They come under many names, boss key, panic button or anti boss to name a few. Computer users can make use of these applications to quickly switch from their current desktop view to one that is hiding specific windows, applications or everything. That’s helpful for instance while visiting websites during work that are not work related. A click of the button displays a Word document, Excel spreadsheet or another window that looks...

Have you ever wanted to automate some of your regularly used mouse and keyboard actions? If yes, you can try out GhostMouse, a freeware tool to record and play mouse and keyboardactions. GhostMouse Win7 is a tiny program that lets you record and playback a series of keyboard and mouse actions, and saves operation records as script files for later use. You can record actions and then play them whenever you want to repeat a set of...

WizMouse is a free and lightweight Windows application that enables a simple but effective trick: the ability to scroll the contents of a window that is under your mouse cursor without shifting the focus to that window. It may not seem like much, at first glance, but the ability to scroll a window without having to click on it and shift the focus of your current window is a huge time saver. Once WizMouse is installed simply mousing...

Computer software—be it your operating system, your word processor, or your favorite game—is prone to different types of problems, such as unwarranted crashes and confusing error messages. These error messages unnecessarily hamper your work and cause frustrations. Most of the time, when a software error occurs we panic and are tempted to seek the help of external technical support. But, this method is not only...

What is your computer doing in there? On the exterior it is a mass of plastics and metals, roughly pressed together to provide your PC with a protective case. But is it protecting your PC from the outside, or is it protecting youfrom the strange and arcane things happening inside your PC? Perhaps it is time to find out exactly what your computer is up to – particularly if your computer is behaving badly. There are many third-party...