Windows comes with a little-known application called Shutdown.exe. You can use it in conjunction with Windows’ built-in scheduler either to shut down or restart your PC at any specified time.

To set this up, open the Start menu, type “scheduled tasks” and click the first entry that appears. Or, if you’re using Windows XP, open the Control Panel and double-click the Scheduled Tasks icon. Once the task scheduler starts, add a new task. When, in the course of adding the task, you are asked...

If you have this problem, here's how to fix it:

1. Log on to Netflix and deactivate your Tivo from the play instantly section.

2. Deactivate your Netflix service via the TiVo menu.

3. Reboot the TiVo.

4. Reactivate Netflix in Tivo by going into the Video On Demand menu and following the instructions to get a new activation key.

Now everything should work again.

Did you know that the Google search box can be used for much more than searching? You can also use it as a calculator, for instance. Type 5*14, for example, to see how Google returns an answer instantaneously. The search box can also act as a currency conversion tool. Type "50 dollars in euros" and watch what happens. Need the local weather? Type "weather in," followed by your city. A five-day forecast should appear in no time.

You can speed up the time it take Windows to start by controlling which applications load at startup. Hold down the Windows key and tap the letter "R" to open the Run dialog box. Type "msconfig," without the quotation marks, and press Enter. In the resulting System Configuration dialog box, click the Startup tab, and uncheck any application you can do without.

When saving graphics destined for the web, consider using the PNG format. Short for “portable network graphics,” PNG files are compressed to save space and transfer quickly over the internet. But they also use a compression format designed to preserve the quality of images more than other formats commonly used on the web. Most graphics applications today can save files in the PNG format. Check the File Type option when saving.

Switch to "normal" view, close the app, restart. Word 2010 restarts in page layout view. How to fix?

Anyone know how to get "wrap to window" to work in normal layout view in Word 2010?

Anyone know how to do this?

Confirmed on my system. Google installs an email search in outlook 2003, and the result is crashes when downloading mail.

Uninstalled Google desktop, all is well.

For those of you who put together your own computers, what are your favorite cases?

I've use Antec and Corsair (the Obsidian is a beast, nicely engineered but with a hard drive rack that can amplify vibrations and noise). But my overall favorite case has to be P180/P182/now P183. In terms of noise control and consruction, the Antecs are the best from my experience.