Dear Readers

I'm quite complimented that some of you have noticed I haven't posted as I normally do this week. I figured it would be best to let everyone know here that I'm in the middle of preparing for an exam that I'm writing this coming weekend, so I most likely will not be creating another entry for this blog until after I've finished. While it would be quite feasible for me to throw something together really quickly, I'd rather wait until I have the time and energy to put together a post of good quality. Until then, I hope all of you are having a wonderful...
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Access: Change the Tab Order on a Form

So you've created a form in Microsoft Access and everything seems to be laid out perfectly... but wait! Why does your cursor jump around to the different fields in an awkward order when you press the Tab key? Is there a way to change that?Changing the tab order on a form is actually a fairly painless process. From the design view, click on the 'Design' tab on the ribbon (it's in the 'Form Design Tools' group). To the very right of the ribbon, click on the 'Tab Order' button.The 'Tab Order' window now appears. You'll have some different sections...
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SharePoint: Fix Slow Browsing in Windows Explorer

I came across a surprising fix to a problem I was having today, and thought I'd share it here on my site. While using Windows 7 and browsing through various folders in SharePoint with Windows Explorer, everything was loading at a sickeningly slow pace. Super, extremely, verrrrrrrrrrrrrry slow.Oddly enough, you can make it run fast by changing some settings in Internet Explorer. You need to make sure you make these changes in IE regardless of whichever other browser you may use, as it is heavily integrated with Windows Explorer.Open IE, go to 'Tools',...
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