One problem many XP and Vista users encounter is that their windows become unusable and stuck / lost because they have gone off-screen. Over the years I’ve lost a window or two and previous to discovering this tip, I would nuke the process in Task Manager. Today I’ll show you a trick to fix [...]
How-To Add Your Google Calendar To Outlook 2007
With the Side-by-side calendar view support of Outlook 2007, adding my Google Calendar to my Outlook 2007 client at work was a simple yet effective way for me to avoid missing personal appointments. The process works by configuring Outlook to connect or subscribe to the Google Calendars Private ICAL address.
Explore Google Flu Trends In 16 More Countries [groovyNews]
It’s that time of year again where hospitals, clinics, and stores start advertising flu vaccines. As we transition into the winter flu season no doubt you “health minded” groovyReaders would like to know the Flu Trends in your area. Google Flu trends was launched November 2008 as a collaboration of searches related to "the flu” [...]
Microsoft Releases My Phone – Phone Backup And More [groovyDownload]
With the release of Windows Mobile 6.5, Microsoft announced their new FREE phone back-up / sync service called “My Phone” has graduated out of Beta! With all the features Microsoft packed into My Phone, the software package / service is MUCH MORE than just a Backup or Sync utility. Once installed, Windows Mobile 6+ phones [...]
Google Sites Adds Picasa Integration, Feeds and Custom Templates [groovyNews]
Earlier today Google released several new features for the free Google Sites service. The new features included Tighter integration with Picasa Web Albums and the ability to upload photos directly into Google Sites, RSS Feeds for Announcement pages and lastly, Custom Templates… FINIALLY!!! The Picasa Web Albums integration really makes it easy for [...]
Make An Absolutely Free Photo Book Via HotPrints [groovyDeals]
HotPrints recently announced a new deal that allows users to create custom photo books for absolutely free through their service. Not only is the service free but HotPrints will also print, assemble, and ship the book to your house for free too. Normally, this service would run you around $2.99 per photo book plus [...]
Send An Out of Office Response In Outlook 2007 Without An Exchange Server [How-To]
Many Outlook users in the corporate environment are familiar with the Out of Office Assistantand use the outlook function to alert customers or colleagues when they are not checking email because of vacation or illness etc… As convenient as it might be however, the Outlook feature requires your email server be a Microsoft Exchange Server [...]
Free Calls to Hawaii and Alaska With Google Voice [groovyNews]
Google continues to share the love with their Google Voice service by adding free calls through the service to Hawaii and Alaska. This is a nice upgrade as they previously only offered free calls to the continental US and Canada. Side note, you can also forward calls to your Google Voice number to Alaskan [...]
How-To Create A Windows 7 System Image
Are you ready to say goodbye to 3rd party back-up applications? Windows 7 makes this possible with it’s superb back-up and System Image features built into all versions of Windows 7. For me, I love a clean, fresh install of Windows. Not coincidently, right after a fresh install is the best time to make a [...]
Microsoft Security Essentials Released – Free Anti-Virus [groovyDownload]
As I reported earlier, we knew the release of Microsoft’s Free Anti-Virus Software called Microsoft Security Essentials was just days away and sure enough, you can now download the FULL Released Version from their website now! The Final version looks pretty much the same as it did back in August when I did a [...]
Create Your Family Tree With Free Family.Show [groovyDownload]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (5.3MB) | Embed This one is for all you amateur and aspiring genealogists groovyReaders out there fascinated by dead people. Granted I have to admit, I’m neither yet the first time I loaded this Free Family Tree Mapping Application, 10 minutes turned into 3 hours!!! What am [...]
What is svchost.exe and is it safe or a virus?
Today I received the following email from a groovReader asking what is svchost.exe: “I opened up my Task Manager and saw svchost.exe among many other processes running. What is svchost.exe and why is it running so many times on my computer? Is it a virus or something else? How can I get rid of it?” [...]
GMail Notifier Alerts You As New Email Arrives [groovyDownload]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (6.5MB) | Embed Despite the new craze of txt messages, twitter and other social media services, email is still a staple most of us rely on to communicate with friends, family and customers. If you use GMail for your email, you will be happy to know that a [...]
Microsoft Releases New Web Tools [groovyDownload]
This morning Microsoft released 3 new free tools on the Microsoft Download Center for Web/SQL Administrators. 2 of the new tools are aimed at making the life of a systems admin easer by automating tasks like application/site deployment as well as SEO optimization of IIS 7 web applications. The interesting thing is the release candidates [...]