6 Years of the Best Tips for Your PC

April 1, 2012
PC Matic Cybersecurity

Each month we select the best of the tips submitted by members of the PC Pitstop community.

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Month	Tip	Winner	Location	Prize
March 2012
	Search Smarter	Elaine	California	$100
	Backup Internet Explorer Settings	Juan	Puerto Rico	$100
Feburary 2012
	Take Control of Your Taskbar	Rosanglea	Brazil	$100
	10 Best Remote Desktop Software	Stern	Israel	$100
January 2012
	email address checker	kburra	Australia	$100
	URL un-shortener	Kevin	USA	$100
	Extend Router Range	Doug	North Dakota	$100
	WinMend Folder Hidden	Barry	Australia	$100
	Sage Thumbs	Norbert	New Mexico	$100
December 2011
	Find & Remove Dup Files	Rosangela	Brazil	$100
	Wireless Network Watcher	Helio	Brazil	$100
	RealWorld Paint	Paulo	Brazil	$100
	Minimize Annoying Sounds	Elaine	California	$100
	Tweak Windows AutoPlay	Juan	Puerto Rico	$100
November 2011
	Organize Your Desktop	pacoli	Brazil	$100
	Problem Steps Recorder	kburra	Australia	$100
	Touch Freeze	Tx Redneck	Texas	$100
	Select Multiple Files	rosangela_1967	Brazil	$100
October 2011
	Free Office 365 EBook	paultx	Brazil	$100
	Create Iso with Nero	lizardo_manson	Puerto Rico	$100
	Guides for Everything	firecracker	Nebraska	$100
September 2011
	Extend Battery Life	kburra	Australia	$100
	No Defrag for SSD	flyfishingrules2	North Dakota	$100
	Google URL Shortner	Amir	Israel	$100
	Import Pics Into Windows 7	morbidbutterfly	California	$100
	Bluescreenview [Free]	paultx	Brazil	$100
	Save Webpages as single .mht	EssexBiker	UK	$100
	Read It Later Add On	kburra	Australia	$100
	All You Typed Vanished?	Bright Boy	Florida	$100
August 2011
	Windows and Raw Files	Nigel	UK	$100
	IE Favorites Organizer	EssexBiker	UK	$100
	Bad Shortcuts	evilfantasy	USA	$100
	Backup Your Facebook	kburra	Australia	$100
	Temp File Cleaner	Jacee	Washington	$100
	17 Alternative Media Players	bob3160	New Mexico	$100
July 2011
	What Happened?	Paulo	Brazil	$100
	Poor Video Quality	Barry	Australia	$100
	Prepping Your Computer for Disposal	Elaine	California	$100
	Add A New File Type To Indexing In Windows Vista	Helio	Brazil	$100
	Control Panel – Alternate View	Deborah	Nebraska	$100
	Set Up Gmail Auto-responder	Juan	Figueroa	$100
June 2011
	Disable autoplay in Windows	Patrick	Brazil	$100
	Mount a VHD within Windows	Tiburcio	Brazil	$100
	Outlook on the Desktop	Bryan	Texas	$100
	Free Photocopier	Paulo	Brazil	$100
	Access Gmail Offline	Barry	Australia	$100
	Dont Delete Firefox Add-ons when upgrading	Juan	Puerto Rico	$100
May 2011
	32/64 Bit Windows FAQs	Barry	Australia	$100
	16 Online Virus Scanners	Norbert	New Mexico	$100
	Create Holiday Cards with Word	Patrick	Brazil	$100
	Windows 7 Power Users Guide	xxxxxxx	xx	$100
	Tips For Better Holiday Photos	Rosangela	Brazil	$100
	Honest Feedback On Books	Elaine	California	$100
April 2011
	Disk Investigator	Jacee	Washington	$100
	Missing Restore Point Tips	morbidbutterfly	California	$100
	Win 7 Tutorials	kburra	Australia	$100
	Fix FF4 Annoyances	flyfishingrules2	North Dakota	$100
	Fast Firefox Startup	lizardo_manson	Puerto Rico	$100
