Archive for the ‘Windows’ Category
UBitMenu: Classic Menu for Office 2007/2010
- Posted by Craig Grant on January 10, 2010
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Many people believe that Microsoft Offices new “ribbon” toolbar needs to be fixed. “UBitMenu: Classic Menu” brings back the classic menu that users were used to from Office 2003 and previous versions. It actually creates a new tab in the current Office 2007 tabbed system so you can easily switch between the classic menu and [...]
Read more10 Fast and Free Security Enhancements
- Posted by Craig Grant on January 01, 2010
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Before you spend a dime on security, there are many precautions you can take that will protect you against the most common threats. 1. Check Windows Update and Office Update regularly (_http://office.microsoft.com/productupdates); have your Office CD ready. Windows Me, 2000, and XP users can configure automatic updates. Click on the Automatic Updates tab in the [...]
Read more23 Ways To Speed WinXP, Not only Defrag
- Posted by Craig Grant on January 01, 2010
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Since defragging the disk won’t do much to improve Windows XP performance, here are 23 suggestions that will. Each can enhance the performance and reliability of your customers’ PCs. Best of all, most of them will cost you nothing.
Read moreHow to make Windows XP boot Faster
- Posted by Craig Grant on January 01, 2010
- Windows
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Make sure you’re running Windows XP. The version of XP doesn’t matter When you start up your computer you probably get a screen with the company name of the computer, then sometime after the Windows XP screen with the bars going across over and over again for a little while. This is the part that [...]
Read moreBIOS Beep Codes
- Posted by Craig Grant on January 01, 2010
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When a computer is first turned on, or rebooted, its BIOS performs a power-on self test (POST) to test the system’s hardware, checking to make sure that all of the system’s hardware components are working properly. Under normal circumstances, the POST will display an error message; however, if the BIOS detects an error before it [...]
Read moreNew Firefox Interface – Delayed
- Posted by Craig Grant on December 31, 2009
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The overhaul of Firefox’s interface has been delayed. Instead of debuting in version 3.7, it is now scheduled to debut in version 4.0 which is a major release slated for a 2010 release. Mozilla, the developer of Firefox, would “ribbonize” the browser and borrow graphics graphics concepts from Microsoft. This means eliminating the top-of-the-frame menus. [...]
Read moreYour Previous Mail Messages and Folders
- Posted by Craig Grant on December 31, 2009
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Find Your Previous Mail Messages // On your desktop, create a new folder called XPMail. To do this, right-click your desktop, click New, and then click Folder. If you use identities, create a new folder for each identity. Click Start, and then click Search. In the What do you want to search for box, click [...]
Read moreCopy files to the new user Profile
- Posted by Craig Grant on December 31, 2009
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Log on as a user other than the user whose profile you are copying files to or from. // In Windows Explorer, click Tools, click Folder Options, click the View tab, click Show hidden files and folders, click to clear the Hide protected operating system files check box, and then click OK. Locate the C:\Documents [...]
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