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Easy Navigating Between Open Programs 2008-03-13 07:32:00 I often find that I have opened a number of programs on my desktop. Maybe I have Internet Explorer (IE) opened, and my Microsoft Word program opened, and my Outlook eMail program opened. I am surfing the net, and find a site on travel that reminds me of a friend in New York. I would like to send them an eMail. But how can I quickly get from my web browser to my eMail program?The answer is simple. Use your “alt” and “tab” keys.First hold down your “alt” key. Use your thumb. Once the “alt” key is depressed, then tap the “tab” key with another finger. Do not remove your thumb from the “alt” key. A pop-up will appear in the middle of your screen. It will show all your open programs. The will be a blue highlight around a program icon. A description of the highlighted pro Read more:Programs
The OMG Moment- I Deleted Something Important 2008-03-13 07:31:00 We have all done it. We back up and make backups of backups, but sooner or later anyone who uses a computer will inadvertently delete a file they didn’t mean to.What I refer to as an ‘Oh My God!’ moment. The instant we realise something of use was by accident, or stroke of the wrong key – sometimes without even realising it – something was deleted that you’d like to undelete. The moment when you silently – in my case sometimes not so silently – say to yourself, “I can’t believe I did that.” This is one of those cases though that our misery does not want company; we want our file back. Now!The first and most obvious solution of course is to open your Recycle Bin – by default located on your Windows desktop. This is where all deleted items go on the way to eventual di Read more:Moment
VIRUS ALERT 2008-03-13 07:30:00 “Happy-2008.exe”The Storm Worm’s New Years GreetingMany of us are winding down in these last days of 2007. Christmas has come and gone; store bargains have either been missed or had by now. In the tech world, things are relatively quiet.The biggest ‘buz’ has been the Queen of England creating her own YouTube channel proof that the Internet is here to stay. When 1000-year old monarchies ‘adopt’, the technological shifts are confirmed. The Queen also saw fit to deliver a message via her new ‘web presence’. Her first ‘invitation’ was sent via YouTube eMail to her son Prince Charles. I’ll bet he was thrilled.The next ‘big thing’ on the tech horizon is the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is not happening for a week or two. The latest and greatest tech will be
The Best Free Anti-Virus Programme 2008-03-13 07:30:00 For Windows 9.xx to Windows XP/Vista Tip # 0012I have received a number of questions in the past few months about which anti-virus programmes are the best and most effective. Many people are familiar with Norton and McAfee which come pre-installed on many new computers, along with AOL and other less-than-useful programmes.These anti-virus programmes usually come with a ‘free’ 30 or 45-day trial period before you must pay annual fees for their cumbersome security suites. For a variety of reasons, these anti-virus programmes that you must pay for are in many cases actually not as effective as some excellent and free anti-virus programmes.So, here is my recommendation for the best free anti-virus programme. It is free for individuals and non-profit use. Like many other anti-virus programm Read more:Programme
I Need That File! 2008-03-13 07:28:00 How To Store Files On The Web.For Windows 9.xx to Windows XP/Vista Mac Tip #0011I often hear from clients words such as, “my machine is not working properly” or “I broke my computer” and occasionally my favourite, “I broke the internet.” The most devastating though are situations where because of drastic circumstances - a fire or theft – there is simply no technical way to retrieve important information.In recent months we have learned how to find out what is on our machines and how to find specific files that are on our machines.It is always a good idea to have backups of your files on CD’s, DVD’s or better yet an external hard drive. But is there a way to back up essential files without any hardware or special equipment? Indeed there is if you have an internet connectio
How Do I Find Out What Is On My Computer? 2008-03-13 07:27:00 For Windows 9.xx to Windows XP/Vista Tip #0009When most of us buy a computer, it comes pre-loaded with various programmes and software titles. Some we like and use, some we never will use and some we simply don’t really bother with.A question that arose out of my VISTA ALERT special column reminded me that many people have no idea what is on their computers. What kind of processor, video card etcetera? How much RAM memory? What programmes do I have installed?These are questions most of us never wish to hear or feel the need to be able to answer. That is for the most part as it should be.But what if you want to upgrade your RAM? What is RAM you ask? Random access memory (usually known by its acronym, RAM) is a type of computer data storage. It takes the form of integrated circuits that al Read more:Computer
How Do I Find Specific Files On My Computer? 2008-03-13 07:27:00 Last month, we explored how to discover what programmes and software were loaded on your machine, along with information about your hardware.If you are like most users, you have quite a number of files on your machine. All kinds of files. And a surprising amount of files. Pictures of the family gathering last summer, an idea for a story or letter you might like to write some day. The results of some research done about something or someone or perhaps some item you considered purchasing. Then if you have been transferring your old files from older machines, you have files that you most likely have completely forgotten about. How on earth can you find out how many files you have, and more importantly if you are looking for a specific file how on earth can you find such a file? One specific f Read more:Computer