March 2011
	Add Your Fav Software At Once	Bruce	Massachusetts	$100
	Install Win 7 from a Flash Drive	thehulk18	Florida	$100
	Windows 7 Tweak Guide	Chris951	Arizona	$100
	Save emails as HTML	EssexBiker	UK	$100
	Windows key + P = easy display switch	Paultx	Brazil	$100
	Install all fav software at once	Bruce	Massachusetts	$100
	Install Win 7 from a flash drive	Robert	Florida	$100
Feburary 2011
	Microsoft Fix It	Paulo	Brazil	$100
	Top 11 Free Email Clients	Stern	Israel	$100
	Change Double Click to Single Click	Juan	Puerto Rico	$100
January 2011
	5 Tips for Using Public Computer	Patrick	Brazil	$100
	Windows Live Messenger Small Icon	Elaine	California	$100
	WMF – New Green File Format	Paulo	Brazil	$100
	Defrag as Admin	Robert	Florida	$100
	Missing Recycle Bin	Norbert	New Mexico	$100
	Add the Run Box to Windows 7	Eogahan	England	$100
December 2010
	iTunes Bloatware	Bryan	Texas	$100
	Zoom While Browsing	Juan	Puerto Rico	$100
	Headtracking Software	Bruce	Massachusets	$100
	Minimize Risk of File Loss	Alan	UK	$100
	Tips For Editing Pictures	Rosangela	Brazil	$100
	XP Can’t Detect Media?	Norbert	New Mexico	$100
November 2010
	Case Airflow	Bryan	Texas	$100
	Windows Parental Controls	Patrick	Brazil	$100
	Caps Lock Warning	Doug	California	$100
	70 Best Free Software	Elaine	California	$100
	Play Your Favorite DOS Games	Patrick	Brazil	$100
	Optimize Vista Performance	Rosangela	Brazil	$100
October 2010
	Why is my hard drive not working?	Jeri	Washington	$100
	Double driver	Paulo	Brazil	$100
	Disable laptop touchpad while typing	Elaine	Califoria	$100
	Turn Picture into Mini World	Juan	Puerto Rico	$100
September 2010
	eBay Power Tool	Elaine	California	$100
	Start Menu Power Boot	Norbert	New Mexico	$100
August 2010
	Test Boot Speed with Free Utility	Juan	Puerto Rico	$100
	Blue Screen of Death	Bryan	Texas	$100
	Favorite Links	Elaine	Califoria	$100
July 2010
	Add a picture to a Folder	Rosangela	Brazil	$100
	Manual Defrag Vista	razorcd	xxxx	$100
	Generate Random Text in MS Word	profhig	xxxx	$100
June 2010
	Sidebar for XP	Jeramy	Texas	$100
	Stream Radio in VLC	Dan	UK	$100
	Find Open Excel Files	Martin	Bermuda	$100
	Official Windows 7 Guide	Paulo	Brazil	$100
	2 Ways to Get Windows Help	Doug	North Dakota	$100
	4 Killer Gmail Tips	Elaine	California	$100
	Who Needs Photoshop	Norbert	New Mexico	$100
	Tired of Old Windows Login	Jeramy	Texas	$100
May 2010		Two ways to resize desktop icons	Paulo	Brazil	$100
	ShadowExplorer, browse shadow copies in Windows Vista	Kevin	US	$100
	Cookie control and script defender	Jacee	Washington	$100
	Free AVG Rescue CD, Helps Get Unbootable PCs Working	Elaine	California	$100
	Scan A Windows PC For Viruses From A Ubuntu Live CD	Don	Arizona	$100
	April 2010	50 Bing Tips	Elaine	California	$100
When Gmail Goes Down		Norbert	New Mexico	$100
Easy Read Desktop Fonts		Robert	Florida	$100
Bootable Flash Drives		Jeramy	Texas	$100
Free Resume Samples		Rosangela	Brazil	$100
Run IE8 without AddOns		Dan	UK	$100
March 2010	Download Win 7 system recovery discs, great for OEM computer owners	Jeri	Washington	$100
