Windows
Help! Any Classic Yahoo! Alternatives?
Gnomie Tom Sayles writes: Chris! I’ve been a very happy user of Yahoo!’s “My.Yahoo.com” service since it was in its initial beta many years ago. The last couple of revisions have been pushing more dynamic Ajax layouts and requiring more screen real estate. So after giving each new version an honest try, and providing thoughtful [...]
Use The Save All And Close All Menu Options In Word
If you have a bunch of Microsoft Word documents open and you want to shut down, it can feel like forever as you click on each Word document, save your document, and gradually close each window. There is a faster way to close all open Microsoft Word files. Here is a quick tip that lets [...]
Disable Automatic Bulleted Lists In Word 2007
Microsoft Word is designed to make it very simple for us to create a word document. It even corrects some of our spelling and grammar mistakes as we are typing along. For example, if you have ever typed in a URL or someone’s email address, you have more than likely seen Word take over and [...]
Amazon’s Buy 2 Get 1 Free Blu-ray Sale
From now through July 27, 2008, the Amazon DVD team is offering a special Buy 2 Get 1 Free promotion on over 100 Blu-ray titles. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to start building your Blu-ray library with Amazon’s great selection of titles, including Shooter, 3:10 to Yuma, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith. In [...]
Movavi Online Video Converter
When did file formats get so out of control? Documents, audio, video, and images all have different formats, and while some seem to be more accepted than others, you may have to use some of the more obscure file formats on certain occasions. For me, the most vexing file formats involve video. I can’t even [...]
Ubuntu! (Here’s The Email I Just Sent To My Two Geeky Sons-In-Law)
Gize, I don’t know if you ever tried (or had an urge to try) Ubuntu Linux. I installed it a year or so ago, and was massively (sorta) unimpressed.  It definitely showed promise, but the installation was a PITA, and the interface just wasn’t quite ready for prime time. You had to download an ISO, [...]
Hardware Vs. Software Firewall
I recently had Zone Alarm on my computer and one of its updates stopped me from being able to access the Internet or email. I removed the software… and they came right up. Can you recommend a free firewall download? – Ken The primary function of a firewall in the computer world is to limit [...]
Microsoft Word’s Format Painter Icon
Microsoft Word makes it very easy to copy text formatting with the Format Painter icon. As the name implies, you can paint specific text formatting to other areas of your document. The Format Painter icon looks like a paintbrush. If you do not see it on the toolbar, click Commands from the Tools menu, navigate [...]
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Presdo
Whether we like it or not, we all have to make time to do things, and sometimes that’s not very easy to do. Each additional person that gets involved in your plans makes those plans more complicated because you may have to make adjustments in order to work with their schedule. I’ve had so many [...]
