Archive for the ‘Basic Tutorials’ Category

Why sending large attachments is a bad idea

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Why sending large attachments is a bad idea

In June Google increased the maximum attachment size of a message to be 25MB. Some users are still hungry for larger sizes – but that’s a bad idea. (more…)

Flash 10c Fix

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Flash 10c Fix

An age old problem has resurfaced for Adobe Flash Player users this week. (more…)

Taking Your Laptop on Your Travels – Some Advice

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Taking Your Laptop on Your Travels – Some Advice

When travelling abroad with your laptop it worth keeping in mind a few points. There included it getting lost, stolen or damaged – business travellers should be better at this than those who are taking their laptop on holiday. (more…)

Using Public Wi-Fi Hotspots Safely

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
Using Public Wi-Fi Hotspots Safely

Using Wi-Fi on the go is rapidly becoming far easier. Planes, trains, stations, hotels, coffee shops – you name it you can get it just about anywhere. But as a friendly word of warning, you maybe opening the door to security problems. (more…)

How to save pictures in an Outlook 2007 message

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
How to save pictures in an Outlook 2007 message

Last week a customer asked me how to save photos someone has sent them from an email.

Simply right-clicking over any of the photos did not allow them to save it, nor would copy and paste, or clicking and dragging to a folder. (more…)

How to Save Ink & Paper When Printing From Websites

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
How to Save Ink & Paper When Printing From Websites

Often people say that they are bored by how many pages are printed out when they press print whilst viewing a website. Mainly the waste of paper which is produced and the unnecessary amounts of ink involved. There is an easy way round this problem which is oh so often over looked. (more…)

What is the ‘enter’ and the ‘return’ key?

Thursday, March 19th, 2009
What is the 'enter' and the 'return' key?

One of the most misinterpreted functions of the keyboard that I come across on a day-to-day basis is the difference between the ‘return’ key and the ‘enter’ key. (more…)

How to troubleshoot a Sky+ HD Box (reset and upgrade)

Saturday, March 14th, 2009
How to troubleshoot a Sky+ HD Box (reset and upgrade)

Last year I posted an article about how to reset and force an update for a Sky+ box (more on that here). This year, due to some requests, I am posting details of how to reset and force an update on a Sky+ HD box. (more…)

Adding Programs to the Quick Launch Bar

Thursday, March 5th, 2009
Adding Programs to the Quick Launch Bar

Earlier in the month I covered what the ‘Quick Launch‘ bar was. This week I am going to tell you how to add items to the Quick Launch bar for quick and easy access to your favourite programs – it probably couldn’t be easier! (more…)

How to copy and paste text

Thursday, February 26th, 2009
How to copy and paste text

Copying and pasting text in documents or emails is really easy, and should be known by all computer users.

As an example, if you want to move copy text in an email, and have the same words, sentence or paragraph, there are two ways to do this, without having to retype the text. (more…)