	Make photos black & white, except specific colors	Matt	Arkansas	$100
	8 tips to manage your files better	Rosangela	Brazil	$100
	TutCity – Free Tutorials Directory	Paulo	Brazil	$100
	Get back the classic start menu	Elaine	California	$100
	Run XP mode on Win 7 machines without hardware virtualization	Norbert	New Mexico	$100
Febraury 2010	The complete Windows 7 shortcuts eBook	Paulo	Brazil	$100
	FileMenu Tools, works with Vista too	Jacee	Washington	$100
	Great control of desktop icons	Elaine	California	$100
January 2010	Auto-Complete Web Addresses in Firefox	Dan	UK	$100
	Remove all album artwork from iTunes, save space on your iPod	Dan	UK	$100
	The complete guide to Google Wave	Paulo	Brazil	$100
	Email embedded music, how to save	Frank	UK	$100
	Adove Flash Player plug-in and ActiveX control driving you crazy?	Faith	Georgia	$100
December 2009	Security Tab in XP	Don	Arizona	$100
	Synch People & Contacts	xxxxxx	xxxxx	$100
	Google to Microsoft Office Options	Paulo	Brazil	$100
	Right Click Virus Check	Norbert	New Mexico	$100
	Free Printable Signs	Elaine	California	$100
	Timed Automatic Shut Down	Jeri	Washington	$100
November 2009	Must Have Word Tip from MVP	Paulo	Brazil	$100
	Ensure Facebook Privacy	Douglas	North Dakota	$100
	Turn Pictures into Posters	Elaine	California	$100
	Create Windows 7 Themes	Don	Arizona	$100
	Float your Hard Drive LED	Elaine	California	$100
	Information about your Hardware	Jeri	Washington	$100
October 2009	Upgrading from XP to Windows 7	Jeri	Washington	$100
	Recover your Deleted Files, Free!	Don	Arizona	$100
	System Restore is Broken	Andrew	US	$100
	Admin at Welcome screen	Elaine	California	$100
	Get Back the Classic Taskbar	Brandon	Ohio	$100
	Install Windows Backup on XP	Rosangela	Brazil	$100
September 2009	Windows 7 Tutorials	Jeri	Washington	$100
	Reload any Firefox Tab	Dan	UK	$100
	Screenrecorder (free)	Paulo	Brazil	$100
	Online Image Editors	Nolbert	New Mexico	$100
August 2009	Microsoft Office compatibility pack for Word, Excel, & PowerPoint 20	Rosangela	Brazil	$100
	Spotify Music Player, available in Sweden, Norway, Finland, UK & Spain	Dan	UK	$100
	Revo Uninstaller	Jeffrey	Kansas	$100
	Identify Your Computer Parts	Nolbert	New Mexico	$100
	Record audio being played back over your speakers/headset	Kirby	Pennsylvania	$100
July 2009	Gmail – enabling the https setting	Faith	Georgia	$100
	Turn on computer with no case	Shawheen	California	$100
	How to rotate your monitor screen display	Elaine	California	$100
	Windows 7 tutorials, compliments to Brink (MS MVP)	Jeri	Washington	$100
	G.ho.st free virtual online computer	Bob	New Mexico	$100
	Runtime error codes	Don	Arizona	$100
	Install XP’s backup utility into Windows Vista	Elaine	California	$100
	Extract multimedia files from PowerPoint presentations	Paulo	Brazil	$100
June 2009	Open Task Manager in 2 Clicks	Don	Arizona	$100
	8 Simple Steps Faster PC	Felipe	California	$100
	Better Privacy for Firefox, deletes super cookies	xxxx	xxxxx	$100
	20 awesome free OS downloads that aren’t Windows 7	Douglas	North Dakota	$100
May 2009	Create a toolbar to smarten up your Desktop	Dan	UK	$100
