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Sometimes I want to open a command prompt to a certain folder. In my example, I want to open a CMD prompt to the folder Downloads on my E drive. I could just open up CMD prompt that defaults to C:\Users\Terry and then navigate to […]
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I love shopping online, much to my lovely wife’s dismay. I am a self-confessed gadget freak– if it plugs in or runs on batteries, I want one. However, I am very cautious when shopping online, dealing only with reputable vendors, and paying only through PayPal–
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A couple of weeks ago I wrote the article, How To turn off Facebook Activity Tracking (make sure to check it out). This was such a hit that I figured it would be smart to continue helping you all with turning off tracking on other devices you own.
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Say you have a large Excel Worksheet and you need to be able to quickly access rows that are buried way down. Fortunately, there is a built-in method to accomplish this task. Follow the steps below to learn how: Press F5 which will display the
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A woman brought me her new laptop because her browser, Microsoft Edge, was being blocked with a message claiming her system was infected and to call 1-800-XXX-XXXX. It’s just a scam. I’m surprised that this thing is still around. I used a small program called
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Typing a document is the easy part. Formatting a document for easy reading and printing takes a little more effort. This paper will look at the left, center, right, and full justify. Also, automatic hyphenation and using a non-breaking space. Let’s use the random function
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At my work, I acquire new eBook titles for our website. When doing this, we receive the eBooks in three formats: Epub, Mobi (Kindle), and PDF. The PDF format can sometimes be a very large file. This has to do with either the company I’m getting
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A lot of folks are afraid of fields and would rather use old methods of doing things instead of familiarizing themselves with the lovely Fields in Word. I love fields and now I am going to spread the love so that you, dear readers, will
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Warning, proceed with caution. The website in question might be compromised by a hacker. A woman called me and wanted me to print up a few sewing patterns for her. But when I tried to get to the website, I got a warning message that
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I use the Thunderbird email program and this morning I noticed two unusual marks in my newsfeed accounts. In front of the account name was a pink triangle with an exclamation point inside it. I right-clicked on one account listed and I noticed on the
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It seems like yesterday I was learning DOS commands on my IBM clone PC. It was one I had built myself from parts. I had a case from one supplier and a power supply from another. Add a motherboard, disk drives, and various plugin cards,
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I like to keep photos of my property in case it ever gets lost or stolen. I also create contact sheets where I put multiple images on a single page. You can do this manually but there is a quicker way using XnView. I’m just
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People who know me, know I like to do projects with my brother. This time he is working on a Web series and asked for my help with editing and some other technical issues. With any project you are working on, you might have people all over
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Signatures can be plain or fancy. Regardless of which yours will be, follow the steps below to learn how to create one. Before I start, it is important to note that if you have a Microsoft Office 365 account, and you use Outlook and Outlook
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