How to Decorate your Windows 7 PC with Easter themes

Easter is coming, which means it's time to update your Windows 7 desktop with some Easter themes from Microsoft.

Decorated Eggs theme
This theme of 13, beautifully decorated eggs will surely inspire you to create some of your own wonderful creations with your family.

Get the Decorated Eggs theme.

How to create and share custom Chrome themes

Until recently, creating your own Chrome theme meant you either had to know some code, or you had to rely on a Web app. Google recently released a Chrome app called My Chrome Theme, that makes creating and sharing themes extremely easy and a lot of fun.

The app breaks down the theme creation process into three steps:

How to share your Dropbox files with links

Dropbox users can now share files via links, instead of of relying on the public folder. It lets you easily share your files and folders with others, even if they don't have a Dropbox account. We'll show you to use the share links from dropbox.com, your PC, and your smartphone.

How to copy files to Google Drive faster in Windows 7

The Google Drive desktop application in Windows 7 creates a nice little shortcut in your Favorites folder for easy access to your files. Using Windows Explorer, you can copy files to it like any other file or folder in Windows. But there's a faster way to copy files to your Google Drive account. Using the Send to context menu option, you can right-click on any file or folder and send it straight to your Google Drive folder. Here's how to set it up:

How to set up the new Dropbox camera upload feature on Mac

Dropbox has released version 1.4 of its Mac and Windows app, which enables a feature called Camera Upload. If you're looking to get started with the Windows version, Lance Whitney explained how to set it up in an earlier post.

You may remember during beta testing of the camera upload feature, you had the chance to get up to 3.5GB of free Dropbox storage, just by uploading photos and videos. The additional free storage carries over with the official release, giving you 500MB on your first upload and up to 3GB of storage. If you don't want to keep your photos in Dropbox, but still want the free space, upload your 3GB of photos and videos and then delete them. The space will remain.

How to map a drive letter to Google Drive in Windows

Google Drive's shortcut in Windows 7/Vista shows up in your Favorites folder, while in Windows XP, it shows up in your My Documents folder. The shortcuts are easy enough to use, but if you find using a specific drive letter to be more convenient, there's an easy way to map one to your Google Drive account.

If you're comfortable using the command prompt, you can use the DOS command: subst. A better and easier way to create the drive association is using a small program called Visual Subst. It's basically a GUI front-end to the subst command.

How to re-enable older Flash in Safari 5.1.7

In the latest version of Safari, Apple enhanced the browser with a security measure that ensures users make use of the latest version of Flash player. The browser will check for the latest version of Flash, and if your installed version is out of date, then it will disable the plug-in and prompt you to download the latest version, but this might not always be desired.

This security feature has been applauded by Adobe's Brad Arkin, who in a blog posting stated:

Lock and unlock your computer with a USB drive, secret-agent style

If you prevent access to your computer with just a password, you are missing out on an alternate (and more secure) way to lock down your computer.

Predator, a free Windows program, turns your USB drive into a key that locks your computer when it's removed. To unlock your computer, you'll have to plug the USB drive back in. (Talk about having secret-agent-style security.)

How to Drag and drop files to erase them permanently with EraserDrop

Every now and then, we need to make sure that the files we delete are really gone forever. Financial info, old work data, or poems we wrote in college all need to go down the memory hole with no chance of retrieval, and there are quite a few tools out there that get the job done. EraserDrop makes it easy, letting you drag and drop files to shred them for good. Here's how to use it:

1. Download and install EraserDrop here.

How Do I Start Using jQuery on my Website?

Many beginning web designers are intrigued by the javascript power that jQuery provides. If you have never used a javascript library, it can be a bit intimidating. Downloading and linking jQuery within your web document is really very simple. This tutorial will get your started.

We are not going to debate the wonders of jQuery. It rocks! I’m just going to assume your here because you want to learn how to use it. Perfect!

Here’s our video showing how to get started. Text directions can be found below.

How to undelete files on Windows with Undela

Undela is Ctrl+Z files you've emptied out of the recycle bin.

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How to encrypt selected text and entire text files with Notepad++

Notepad++ is a popular text editor and Notepad replacement with many useful features. One of its best features is its support for plug-ins. NppCrypt is a Notepad++ plug-in that lets you encrypt selected text or entire text files. If you don't want to use BitLocker in Windows 7 or TrueCrypt, here's how you can use Notepad++ to encrypt your text files.

Install Notepad++ and NppCrypt plug-in

Step 1: Download and install Notepad++.