PC Pitstop – Best Tips of 2009

December 15, 2009
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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
December 2009	Security Tab in XP	adams	xxxxxxx	$100
	Synch People & Contacts	windvane	xxxxxx	$100
	Google to Microsoft Office Options	xxxx	xxxxxx	$100
	Right Click Virus Check	Bob	xxxxxxx	$100
	Free Printable Signs	xxxx	xxxxxxx	$100
	Timed Automatic Shut Down	Jacee	xxxxxxx	$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	xxxx	xxxx	$100
	Float your Hard Drive LED	xxxx	xxxx	$100
	Information about your Hardware	xxxx	xxxx	$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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