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VISTA ALERT 2008-03-13 07:25:00 Microsoft’s much ballyhooed release of the VISTA Operating System has come up against a wall of problems. From its delayed release (which in Micro-speak is normal procedure) last January through the early months of summer, there have been so many complaints about Vista that even Microsoft has decided to stop pretending everything is fine. They have extended the sales of the ancient XP into June of 2008. If you have built a better mouse-trap you don’t keep selling the old mouse trap. So what does this all mean? Why should you or anyone care?Well, here is the gist. If you or someone in your family is planning on buying a new computer this week, this month, this fall odds are you will end up with Vista OS on your new machine. There are compatibility problems. Translation = your old printe
Trick to Add AdSense, AdBrite and Other JavaScript Ad Code Directly to Blogger HTML Template 2008-03-13 07:19:00 Advanced users of Blogger
.com service may have tried to insert and put Google AdSense ad code which is actually a Java script directly into the blog pages by manually editing the XML-based template HTML coding interface. Actually, it’s possible add any ad code by using HTML/JavaScript
page element within the Blogger new XML template system, but the place where you can place the new block is rather limited, i.e. above or below the post body, header, footer, within sidebar or between blog posts. In case you want to put the ads inside the post, or align the ads to float and wrap around the text, or just within the single individual article content view, you will have to edit directly the HTML coding of Blogger template.If you try to insert any Google AdSense, AdBrite, AdEngage and any other Read more:Trick
How to Add and Put Picture or Image in MySpace Comment 2008-03-13 07:17:00 Somebody may left a comment with a picture or photo on your MySpace
profile page. You may also want to add a photograph, clip art or other graphic in the comment when posting in others’ MySpace profiles. But how to put picture on a comment in MySpace.com account? The following guide will show you step-by-step on how to attach your favorite photos on your MySpace comments.To add a picture to comment in MySpace, the photo or image must first be uploaded to Internet on a website or image hosting service that allows hotlinking or leeching, that is, allows direct inline linking of the image from placement on MySpace.com domain. MySpace does allow image upload to its server via Upload / Change Photos link, but it’s not a image storage sites, nor provides link location or linking URL to the p Read more:Picture
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How to Move WordPress Blog to New Domain or Location 2008-03-13 07:16:00 For blogger who self-hosts the WordPress blog publishing system on a web hosting server with own registered domain name, sometimes, you may decide to reorganize the blog link URL to make it tidier or to reflect new focus or theme of the blog. If you decide to change the URL or link location of your WordPress blog due to changing of domain name (such as from to ) or the blog to another directory location (such as from to ), there are some steps that should be done to ensure the proper migration and no breaking links.The tricky part when moving WordPress blog to another location is that WordPress is using absolute path in URL link instead of relative path in URL link location when stores some parameters in database. Within blog posts’ contents itself, users may also use the old URLs when Read more:Location
Move Blogger Inline Ads Between Posts to Inside Within Post Position 2008-03-13 07:14:00 The new Blogger
widget based template that built on XML specification has a feature to add Google AdSense ad unit inline between posts. These inline ads appear between 2 blog posts on homepage, archive and category or label pages, or after the blog content when the single post is viewed individually. However, the placement is kind of awkward and low performing in term of click through rate (CTR).A lot of bloggers have put Google AdSense ad code inside the post or wrap the ad unit around blog post by editing template’s HTML to insert modified ad code manually. Some users may feel uneasy on modifying the AdSense ad code as it may violates AdSense TOS. Anyway, there is another workaround to put AdSense ads in Blogger posts, by using trick to move or duplicate built-in inline ads between pos Read more:Inline
Easier Way to Log Off and Lock Your Computer 2008-03-13 07:13:00 To log off from the session that you are currently logged in, normally you will go to Start and click on “Log Off Username”. It is pretty straight forward. However, if you still think it is a bit hassle and irritated to click here and there, well, you can create your own shortcut in order to log off and lock your desktop in a faster way.To create a log off shortcut, just make a right click on any empty spot on your desktop. Point your mouse to “New” and click “Shortcut”.A dialog box will be appeared. Just type in “rundll32 user32.dll,LockWorkStation” and click “Next” to continue.Last, key in a name for this shortcut, e.g. Log Off ShortCut. Click finish to complete the task.
