To keep your diary up to date, it is a good idea to enter your appointments and meetings. Microsoft Outlook offers neat functionality in the calendar which includes reminders before any appointments and a list of attendees, among others. Here is how to create an event in Microsoft Outlook: Step One: Open Microsoft Outlook and…

If you are receiving too many emails and have trouble sorting them, you may want to add an automatic filter which sorts all incoming mails for you. This is very handing to keep all the important emails in a separate folder, all family communication in another folder, and so on. Here is how to sort…

Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser, so many users would love to set it as default browser. However, by default NetZero launches Internet Explorer as the Web browser when connected to the Internet. So here is an instruction to show you how to use NetZero with Mozilla Firefox. Instruction: 1. Download and install…

Freemake Video Converter is a freeware for video conversion. The program can be used to convert between video formats, rip DVDs, burn DVDs and Blu-ray Discs, create photos slideshows and music visualizations, and upload files to YouTube. Here is an instruction to tell you how to upload music to YouTube using Freemake Video Converter.  …

When sending an email, it may become cumbersome to sign your name, phone number or any greeting you want to end with (such as “Sincerely” or “Best regards”). To make it easier for you to compose your emails with a ready greeting at the bottom, you can use the email signature feature in Microsoft outlook.…

If you want to create art out of your beautiful photos, you may want to consider making them Black&White, vintage-looking ones. You could do that in Photoshop, but not everyone has professional software on their machine. In Microsoft Office Picture Manager, you could do it with one click. Here is how you can easily make…

When you are browsing through your photos, it is difficult to remember which numbers or names of photos refer to which location or event. Many browsers show by default only the file names and dates of pictures Windows explorer allows you also to view the photos in your computer as little thumbnails, similar to the…

Many new digital cameras take photos which are very large. It works great for printing large photo frames but most often you just need to send the photos by email or upload them to an album. Microsoft Office Picture Manager offers you a quick one-click option to reduce the size of photos so they can…

When you need to install a new program, save some big video files or just see the status of your computer’s memory, you need to check how much the available space is (in MB or GB). It is also good to check the available free space in your hard drives because once the disks are…

Synchronizing your computer clock to an internet time server will ensure that your computer never shows you the wrong time. It is important to keep your computer clock up to date because event notifications and alerts for meetings and important appointments all work on your computer clock. To make sure your computer clock is correct,…

If you work with a few different language on your computer, it may be cumbersome to switch keyboards by always clicking on the task bar. Furthermore, if you constantly switch languages – let’s say for typing translation sentences or words, it is better to assign and use special keyboard shortcuts for easy switch between language…

If your work requires you to frequently work with people in different time zones, you may find it difficult to always calculate what time it is in a different time zone. It becomes stressful to always have to check online the clocks in different time zones. You may be prone to errors and miscalculation, and…

Animated GIF is a image file that loads in a browser and plays a small, constantly looping animation instead of showing a still image. An animated GIF file allows you to showcase several images in sequence. In this way, the images are more vivid and more interesting. How to turn the images into vivid animated…

If you have a long browsing history and you like to keep webpages bookmarked for further visits, you may end up with long and messy bookmark lists. It becomes difficult to find pages that you were looking for. It takes a long time to sort through bookmarked pages and locate the correct one. Google Chrome…

GOM Media Player is freeware video playback software developed by the South Korean company, Gretech Corp. Designed with both power and simplicity in mind, GOM Media Player is an ideal video player for both beginners and experts alike. Sometimes we may find a fantastic image of a movie, set it as a wallpaper should be…