Ok. After much complaining and whining, I finally got my Surface Pro. My purchase plan had to update a little, but everything seemed to work out nicely. I had planned to get the whole package from Best Buy but, if you read my previous crazy rant. You know that didn't work out. I ended up watching the Microsoft Store website like a hawk and on Feb 16th, they showed up as available for order again with a projected delivery of March 1. Click! Went my order. But, just for the tablet. I … [Read more...]
Use the Snipping Tool to Capture Menus
When Vista came on the scene one of the new features I thought was pretty cool was the new Snipping tool. It's a really useful little utility and for the most part it's great. In Windows 7, the tool is still there (no improvements that I can see). But, one of the things about this little utility that bothered me was my inability to use it to capture context and other drop-down menus. Every time I would open the menu I needed to capture, it would disappear as soon as I selected the Snipping … [Read more...]
Screen Capture – the easy way
I've been asked several times lately to recommend a good screen capture program. There are some great capture programs out there... But, most of those asking only needed the most basic of the functions. And luckily Windows already has the function built in. That mysterious print screen button on your keyboard can now be of some use to you.. … [Read more...]