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How To Do Mail Bombing 2008-03-13 07:12:00 In internet terminology “mail bombing” is referred to an act of sending or forwarding huge amounts of email to a particular person’s mailbox or system. By mail bombing somebody’s mail box, you can actually fill up or overflow or overwhelm the recipient�s mailbox space. It can create great inconvenience to the recipient and cause the recipient�s server to have technical faults such as stop functioning, becoming slow, etc. Many people are of the opinion that mail bombing somebody’s mail box is an unethical behavior and the sender should be hung, quartered and disembowelled.Having said that, something that is seemingly bad may not necessary be so if used correctly at the right place and the right time. If you know the mail bombing skill, the skill will help you when you are requ Read more:Bombing
Disable, Uninstall and Remove Skype Add-On Call This Phone Number on Web Page and Toolbar Plugin Menu in IE 2008-03-13 07:10:00 When browse web pages with phone number on it, you may notice that the phone number has been highlighted and embedded in Skype
code as colorful option-selectable button, preceding with country flag. If you hover the mouse pointer over the phone number button, you will read that the button allows you to call this phone number in the country with Skype, while the flag allows you to change country code. The change to phone number on webpages, together with a Skype drop-down menu on the menu toolbar or command bar is a feature of Skype.Skype Phone Number
HighlightOther than above changes, when visiting a web page with phone number on Windows Vista, users may prompt with a Internet Explorer Warning dialog window saying “A website wants to open web content using this program on your computer Read more:Disable
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How to Stop Pop Up Advertisements When Playing Movie Clip with RealPlayer 2008-03-13 07:08:00 RealPlayer or RealOne Player is quite a popular cross-platform media player that can support numerous RealMedia formats such as RealAudio (*.ra, *.rm), RealVideo (*.rv, *.rm, *.rmvb), RealPix (*.rp), RealText (*.rt), RealMedia Shortcut (*.ram, *.rmm). It is quite common to use Real Player to watch downloaded video movie clips especially in *.rm and *.rmvb. The player is quite easy to use and features a handful of functions. Having said that, RealPlayer users always face a small but irritating problem. When you use Real Player to watch movie clips (*.rm or *.rmvb format), advertisement pages will prompt out inadvertently.Sometimes your Firewall will notify you that the ad page may contain virus, spyware, adware, etc. It can be very frustrating and annoying when you see these ad pages. A cli Read more:Advertisements
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Backup Gmail by Using Google Group 2008-03-13 07:07:00 The emergence of Google
Mail or Gmail
has given a lot of convenience to net users. The huge storage space over 4GB offered by this free web-based email provider allows users to keep their important data, information, documents and other form of attachments inside the mail. With such a huge storage capacity, nobody is even bothered to clear their mailbox and create another backup for the information they keep online. Undoubtedly Google has increased and enhanced the standard of its Gmail service substantially; the stability and reliability of its service also boasted users’ confidence with this free webmail service. Nevertheless, we always recommend that it is essential to have a backup of your online information even though you are comfortable with Gmail.Of course there are plenty of str Read more:Group
How to Send Full Size Photos or Pictures with Windows Live (MSN) Hotmail 2008-03-13 07:06:00 In Windows
Live Hotmail
(previously known as MSN Hotmail) email service, there is an useful and convenient feature to attach photos, pictures, images and graphics to the e-mail where users can view and browse the thumbnails of the photos, select multiple photos or pictures as email attachments to upload at one go, and even apply caption title, rotate, edit, crop, adjust brightness, increase or decrease contrast on the photos or pictures.Attach Photo in Windows Live
HotmailHowever, the images attached as photos by using “Attach: Photo” button are reduced in size to a maximum of 600 pixels wide or tall. Thus, the photos appear to be very small when viewers open the file in the mail upon reaching the recipients’ mailboxes’ inbox. However, it’s still possible to upload full-size full Read more:Pictures
Set Up and Add Hotmail Account in Microsoft Outlook 2007 2008-03-13 07:05:00 Hotmail or currently been named as Windows Live Hotmail after changing its name from MSN Hotmail is one of the biggest and most popular free web based email providers in the world. However, Hotmail lacks one significant feature which is support for POP3 or IMAP and SMTP server access. Without this feature support, users unable to download the mail messages to desktop e-mail client to store locally or offline browsing. As an alternative workaround, Microsoft
