August, 2010

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Underlining CSS styling

Use border-bottom css rule and discard the underline rule:
h1{boder-bottom:1px solid #cccccc;padding-bottom:3px;}

Slow Computer? Speeding up FireFox

Speed up firefox:
- Check Addons > Tools > Add-ons > Extensions- disable any which you don’t want
- Goto Plug-ins tab and remove any unused – check above for list
- Remove downloaded files: found in Tools
- Remove download history: Tools > Option > click “Privacy” icon and uncheck “remeber download history”
- Remove recent history

Computer Slow? Computer Appearance.

Speed up your computer by reverting back to Windows Classic Style.
Start > Control Panel > Display > Appearance tab > Choose “Windows Classic Style” from dropdown menu > Click Apply
For an even faster appearance:
With Appearance Tab still open choose “Effects” button and uncheck all options.

CSS styling image height and width while maintaining aspect ratio

A short post today on a great piece of CSS styling which allows you to resize images to a set size and still maintain there aspect ratio or proportions. This is a short and sweet optimized tip on how to use css styling to display an image at a certain height or with while maintain [...]

Slow Computer? – Slow Start Up – Windows XP

- Clean out your Startup folder- C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs\Startup, where username is your Windows logon name. Delete any shortcuts you don’t want loaded.
- Delete Schedule tasks – C:\Windows\Tasks. Delete any tasks you don’t want.
- Run Services computer-management console by typing services.msc in “run” in Windows XP – Start > Run. Stop startup services by changing “automatic” to “manual” – Advanced, don’t try unless you know what you are doing.

Slow Computer? Computer Monitor Upgrades

Slow Computer? Look at the size of your computer monitor. Downgrading your screen by an inch can improve your computers speed and optimization.

Slow Browsing – Optimization of Internet Explorer 8

Tips to Speed up IE8:
- Reset Internet options.
- Delete unused faviourites.
- Remove unused Toolbars.
- Delete or disable unused add-ons.
- Disable Feeds and Slices.
- Turn off Suggested Sites.
- Turn off synchronizing of temporary internet files.

Slow Computer? Disk Defrag and Optimize your Hard Disk Drive

Quick Disk Defragmentation Windows XP:
Click “My Computer” >> Right click on your C: Drive (or drive you want to defrag) >> Click “Properties” >> Click “Tools” Tab >> Click “Defragment Now” >> Click Drive you want to Defrag >> click “Defragment”. This can take quite a while to finish.

External Monitor ruined my Laptop display

How to delete a recently installed monitor display driver:
Right click “My Computer” >> click “Manage” >> Click “Device Manager” >> Expand “Monitors” >> Delete the problem display driver listed >> Reboot your Computer.