Hide the Menu Bar and Status Bar in VirtualBox Very helpful on a laptops or small screens When you run a virtual machine in VirtualBox, there is always a frame around the virtual machine’s desktop with a menu bar at the top and a status bar at the bottom. The menu bar and status bar prevent you from running at the maximum resolution (unless you use seamless mode). If you are using a computer with a small screen, such as a laptop, your screen real estate is very limited and you need to claim every inch of space you can....

Attach a VHD File in Windows XP Mount without Virtual PC or Microsoft Virtual Server If you also use Windows XP on another computer, you can transfer that VHD file to the XP computer and mount it without having to runVirtual PCorMicrosoft Virtual Server. You can install only a component ofMicrosoft Virtual Serverand run a command from the command line. NOTE:If you have applied a password to your VHD file usingBitLockerin Windows 7, you CANNOT access your VHD file in Windows XP....

Center Your Worksheet Data in Excel for Printing Let’s face it, it looks much nicer If you have created a small worksheet in Excel, you may want to center it on the page when you print it. By default, it will print in the upper, left corner of the page. For a very small set of data, this can detract from the effectiveness of your presentation. There is an easy way to center the data on the printed page....

Generate Random Text or Lorem Ipsum Text in MS Word Great for doing website or document mockups Ever need to add some random or meaningless text into Microsoft Word to test a document, temporarily fill some space, or to see how some formatting looks? Luckily, Word provides a couple of quick and easy methods for entering random text into your document. Random Text To do this, position the cursor at the beginning of a blank paragraph....

Troubleshoot Windows Hanging During Shutdown Hopefully one of these methods will work for you Does Windows hang when you try to shut it down? On one of my laptops, I ran into the problem where Windows would just hang on the shutdown screen for an abnormally long time. Sometimes it would eventually shut down, but it could take anywhere from 4 minutes to 10! The laptop is brand new and was running Windows 10, so there were no problems with the specs....