	FREE old app’s download, remember the days	Stern	Israel	$100
	Blog with Word 2007	Paulo	Brazil	$100
	Desktop Slideshow Alternative	Richard	Canada	$100
	156 Run Commands	Elaine	CA	$100
	15 great tips for windows 7	Ken	Texas	$100
	Networking Windows 7 and XP, View computers in the Network Map	David	New York	$100
	how to stop your homepage from being changed	xxxxx	xxxxx	$100
April 2009	Open,view, and print Excel files	Bill	Florida	$100
	Defragment Your Page File	Kirby	Pennsylvania	$100
	Lost User Manuals	Richard	Canada	$100
	Router with USB, Modem, Dialup	Duane	Michigan	$100
	30 Tips for Windows 7	Don	Arizona	$100
	How To Tweak Windows Explorer	Elaine	California	$100
	Descriptions of Crash Errors	Lynn	Arizona	$100
	5 Tips For Video Conversion	xxxxxx	xxxxxx	$100
March 2009	Wink – to create tutorials and presentations	Paultx	Brazil	$100
	Instant eyedropper, easily identifiy HTML color code	Kevin	Oklahoma	$100
	How to insert tables in word 2007	Donald	Ohio	$100
February 2009	Go away please, getting rid of thumbs.db files	Kenneth	Virginia	$100
	Wizmo	David	North Carolina	$100
	Scheduled and hidden scheduled tasks	Carlton	Canada	$100
	76 Windows Vista Keyboard Shortcuts	Elaine	California	$100
	Setup user account on a separate drive than Vista	Jeffrey	Missouri	$100
January 2009	Create desktop icons for shutdown or restart	Keith	Puerto Rico	$100
January 2009	Open Source, Security Tools	Kim	Washingto	$100
December 2008	Online onscreen virtual multilingual keyboard, from any PC everywhere	Stern	Israel	$100
November 2008	Use system restore when you can’t boot your PC	Willie	Florida	$100
	Favorites, Good bookmarks	David	New York	$100
	Windows Recovery Environment	Joesph	Michigan	$100
	Before you connect a nw computer to the internet	Randy	Canada	$100
	Running different versions of Firefox and IE at the same time	Donald	Arizona	$100
October 2008	Your HardDrive Revealed	Stern	Israel	$100
	Disabling AdobeUpdater the Easy Way	Faith	Georgia	$100
	7,000 Free Downloads	Donald	Arizona	$100
	Open CD Drive without power	Elaine	California	$100
	Fed Up with Same Old Login Screen	Alan	UK	$100
	Sidebar Gadgets	Donald	Arizona	$100
September 2008	Tip for encoding with Nero 8, put your cores to work	Shawheen	California	$100
	Add security tab to XP Home properties, set permissions without having to boot into	G.Finley	North Carolina	$100
	Browser keyboard shortcuts, great list of shortcuts to speed up your browsing	Simon	Missouri	$100
	Solutions for .docx files	Paulo	Brazil	$100
	Browser keyboard shortcuts, great list of shortcuts to speed up your browsing	Simon	Missouri	$100
	Internet shortcut icons changed to generic icons, refresh	Jeri	Washington	$100
	Control panel addon Vista	Jerry	Texas	$100
August 2008	How to print a folder fiile list from Windows Explorer	Elaine	California	$100
	XP Tweaks, Bad Tweaks	Richard	Canada	$100
	JavaRa	Bill	Indiana	$100
	Rename Multiple Files	Don	Arizona	$100
	Ebbay Missells	Bill	Indiana	$100
July 2008	Yahoo, Hotmails	Richard	Canada	$100
	Sound Effects	Charles	Indiana	$100
	Folder Thumbnails	Ron	Minnesota	$100
