So I haven’t posted in a while, but I’m too busy right now to do a real content post so here’s a link to a pretty simple tips & tricks article on InfoSoup about keeping your iPhone battery
http://blog.techsoup.org/node/1364?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=btc
I’ve been running Windows 7 since beta and I only just found out about this feature called XP mode for Windows 7 (Professional and Ultimate versions only). I still haven’t tried it much, I have yet to see a need for it, and I run tons and tons of old junk. However, in the off chance that you have an application that will run in Windows XP, but just refuses to function in Windows Vista or Windows 7, this tool may be for you.
I won’t go into to much detail, but it’s built on top of Windows Virtual PC technology (which used to be Microsoft Virtual PC 2007). Windows XP mode is basically an installation of Windows XP, that runs transparently in a Virtual machine on your Windows 7 desktop. Complicated … ish … the technology is complex, but the simple integratioin makes the usage very simple. Whatever the difficulty level, it’s Friggin Cool for Shizzles!!!
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/features/windows-xp-mode.aspx
This XP mode is only supported in the Professional and Ultimate editions of Windows 7, just another reason to shy away from using the Home versions in a business environment. It is a seperate download, but is free.
The most basic and simple way to take a screen-shot (screen-snap, snapshot, screen capture, whatever you call it) dating back to Windows 95 (3.1 even maybe?) is this:
This will just take a raw bitmat (.bmp) snapshot of the entire screen, then insert the image content into the chosen application. For more advanced, fine tune control over your screen shots you’ll need a few tools. Windows Vista and Windows 7 come with a tool call ‘Snipping Tool’ which can be used to capture only the content of a user selected area.
For Windows XP you’ll have to use a 3rd party tool. If you have MS Office on your XP machine, odds are you’ll have a little used program called Office Picture Manager (Start > All Programs > MS Office > MS Office Tools > MS Office Picture Manager). You can use this application in lieu of Wordpad in step 2 above, then use it’s editing functionality to crop the screenshot down to only the portion you need. You can then save the image as a JPG or PNG to reduce it’s file size.
