Technology

Making changes to the registry in Windows has been a fact of PC life for a long time now. Before making any changes it’s always a good idea to make a backup of the registry just in case. Many registry modifications take effect immediately and there is no “undo” function. If you make a mistake while editing the registry, it can cause major problems, including a non-bootable system.

It is possible for the “Folder Options” choice to be missing from the “Tools” menu within Windows Explorer, try this to restore the “Folder Options” if you are running Windows XP Pro:

Wouldn’t be nice if all those cool sidebar gadgets could be placed somewhere else other than… well… the sidebar. Good news, they can! Here’s how:

When you’re deep in the file system and want to copy the full path of a file or folder to the clipboard so you can paste it, here’s how:

Microsoft Office

If you are a user of Microsoft’s Office 2007 there is a very handy addon that will allow you to save your files in the Adobe Acrobat PDF file format. This can be extremely useful when you need to send, for example, a Word document to someone but you don’t want them to be able to edit the original document.