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2007 January 02

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Beginner’s Training For Office 2003 - Free

If you are new to Microsoft Office products and need some assistance in learning the skills needed to operate the Office Suite, you need to take a look at what Microsoft has to offer. Some of the online tutorials cover such topics as:
Create your first Excel workbook
Get to know Excel formulas
Outlook address basics
Start editing in […]

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Microsoft And Free Laptops - Quick Follow-up

I just read a commentary in the Seattle Times that best described why Microsoft giving away free laptops made such a stink. “It was just the kind of story to fill the news vacuum in the week between Christmas and New Year’s.”
Isn’t that true? It always seems that between Christmas and New Year’s, […]

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Firefox - Why I Use It

I just got finished reading an article Scot Finnie wrote for PC World comparing Internet Explorer to Firefox.
And after reading what Scot had to say, I had two thoughts. The first was a biased opinion that agreed with the article that Firefox was a better browser. And the second was: Why do I use Firefox […]

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More Free Software To Fine Tune Your PC

You may have noticed in my previous posts that I like free software. Why? Because over the years I have found that many free software products do just as good of - and sometimes a better - job than their paid counterparts. So here is a list of products I have used that I think […]

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More Google Stuff To Try

Here are some more helpful Google sites to try.
Google Alerts
I use this all the time. I just enter a search term and have Google send the alert directly to my email account.
Google Catalog
View images of catalog pages scanned as part of the Google Base service, which lets people add their own information to Google’s databases.
Google […]

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Windows XP - Forgot Your Password Or Your Password Expires

I was surprised to read this KB article from Microsoft, in reference to the procedure to follow if a person forgets their password using Windows XP. The last sentence in bold italics struck me as odd.
” This article describes how to log on to Windows XP if you forget your password or your password […]