Archive for the ‘Windows’ Category
Get Windows key on an old keyboard
I have a particular love of IBM keyboards, both the clicky Model M (compact) as well as scissor-key ThinkPad keyboards. Neither of these, however, has a Windows key. This key is good for much more than popping up the Start menu, so I’d like to get it back. Also, I never use [...]
Laptop internets via Blackjack
Need access to internets on your laptop but you don’t have a cellular data card? If you have a bluetooth Windows Media smartphone (a Samsung Blackjack, for example) and an appropriate data plan, just run \Windows\Internet Sharing from File Explorer on your phone, select “Bluetooth PAN” under “PC Connection”, then connect to the device [...]