This video will show you how to convert scanned documents to text files using the free software found at: http://www.ocrtools.com

Omnisio.com allows you to take videos from YouTube, Google Videos, etc and lets you cut them and splice them together to make a single video from multiple ones.

With the help of the free program MusicZilla(www.freemusiczilla. com), you can download pretty much any streaming music and videos that you come across on the internet.

Here are some quick little computer pranks to pull on your friends for April Fools day.

If you live outside the US and cannot access the videos, try this: Download and install hotspot shield and create a VPN (http://anchorfree.com/downloads/hotspot -shield/)

Greasemonkey is a scripting tool that allows for cool add-ons to enhance your web experience. Once such Greasemonkey script is the Modified Gmail Macro that allows you to add cool shortcuts to your Gmail.

StockVault.com is a website that allows you to download their stock photography and use them in projects and websites without any royalty charges.

This tip involves the beta website Animoto.com. This website allows you to upload your own pictures and music and it will automatically create a professionally designed video with them. A 30 second video is free to create. If you would like full length videos, they ask you to pay for them.

This video will show you how to create and distribute a podcast. We'll use Audacity to edit the podcast and use one of these programs to upload it: Podango - www.podango.com Podpress - www.mightyseek.com/podpress MyPodcast - www.mypodcast.com

This video will show you how to disable Windows Vista's User Account Control, or UAC. The UAC is that box that constantly pops up saying "Windows Needs Your Permission To Run, Do You want to Continue?". Be advised that Microsoft does not advise this, because it may allow some programs to run without your permission. If you are OK with this, then feel free to follow these steps to get rid of the annoyance.

Speed up Windows Vista by disabling the Visual Styles (eye candy) and the sidebar to free up memory.

Organize your E-mail inbox by labeling e-mail by filtering out e-mail with common subjects, e-mail address or content and them categorize them with color-coded labels.

This tip will show you how to organize your Gmail contacts into groups so that you can send an e-mail to several people at once just by typing a few letters.

This vista tip will show you how you can disable those annoying pop-up notification balloons that appear at the bottom right of your screen. As a bonus, we will also disable the start menu notifications as well.

This tutorial will show you how to make a non-destructive prank that will make someone think they have a virus on their computer every time they click on it. Please do not use this for destructive purposes.

This video will show you how you can run almost any Linux only program as if it were a Windows program. You will need a program called and Linux (freeware) to do this. Once installed, I will show you how to set up a Linux music program called Amarok.

This video will show you how to shutdown your computer from anywhere using a texting capable cell phone, Microsoft Outlook and a free account from www.kwiry.com

This video will show you three easy ways to stream your music collection over the internet so that it is accessible from almost any device that is internet capable.

This video will show you 7 different ways to speed up Windows XP. This tutorial requires one freeware program that can be found at www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm

This program is a great way to keep your hard drive clean. It allows you to view everything that is taking up space on your hard drive and how much space it is taking. It presents it in a visual format that is easy to read.