There are several ways to control the volume on your computer. If your a keyboard ninja you may rely on hot keys to control volume. If you have a set of amplified desktop speakers you can use the volume knob. There is also the old fashioned way of clicking on the speaker icon in your system tray and adjusting it there. Volumouse allows us to control the volume and more with the mouse and / or other hotkey combinations.
Volumouse is a cool free utility that makes controlling the computer volume a bit easier. Not only does this application allow easy volume control, it also has functionality for you to control window transparency and screen brightness. Here is an example of controlling Firefox transparency over an Excel document. I guess I am not sure exactly what I would use this for … but it is definitely cool!
Volumouse comes with an easy to use Zip Installer which allows you to decide how and where to install the application from one screen. I wish more applications came with this type of installation utility rather than clicking forward and back through install screens.
Advanced settings allow you to choose between sound mixers on your machine and allow for additional functionality according to your preferences.
There are also three plug-ins on the Nirsoft site which allows hiding and active window, resize active window, and open or close your CD / DVD ROM door with a key / mouse combination.
Most of us like me love to keep the icons and some files in the desktop for quick access but ironically I love a clean desktop too. But there is a simple tweak without any additional tool to get the best of both worlds, you can hide the desktop icons & files and create a custom keyboard shortcut to
Anytime you make a change to your computer it is definitely recommended to do a system backup, create a restore point, or backup the registry. The latter being most important when going into the registry to make edits for performing hacks and tweaks. Simply put, the Registry stores all settings,
We’ve previously explained how you can open a command prompt by holding down the Shift key and right-clicking on a folder or the desktop… but how do you make that item show up without having to hold down the shift key?
BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) is such a great feature in email applications. I love to be able to send messages to various contacts who probably do not want their email address shown to every one.
The registry hack for this article comes to us courtesy of jd2066, one of our helpful forum members.
One of the text message utilities I have been using for years is Teleflip. Rather than waste my money on text messaging friends and colleagues from my cell phone. I use this service. I find it much faster to type out a quick email to them than screwing around with the keys on my phone. Just
Reader John wrote in today asking how to set Opera to open directly to the Speed Dial page… so after a bit of testing I figured it out, and am sharing with everybody else.
Well, I finally made it to the official Firefox 3 download site today at about 1pm CST and got the new version. However, I am going to hold off on installation until I see how things pan out the next couple days. Being a geek one would think I should start playing with it ASAP … but I have been
So many of us rely on calendar applications during our busy day. Some rely on the Outlook Calendar, Gmail Calendar, and yes even some folks use the built in Window’s Calendar in Vista. Today i am going to show you how to make a backup of the calendar.
In case you haven’t already seen it, my first guest post over on Lifehacker went live today:
