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Disable the Trackpad/Touchpad on Mac and PC
If you like using a mouse to get work done on your Mac or Windows laptop, then you might find it useful to disable the trackpad or touchpad on your system. This is really useful if you type a lot and...
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Device Association Framework High CPU Usage in Windows 8?
If you have recently starting using Windows 8, you may have run into an issue where everything starts to run really slow. If you ended up looking at the processes running in Windows 8, you may have...
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Create a Custom Windows 7 Install Image
Creating a customized Windows 7 image can be accomplished using a few different methods and Microsoft even supplies some tips for creating unique and custom Windows 7 deployments. However, many of...
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Save Web Pages in MHT Format by Default in Internet Explorer
So there’s one really annoying thing about the way Internet Explorer works and that’s when you try to save a web page. If you click on Save As, by default IE will choose the Webpage, complete (*.htm,...
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Use Multiple Google Accounts in Chrome Web Browser
I have always found it annoying having to use multiple browsers to sign into several Google accounts. I’ve also found it annoying that I had to install add-ons and extensions in browsers like Firefox...
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Collaborate on a Document in Real Time using Sync.in
Ever wanted to quickly get a couple of people together looking at the same document online and being able to make edits and collaborate on it? Maybe you want a family member to check out your resume...
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Move Photos to a Different Album in Facebook
One question I’ve been asked a lot from friends is how to move a photo or set of photos from one album on Facebook to another? Well, it’s actually fairly straight-forward and I’ll answer that question...
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Tips for Adding Printers in Windows 7
I recently ran into a driver problem when attempting to install a printer in Windows 7. The printer had previously been installed in Windows XP (on the same machine) and was working fine, but after...
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Change Default Media Player and Photo Viewer in Windows 8
I’ve been running Windows 8 for a few weeks now and I recently ran into an issue when trying to play some video files. I take a lot of video from my Panasonic HD camcorder and the files are all .M2TS...
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Turn on Fast Startup Missing in Windows 8 Power Options?
If you have a PC running Windows 8, you definitely want to make sure your machine is booting as fast as possible. By default, Windows 8 enables a feature called Fast Startup or Hybrid Shutdown that can...
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Benchmark Hard Drive Performance with HD Tune
Looking for a quick and easy way to check the performance of your hard drive? Maybe you just swapped out an old SATA drive for a new SSD? Want to make sure that the SSD actually is giving you some real...
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How to Tell if a Folder is Shared in Windows 8
Starting in Windows 7 and continuing into Windows 8, Microsoft has removed the feature whereby when you shared a folder, it would change the folder icon so that you could immediately tell it was being...
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Create a Multiple Operating System Bootable USB Drive
If you work in IT or offer your own IT services, you probably install and reinstall operating systems for clients quite often. Traditionally, operating system installs have been deployed directly from...
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Get Windows 8 Explorer in Windows 7
in Windows 8, one thing I really like is the new ribbon interface in Explorer. I know there are a lot of people that probably hate it, but for some reason I do like the ribbon look in Office and now in...
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Fix NT Kernel & System Process CPU Usage in Windows 7
I recently ran into a strange problem where a process called System (NT Kernel & System) was using about 15 to 30 percent of the CPU on my Windows 7 machine all the time.In the above screenshot,...
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Troubleshoot and Fix Office 2013 Problems with Repair
If you’re having problems with any Office 2013 program like Word 2013, Excel 2013 or Outlook 2013, you can always perform a repair, which will try to fix any issues that may be causing the program to...
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Office 2013 - Replace Someone's SkyDrive with Your Name
In Office 2013, you can save your documents to the cloud using Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud service. You get a decent amount of free space and you can access your files via Mac, Windows, the Internet, or...
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What Happened to Disk Defragmenter in Windows 8?
In Windows 8, the name for a lot of features in Windows 7 has changed. For example, Windows Anytime Upgrade is now called Add Features to Windows 8. Disk Defragmenter has now been changed to Optimize...
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Difference between Windows Media Center and Windows Media Player in Windows 8
If you haven’t heard already, Windows 8 has one huge chunk of software missing that used to be included by default: Windows Media Center. Due to media decoding licensing costs that OEMs have to pay for...
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Create a Desktop Shortcut to All Apps in Windows 8
Windows 8 removed the Start Menu and now if you want to see all the apps that you have installed on your system, you have to go to the Start Screen, right-click and then click on All apps. I personally...
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