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Use Windows' Disk Cleanup tool. This utility identifies files that you can delete and enables you to choose whether you want to delete some or all of the identified files.
You can use Windows' Disk Cleanup utility to remove temporary Internet files, remove downloaded program files, empty your...
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You can record Flash-based video (like YouTube and Google video files) with a free website at KeepVid.com Find a video you want to record and copy the link to the page with the video on it into the textbox (in green) on the KeepVid page. KeepVid will save it to a file you can download to your...
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The default behavior for the power button on the Start menu is Sleep. To change it to shut down:
• Click on Start > Control Panel
• Click on Power Options
• Select a power management plan and Change Plan Settings
• Click on Change advanced power settings
• In...
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Windows has quite a few built-in shortcuts. These work on all versions of Windows, including Vista.
<F2> - Rename selected file (in Windows) or edit selected cell (in Excel)
<Shift><F3> - For any highlighted text, cycle among all-caps, lowercase, and title case. Click...
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In IE7 the menu bar is not enabled by default. Here's how IE7 looks when first installed.
It's easy to get the Menu bar to display again, right-click just to the right of your last Tab, highlight Menu Bar and left-click. Now your IE7 should look like this:
If you want the menu bar on...
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Click Tools in the Windows Messenger window. Click Options and then click the Preferences tab. Uncheck the Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts check box. Click OK.
The next time you log on to your PC Windows Messenger won’t ask you to sign in.
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They meant you need to add RAM (Random Access Memory) to your computer.
Why would would you need to that? Not that long ago PCs came with 128MB of RAM. Then it was 256MB and most recently 512MB. We're starting to see more and more PCs come with 1GB (1024MB) of RAM standard.
Why so much RAM?...
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Before you turn it off for the last time, back up all of your data (email, digital pictures, purchased music files) to removable media and make sure you have the physical media (floppies or CDs) for any programs you want to re-install on another computer.
Now that all of your files and programs...
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OK, this isn't really very intuitive, so pay attention.
In Excel all of the cells in a spreadsheet are protected (locked) but the worksheet itself is not. So you need to do two things to protect your formulas.
First, highlight the cells you DON"T want to protect - the not-formulas part...
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If you're backing up your PC at all, you're heading in the right direction. The most important thing is to back up your PC - at least once in while - to someplace other than your PC.
WindowsXP comes with a version of the tried and true NTBackup program that will do a good job of backing up your...
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