I’ve had a few questions regarding the life (and how to prolong it) of laptop batteries recently, so I figured I’d post a couple of links with great information:
The care and feeding of Li-Ion batteries from the Tech Republic blog
How to prolong lithium-based batteries from Battery University
Microsoft has a good article that talks about some of the personalization options in Windows 7. They include themes, desktop background picture, screen resolution and gadgets.
If you have any questions about these topics, feel free to leave a comment or give us a call at Top PC Support.
Did you just receive an error message opening an Excel spreadsheet? STOP RIGHT THERE! HP has three tips for possibly recovering your important data. Hopefully one of those steps will get you going again. Similar procedures will also work with Microsoft Word.
If you need any other data recovery services, give us a call at Top [...]
Here’s a great article over at the Microsoft Clubhouse from a user who upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7. He describes the changes in the user interface and there are plenty of pictures to show you the new look.
If you have any Windows 7 questions, or are looking to upgrade to this version, head [...]
Do you prefer the “old” Windows Vista taskbar with the labels along with the icons of the running programs? If so, you’re in luck. You can have this behaviour in Windows 7 as well. Here is an article that provides the steps to get back to the familiar looking taskbar.
If you have any questions about [...]
Lifehacker’s poll of over 11,600 computer users have determined the 5 best web sites for wallpaper (or Desktop Background) images. I’ve been using Vlad Studio for a long time, not only for my PC’s background image, but also for cell phones. Take a look at the article to get an idea of each [...]
Happy 2010 to all my readers out there. I just wanted to be one of the first to welcome you to the new year.