June 2008	Prevent XP from Deleting Restore Points	Mark	Rhode Island	$100
	Wireless Network Setup Guide	Jon	Indiana	$100
	Vista Drive Icon	Kevin	Oklahoma	$100
May 2008	Lost Recycle Bin	Richard	Canada	$100
May 2008	Spot Fake Emails	Alan	UK	$100
April 2008	Free Online Classes	Joe	Michigan	$100
	Outlook on the Desktop	Jon	Indiana	$100
	Best Quality YouTube	Stern	Israel	$100
	Icon Restore	Elaine	California	$100
	MS Word Tip	Stern	Israel	$100
March 2008	Free Home Music Server	Bruce	Massachusetts	$100
	Get out of trouble by creating a new task	Willie	Florida	$100
	Importing favorites from MSN to Firefox	Donald	Arizona	$100
February 2008	Disable Windows Auto Updates	Jeri	Washington	$100
	Clean & Copy When Scanning	Brian	Australia	$100
	Total Copy, to copy & move faster	Paulo	Brazil	$100
	Noisy Fans & How to Fix Them	Richard	Canada	$100
	Tiny URL	Shawnheen	California	$100
January 2008	Firefox – multiple home pages in separate tabs	Vinny	Conneticut	$100
	Send big files & Photos, Drag & Drop	Charles	Indiana	$100
	How To Secure Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 & VISTA	Alexander	New York	$100
December 2007	Keyboard Shortcuts	Arthur	Texas	$100
	Online shopping tips	Jerry	Texas	$100
	Like everest but more info	Allen	Illinois	$100
November 2007	Want a New Bootscreen?	Jeri C	Washington	$100
October 2007	Process Explorer	Edward B	Canada	$100
September 2007	Save All Open Docs	Mindy	Texas	$100
September 2007	Super XP Tweak Guide	Chris	Arizona	$100
August 2007	Vista Speed Boost	Bryan W	California	$100
August 2007	Valuable Vista Tweaks	Michael W	Indiana	$100
July 2007	Sharing Keyboards and Mice	Charles C	Indiana	$100
July 2007	Play DVDs in Vista Media Player	Jeri C	Washington	$100
June 2007	Screen Capture Made Easy	Jeri C	Washington	$100
June 2007	Opaque Icons	Edward B	Canada	$100
May 2007	Make Your Own Icons	Mindy R	Texas	$100 Amazon Card
May 2007	Add Item to Send To menu	Charles C	Indiana	$100
April 2007	Caps Lock Tip	Edward B	Canada	$100
April 2007	Full Test in Vista	Matt	Indiana
March 2007	Firefox and Vista	Richard G	Canada	$100
March 2007	Free Applications	Bruce C	Massachusetts	$100
February 2007	Page file	Ken R	Texas	$200
	Run as Admin	Ken R	Texas
	Outgoing Firewall	Doug T	North Dakota
	Run Command	Doug T	North Dakota
January 2007	Vista Gadgets	Ken R	Texas	$100
January 2007	Forward Email	Minnie	Texas	$100
December 2006	Power Button	Richard	Canada	$100
December 2006	Stop Auto-restart	rmcvey	Florida	$100
November 2006	OpenDNS	Steve R	Texas	$100
November 2006	Foxit reader	Amarjeet G	California	$100
October 2006	Open multiple start menu	Paulo T	Brazil	$100
October 2006	Regain HD space	Bill J	Indiana	$100
September 2006	Increase security	Raymond G	Canada	$100
August 2006	Internet 10 Commandments	Joesph	Michigan	$100
July 2006	Open IE faster	Allen S	Illinois	$100
June 2006	Limit System Restore Space	Doug T	North Dakota	$100
	Enlarge font sizes	Steve H	Florida
	Big Print with Mouse	Randy M	Texas
May 2006	Turn off XP eye candy	David B	Ireland	$100
May 2006	Windows + D	Paul H	United Kingdom	$100

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