How to Reduce the Size on an Image File We cover formats, compressions and more Previously, I wrote an article onhow to reduce the size of an image fileusing the built-in email option in Explorer or by using a desktop program called Image Resizer for Windows. These are good options, but there are several other ways to go about optimizing an image. Also, a lot of websites will tell you to use Paint, but I have found it’s not a good method because the images look way worse....

How to Merge Multiple Word Documents Together It’s not as intuitive as it should be If you’re a heavy Word user, you probably have come across a situation where it would be convenient to merge multiple Word documents into one master document. Even though it’s not very difficult to do this in Word, it’s also not very intuitive. You would think Microsoft would have included some merge documents feature into the program considering how many other more complicated tasks it can complete....

How to Reduce Outlook Memory Usage Do these routine tasks for faster performance One of the major issues most users have with Outlook is the fact that it gets really slow and eats up a lot of memory on their systems. I have a 1.5 GB Outlook file, but Outlook runs fast and doesn’t hog all the resources on my computer! Why? Well, it’s because I optimize my Outlook by doing a few routine tasks to make sure it stays clean and slim....

Windows 7 Taskbar Not Showing Thumbnail Previews? If these don’t fix it, it’s time to upgrade One of the nice features of Windows 7 is that the taskbar shows a nifty thumbnail preview of a window or group of windows when you hover over it. So if you have several Internet Explorer tabs open, you can now see a preview of all the IE tabs instead of just seeing text descriptions....

How to Disable/Enable Internet Options Tabs in IE Helps stop untrained users from tweaking As an IT guy, I always encounter problems when untrained users tweak their Internet connection settings. They always make a mistake somewhere and sometimes the solution is to just keep them away from theInternet Optionsdialog box altogether. I have worked at many companies thathide the Internet Options tab in Internet Explorerto discourage users from changing the options, which makes sense since network admins are the only ones who are supposed to access these options....