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Yes!! Surface Pro for Me! :-)

March 2, 2013 By Robert Owen

Ok. After much complaining and whining, I finally got my Surface Pro. My purchase plan had to update a little, but everything seemed to work out nicely.  I had planned to get the whole package from Best Buy but, if you read my previous crazy rant. You know that didn't work out. I ended up watching the Microsoft Store website like a hawk and on Feb 16th, they showed up as available for order again with a projected delivery of March 1. Click! Went my order.  But, just for the tablet. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gadgets, MicroSoft, Surface Tagged With: best buy, hawk, Keyboard, March 1, MicroSoft, ringer, Surface

Use the Snipping Tool to Capture Menus

August 27, 2009 By Robert Owen

When Vista came on the scene one of the new features I thought was pretty cool was the new Snipping tool.  It's a really useful little utility and for the most part it's great.  In Windows 7, the tool is still there (no improvements that I can see).  But, one of the things about this little utility that bothered me was my inability to use it to capture context and other drop-down menus.  Every time I would open the menu I needed to capture, it would disappear as soon as I selected the Snipping … [Read more...]

Filed Under: MicroSoft, Random - TidBit Tagged With: Cancel, Capture Image, Control, Drop Down Menus, Improvements, Keyboard, Laptop, Menus, New Features, Screen Buttons, Simple Solution, snipping tool, Windows Vista

Screen Capture – the easy way

October 25, 2006 By Robert Owen

I've been asked several times lately to recommend a good screen capture program. There are some great capture programs out there... But, most of those asking only needed the most basic of the functions. And luckily Windows already has the function built in. That mysterious print screen button on your keyboard can now be of some use to you.. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, MicroSoft Tagged With: Actual Size, Copy Paste, Desktop, Dual Monitor, Dual Monitors, Error Message, First Option, Free Image, Graphics Editor, Image Capture, Image Size, Keyboard, Mspaint, Msword, Paste Buffer, Print Screen Button, Screen Capture Program, Screen Key, Screens, Several Times

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