 Fonts

If you are big on customizing the look of Windows 7 and want to learn how to change the fonts for every element in...
Customize Drive Letters in Windows 7

How to Customize Drive Letters in Windows 7

How many times have you plugged in your USB thumb drive to discover that it is using a different drive letter than it had...

How to Change Ownership of Files and Folders in Windows 7

Microsoft has done quite a bit to keep us from ruining our Windows installations. In doing so it has deployed several tools like User...
How to Edit the Default Virtual Machine Locations in VirtualBox

How to Edit the Default Virtual Machine Directories in VirtualBox

Do you use VirtualBox in more than one computer? Wouldn't it be nice if you could share all of your virtual machines between your...

How to Use Symbols and Special Characters in Excel

The use of Special Characters is probably one of the least frequently accessed features in Excel, nevertheless it requires special attention because everyone should...

Use AutoFill and Save Time Entering Data in Excel

As a frequent user of Excel I find that one of the most useful features is AutoFill. When preparing spreadsheets for presentations or when...

Use Validation Lists in Excel to Control User Input

If you create spreadsheets in Excel and would like a way to ensure that data entered by others is consistent, you can use data...

Check Your Google Calendar Via SMS

If you use Google Calendar as frequently as I do then you need to be familiar with all methods of retrieving your calendar information....

Declutter Your Windows Vista Taskbar by Grouping Similar Buttons

The how-to below is a email request from one of the readers of GilsMethod.com. The readers asks; Gil, when I have several word...

Fine Tune Your Images in Picasa

If you use Picasa to organize your pictures you may or may not be aware of the various options available to edit the photographs...

9 Basic Fixes to Jazz Up Your Pictures in Picasa

If you use Picasa to organize your pictures you may or may not be aware of the various options available to edit the photographs...