Archive for the ‘Hints & Tips’ Category
Monday, July 5th, 2010
The clever people at Mozilla have been working since last Autumn on rather a useful check service which detects users plug-ins for their browser and tells them if they are up to date. (more…)
Tags: Firefox, Flash, risk, Security, Upgrade, virus
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Saturday, April 10th, 2010
Online reviews for things you may buy, visit, or think about, are really useful when making decisions. Unfortunately, some aren’t that trustworthy.
Here are a few tips that will help you spot fake reviews from the real ones. (more…)
Tags: check, making decisions, Online, reliability, reviewers
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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, Environment, Firefox, Fix, Flash, Internet, Internet Explorer, Patch, Question, 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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