provides HTTP Server which able to serve Hotmail web-based (HTTP) e-mail account in proprietary e-mail client from Microsoft, such as Outlook
XP, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007, Windows Live Mail and Outlook Express.Note: Windows Mail built-in in Vista no longer supports the HTTP servers used by Hotmail and other web-based e-mail providers Read more:Hotmail
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Download Free Beautiful Icons for MySpace/Facebook or As .ico 2008-03-13 07:04:00 If you’re not designer or some with artistic skill, creating your own icons for your website or application is definitely not an option. Luckily there are many artists and Samaritans who contribute their amazing and beautify artwork to the society by making available the icon images to the general public. Most importantly free. MaxPower.ca has compiled a list of beautiful icons available for download that not only royalty free, but also with more freedom on ownership and distribution of derivatives rights based on Creative Commons (CC), General Public (GPL), or Lesser General Public (LGPL) license.Go to MaxPower.ca website to browse a list of artists with the sample icons of their work, together with the type of license of the released work and the free icons download link.
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How To Take Better Photos With Camera Cellphone 2008-03-13 06:57:00 Nowadays, camera cellphones are very common and lots of folks are using their camera phones to capture photos/pictures, which has developed into a global phenomenon. As you know, take pictures by camera phone (hybrid device) is more challenging if compared to digital cameras that designed specially for capturing your valueable memories. For your need, here’s got some tips that will help you to take better photos with camera handset.Tips To Take Better Photos (Camera
Phone): * Set the most suitable settings: Before you start to take pictures, set the settings such as weather and lighting environment (if your phone have). * Hold your camera phone steady: As you know, the lens on a camera phone is smaller than digital cameras, so it’s very prone to camera shake. The images will resu
How to Open and Extract .DAA Image Files 2008-03-12 07:30:00 DAA stands for Direct Access Archive is PowerISO proprietary and private disk image format which supports compression, password protection, and split into multiple volumes. Which mean .DAA files are exact replicate of a disk, normally CD or DVD, and can be a software program, game, music CD, movie collections, bootable CD and any other CD or DVD discs you can found in the market or simply alternative contents built and put into .DAA image by somebody.Unfortunately, PowerISO does not release DAA format to third party. It means that you have to download and install PowerISO application program to open or extract data and contents inside the .DAA files. PowerISO is a powerful CD/DVD image file processing tool, which allows you to open, extract, create, edit, compress, encrypt, split and conve Read more:Image
Send Out Executable Files Via Gmail 2008-03-12 07:30:00 As a security measure to prevent the intrusion of potential viruses, Gmail
strictly disallows users to send and receive executable files (files with the extension �.exe�, �.dll�, �.ocx� or �.bat�) in its policy. If you try to send these files, Gmail will send you an error message: “This is an executable file. For security reasons, Gmail does not allow you to send this type of file.” You might try to zip or compress the files into other formats such as �.zip�, �.tar�, �.tgz�, �.taz�, �.z� or �.gz�. However, your Gmail account will bounce back your message. How to send executable files with your Gmail account if you really need to do so?Of course the easiest way is to use other email services such as Yahoo to send your important executable files. H
Disable Internet Explorer as Browser 2008-03-12 07:30:00 Microsoft’s InternetExplorer
(IE) used to be a popular browser for net users. However, the popularity has gradually been taken over by other alternate browsers especially Firefox nowadays. Net users have turned to other browsers mainly due to security reasons. IE is a favorite target for hackers or spyware merchants. To avoid the potential security threat, many users have chosen to remove or disable IE from their system. By disabling IE from use, it helps to reduce the risk of cyberattacks.How to do it if you intend to disable your IE? Of course you can set Firefox as the default browser and simply ignore IE. However, if your PC or workstation is shared amongst your friends, siblings or colleagues, then you need to do some re-setting so that you can disable your IE to prevent it from be Read more:Disable
How to Change TMNet Streamyx Password 2008-03-12 07:28:00 TMNet Streamyx is a ADSL always on connection high-speed broadband Internet access service in Malaysia provided by almost-monopoly government-owned telco, TM or Telekom Malaysia. Although the network bandwidth speed that is available for subscription is pretty low, from 512 kbps to 2 Mbps currently, however, as it’s the only service provider that has nationwide infrastructure and widest coverage, the Streamyx is considerably popular.If you’re using Streamyx or any of the many TMNet services, and want to change the password, TM actually provides an online self care service that allows TM net users to manage their account. The online TM Net account management page can be accessed at login, enter your user name and existing password, and remember to select account of which TM Net service Read more:Change
