Working With Dates in Excel
There are two ways to work with dates in Excel, the hard way where you do all the work or the easy way where Excel does all the work for you. If you work with monthly sheets e.g. Jan, Feb, etc. then this tutorial may […]
Assign Labels To Storage Drives/Cards
These days it is not unusual for a computer to have two or three USB storage devices plugged in at the same time. Windows assigns drive letters in the order in which you attach a device, so the same memory stick might be drive J
Automatically Log Off or Shut Down Windows 7
I like my computer to automatically log me off after a period of inactivity for a very good reason – I don’t want anyone messing with my files, especially my two young grand-daughters, if I forget to Log off manually! If you would like to
DCT Giveaway: Ashampoo 3D CAD Architecture 4
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DCT Giveaway: Ashampoo 3D CAD Professional 4
[message type=”info”]The winning name has now been drawn – and the winner is: Cheryl Vanessa Cheryl Vanessa has been contacted by email and now has 14 days in which to claim the license. THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW EXPIRED Congratulations to Cheryl and thanks to everyone
Windows 8 Dual Screen Options
Do you favor a dual screen setup? If you do, Windows 8 provides four options for dual screen systems. To access these options; go to the Start Screen, slide your mouse into the bottom right hand corner to bring up the ‘Charms’ bar and select
Change the Footnote Continuation Separator in MS Word
I don’t know about you, but I have on more than one occasion had a footnote so long that it did not fit in the footnote space on my page. If this has happened to you as well, you noticed then that MS Word will
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Over-clocking – A Tempting Offer
Over-Clocking… the beginning Now, I don’t pretend for a minute to be an expert in over-clocking a computer. To the contrary, I am a newbie. I have made a few feeble attempts in order to not only experiment but to learn and, hopefully, get
Beware: Bogus free Windows 8 Activator!
Man, these cybercrooks are good; clever and very quick to seize on any opportunity to relieve unsuspecting users of their hard earned cash or personal information. This most recent scam, brought to notice by Trend Micro researchers, clearly targets users’ innate attraction for bargains and ‘free’ offers. Windows 8
INCLUDETEXT Fields in MS Word
Suppose you would like to link fields in two different documents. As an example, let’s say you have a document wherein your client enters their name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, and date. Also suppose that you would to be able to lift that information
Geek Facts Retrospective – The Geekiest Week
This is the fourth in a series about Geek Facts. Today’s topic is the Geekiest Week. Each day last year, I posted a Geek Fact for that day. A Geek Fact is something geeky that happened on that day in history. I have to say
Drive Letters – after the name, before, or hide
By default Windows shows your drive letters after the drive name. The letters are easy to hide through Folder Options and with a little registry hack you can show the drive letters before the drive name. As already stated this involves a registry hack so
What has Netflix done for us, lately?
Indeed. If you haven’t been paying attention to Netflix – why not? 2011 and 2012 were not especially good years for Netflix. Between changes to the subscription terms, splitting the DVD-by-mail and online streaming service, and the other PR issues, Netflix was hemorrhaging subscribers and their
A Quicker Way To Encrypt a File or Folder with Bitlocker
[infopane color=”4″ icon=”0049.png”]NOTE: Bitlocker encryption is available only in following desktop Windows versions: Vista Ultimate, Vista Enterprise, 7 Ultimate, 7 Enterprise, 8 Professional, and 8 Enterprise.[/infopane] If you encrypt files or folders then this tip is for you! Windows Vista, 7, and 8 allow you
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