The

Windows Registry

is actually a database that stores all the information about your computer. The software, the devices, the files and much, much more has a home here. It's perfectly safe to work with the Registry as long as you understand certain things about it.

tweaking the Windows Registry

can also

speed up your computer without buying software

, can

fix computer problems

and more. Michael "Doctor File Finder" Callahan runs through this

beginner's guide to the Windows Registry in this video series

, complete with handy

Windows Registry tips and tricks

.

Craigslist is the ultimate destination for

online classified ads

. Sure, the site's not pretty but if you're looking for something ... or indeed, if you're looking for someone, it's often the best place to find what you seek.

An address book is a mainstay of any mobile phone. The BlackBerry address book is more than your basic contact management software however. You can assign pictures to contacts on your BlackBerry, email, text or call contacts with multiple numbers and addresses, input web addresses for your contacts and much more.

The Hotmail interface has many unique features. In this episode we'll take you through it so you can get to know Hotmail's mailbox and how to access different functions within it.

It happens. You download a piece of software to try it out and it turns out, you don't really use it. Whether you use the software or not, it still takes up space on your computer and can slow things down. Remove software you're not using. It's easy! We'll show you how.

We're all trying to be more conscious of our energy consumption. Fortunately, changing the power settings on your PC is simple and you should notice the affect quickly, like on your next power bill.

A strong password is the first step in making sure you and your personal information stay safe online. We'll show you how to choose a good, strong password that will be very difficult to "crack" but still easy for you to remember. Here are some practical password-creation tips you can start using right away.

The standard fonts in Windows are fine for general use. However, to really unlock your creativity with scrapbooking software or other desktop publishing projects, you'll find you need some new fonts. Fortunately, installing your new fonts is easy. We'll show you how.

Often computers come with multiple "drives." Sometimes these
are in the form of card readers, CD drives, DVD drives, and so on. The
system will often assign drive letters randomly. However, you can go in and choose the drive letters you want.

When you install most software programs they will either ask you if you want a shortcut on the desktop or they'll just put one there. You can do the same thing and put shortcuts to folders or files for quick access from your desktop.

Windows comes with a default desktop wallpaper. In Windows XP it was the green fields and a partly cloudy blue sky. In Vista it was something glassy. Fortunately, Windows also comes with other wallpaper and you can find or make your own.

That are lots of ways to start a program. You can find it in it's folder and click on the executable file. That's no fun especially when it's a program you use often. You could put program shortcuts all over your desktop, but that gets messy. So, for the programs you run most you can create a Quick Launch item that will appear in the Quick Launch bar that runs across the bottom of your Windows desktp... and here's how!

On the surface, Windows 7 looks a lot like Windows Vista. The Start Menu look and feel remains largely unchanged. However, when you dig a little deeper, it's clear that Windows 7 has a number of improvements to speed and usability. From the newly designed taskbar and menu systems that better suit the way people work.

The context menu, AKA the right-click menu, offers some commonly used shortcuts in Firefox like bookmarking and saving pages, sending links to friends and some power-user features. The context menu options change based on where you right-click, hence the name.

Windows generally does a good job of keeping track of the time. However, when the computer's time is off it can introduce a host of other issues. If your time and date settings are off, fear not. It's easy to change and the computer can account for daylight savings time as well.

PCs are everywhere. Many of us use a PC every single day but may have no idea how they work or how far we've come in the past 20 years. Sean Carruthers explains what exactly a PC is and drops some details on how they work with a little history thrown in for good measure.

Have a document you wrote but you don't know where you saved it? Looking for a particular file, but you don't recall the name? Trying to find a report you created about a month ago but don't know where that's at either? Not a problem because Windows can help you find things.

Want to join several pictures of a landscape together to create one amazing panoramic photo? How about joining pictures that are related into a banner? It's easy to do with IrfanView.

On a text-heavy page, the Find feature in Firefox (plus other browsers and desktop applications) is worth its weight in gold. With this feature you can quickly scan a long document for the terms that are relevant to you. Think of it as a much more powerful version of the index you'd find in a research book.

Firefox rose from the ashes of the browser wars of old and has since amassed quite a following. As it stands, Firefox has over 15 percent of the browser share, according to the Wikipedia article. It even set a Guinness World Record for the most downloads in a 24hr period with over 8 million.
It's time to find out what the fuss is about...

Craigslist is the ultimate destination for online classified ads. Sure, the site's not pretty but if you're looking for something ... or indeed, if you're looking for someone, it's often the best place to find what you seek.