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Monitoring that Opened Window to Protect our Children Against Sexual Crime 2008-03-12 07:28:00 We teach our kids not to talk to talk to strangers or open the door to people they do not know. Yet, we leave a window wide open in our house. Every time, they use the Internet, they can be lured into talking to any number of strangers of diverse backgrounds, motives and moral outlook. More worryingly, these strangers can solicit our children via anonymous or deceitful identities.Studies in US show that one in seven children receive sexual offers online when using their home PCs. Yet only 20 countries make owing or downloading child porno a crime. Child porno has also become uglier and more horrifying in recent years. Websites that portray naked children in suggestive poses are considered mild and meek. Instead online users get to view a bound and gagged two-year-old toddler being raped or Read more:Opened
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Schedule SyncToy to Run and Automatically and Repetitively 2008-03-12 07:27:00 SyncToy is a free synchronization software from Microsoft which giving away the program as part of XP PowerToy download. However, SyncToy has been upgraded to support both Windows XP and Vista, providing a convenient way to maintain 2 or more copies of files in different location in sync. Unfortunately, SyncToy does not provide an automated way to watch or detect any changes to files or folders in the pre-configured folder pairs and sync the contents on the fly automatically.In fact, SyncToy doesn’t even have the feature to allow user to schedule folder pairs to run synchronization process at designated time. So even though user has setup a synchronized folder pair, it doesn’t mean that the files or folder between the “left” and “right” folders are always the same or in sync, u Read more:Schedule
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Tips to Move Paragraph and Select Text Vertically by Using Keyboard Shortcut in Microsoft Word 2008-03-12 07:26:00 If you are dealing a lot with Microsoft
Word in daily work, the tips mentioned here could be very useful for you. For a document writer or editor, moving a paragraph or any piece of information around the articles could be a tedious job. However, with these easy shortcut key solutions, you can save a lot of effort to be spent on more value added tasks. There are two simple keyboard shortcut key solutions to be discussed here. First is the way to move a whole paragraph up or down in the articles in simple steps. To accomplish this, just put your cursor anywhere in the paragraph (not even need to highlight the whole paragraph) that you intend to move, just press and hold down the Shift+Alt+Up/Down key to move it to the desired location freely without hassle. Other than paragraph, the same me Read more:Select
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Create a Secure and Strong Password using Password Chart 2008-03-12 07:26:00 A password is an important key to open and access personal information that is stored in a computer or online accounts. This key is an essential and highly confidential tool that protects the privacy of one’s data. Generally, the awareness amongst computer users towards password creation and management is still lacking. Many people tend to create their passwords using a simpler format which is easier to remember, e.g. using birthday, car number, daughter’s name etc. Some also like to create a master file wherein they can store all their confidential passwords. Undoubtedly by doing so, it is more convenient and easier to remember and manage one’s passwords. However, users must not forget that the risk of the passwords being cracked is also relatively high. Criminal hackers and malicio Read more:Secure
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Workaround to Unable and Cannot Copy or Print PDF Files Blocking 2008-03-12 07:25:00 Author or creator of PDF documents and files can use two passwords to protect or restrict usage of the documents. “Password to open” (or user password) will restrict opening of PDF file while “password to restrict printing and editing” (or owner password) will disable or lock down the feature on PDF document and restrict, prevent or block ability to modify, edit, save, print, copy or convert the contents, depending on owner preferences on document properties.When the PDF documents block or disable users from copying the text or image content and printing, two common settings, users will unable and cannot print or copy the contents of the PDF files. If you intend to print or copy the text or graphical contents from locked down PDF files, try one of the following hacks or tricks to w Read more:Print
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