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How to Disable Windows Overtype Mode in Parallels on a Mac

Friday, January 16, 2009

I was doing a few few Windows-related tasks on a Mac with Parallels yesterday, and accidentally put things into overtype mode. Computers have two input modes: Insert Mode: When you type, the cursor inserts characters at the current position and shifts over anything that is found after its position. Overtype Mode: The cursor overwrites text that is [...]

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/1765

Convert Between Video Formats with SUPER Video Converter

Monday, January 12, 2009

SUPER Video Converter is free Windows software with support for a large number of video formats. The SUPER Video converter site boats the following: SUPER © “The Player” surpasses any known player by supporting just any Multimedia file format. SUPER © plays files that cannot be played with WMP or even other libavcodec-based players like MPC [...]

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/1705

Remove Unwanted Context Menu Items from Windows with FileMenu Tools

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

FileMenu Tools is free software for Windows that specializes in cleaning up and adding functionality to the right-click context menu. The software is able to remove unwanted items from your right-click menu, and has a number of built-in utilities for working with files and folders. FileMenu Tools lets you remove unwanted items from your right-click context [...]

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/1450

How to Fix a Frozen Windows Vista Sidebar

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

“How To Repair Your Crashed or Hanging Vista Sidebar” by The How-To Geek is a step-by-step tutorial on how to fix a frozen Windows Vista sidebar. If you install a lot of different Vista Gadgets you might have come across a situation where your Vista Sidebar no longer is working correctly, or possibly even crashing or [...]

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/1406

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