Windows and Office

Archive: 11-2012

• You don't really need a Start Menu in Windows 8

  Greg Shultz shows you several techniques you can use to launch your Desktop applications in Windows 8 that don’t involve a Start Menu.

  Posted by Greg Shultz | November 29, 2012, 11:03 AM PST

• Review: FeedDemon 4.1 RSS newsreader for Windows

  A quality RSS feed reader is essential for easy to read and follow formatting. Matthew Nawrocki reviews FeedDemon on those criteria.

  Posted by Matthew Nawrocki | November 28, 2012, 1:34 PM PST

• An easy technique for creating a floating column chart in Excel

  This quick Excel technique turns an otherwise complicated charting requirement into a simple task.

  Posted by Susan Harkins | November 27, 2012, 11:23 AM PST

• Quick Tip: Create a tile on the Windows 8 Start Screen

  Sometimes you have to create a tile on the Windows 8 Start Screen manually.

  Posted by Mark Kaelin | November 21, 2012, 10:43 AM PST

• Get the Windows 8 Media Center Pack for free - but be prepared to wait

  Greg Shultz explains how to download and install the free Windows 8 Media Center Pack in Windows 8 Pro, including some caveats.

  Posted by Greg Shultz | November 20, 2012, 1:36 PM PST

• Using Excel's Text To Columns feature to clean up foreign data

  Work smart when cleaning up foreign data. Text To Columns can divide data and get rid of delimiters.

  Posted by Susan Harkins | November 20, 2012, 7:24 AM PST

• Review: Automate tasks visually with Sikuli X

  Project Sikuli offers the promise for visual scripting in order to automate anything in Windows via screenshots.

  Posted by Matthew Nawrocki | November 19, 2012, 12:20 PM PST

• Discover the benefits of the Microsoft Touch Mouse in Windows 8

  Greg Shultz has gained a new appreciation for the Microsoft Touch Mouse features now available in Windows 8. Perhaps you will too.

  Posted by Greg Shultz | November 15, 2012, 1:09 PM PST

• Hardware Review: VIA EPIA-P910 Pico-ITX motherboard

  This ridiculously small Intel-compatible motherboard is feature rich and works well with Windows.

  Posted by Matthew Nawrocki | November 15, 2012, 8:43 AM PST

• It's Microsoft Patch Tuesday: November 2012

  Deb Shinder gathers the information you need to make the right deploy decision when applying Microsoft’s November 2012 patches in your organization.

  Posted by Debra Littlejohn Shinder | November 13, 2012, 1:40 PM PST