Archive for the ‘Hints & Tips’ Category
Monday, February 15th, 2010
To flick (scroll) between open windows (open items) simply press Alt + Tab, then hold down Alt whilst pressing Tab to reach the desired file or program
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
To get the Start Menu at any time simply press Ctrl + Esc
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Monday, February 1st, 2010
Renaming a file or folder: When you are viewing a file or folder and you want to rename it simply select the file/folder, click F2, and then re-type the name.
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Monday, January 25th, 2010
Search for a file or folder: When on your Desktop, and you want to search for a file or folder simply press F3 on the Keyboard.
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Last weekend a customer got in touch about an Adobe Flash problem with Windows 7 64-bit. (more…)
Tags: Adobe, Firefox, Fix, Flash, Patch, Windows 7, Windows Vista
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
Travellers in, and travelling through London leave 10,000 mobile phones behind a month! (more…)
Tags: Email, iPod, Phone, Security
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
The most common type of headphone jack socket. You can find these on mobiles, laptops, iPods, TVs, etc. Nokia & Apple are both big pushers of the socket type which has helps popularise them.
Tags: Apple, iPod, Phone, TV
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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
Don’t click links in emails from people who you don’t know, or who claim to have sent you “an important security message – click here”. (more…)
Tags: common sense, Email, Firefox, Internet, Internet Explorer, Security
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
All broadband routers have a built-in firewall, as does Windows XP (since SP2), Vista, Windows 7, and Mac OS X since 10.5. Make sure it’s enabled. A third-party software firewall does no harm for laptop users and desktops who want to beef-up on security.
Tags: Security, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Keep up-to-date antivirus software. Whether you get yours paid or for free, antivirus software is useless unless it’s updated daily (Norton UK or US users are updated every 10 or so minutes).
Tags: AntiVirus, Norton, Security, virus
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