Date Archives October 2023

How to Summarize Data in Excel Using Consolidate Command

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Suppose you have a bunch of Excel data that are totally similar but needs to be created individually for some valid reasons. A good example is a purchase order. These POs can be created in individual sheets within one workbook, or spread across various workbooks. And in the course of time, you might want to collate the summary information to see how many of which inventory are moving in your business. The easiest way to collate such data or information is to use the Consolidate feature of Excel. Here are… Read More

How to Uninstall Windows Live Mail 2012

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Windows Live Mail 2012

If you are using the latest version of Windows Live Mail – WLM 2012, then that is a good choice. Besides being free, it has a lot of features nearly comparable to commercial email clients like Microsoft Outlook 2007/2010. However, as you use it and your email accumulates, and when you install Windows Updates or MS Office updates, Windows Live Mail can behave erratically as an effect. Since Windows Live Mail 2012 is a Windows application, it is affected mostly by the changes you make in your Windows Operating System…. Read More

How to retrieve stored email passwords in Mozilla Thunderbird

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Mozilla Thunderbird is one of the widely used email client today. Besides being free, it is fast, stable and reliable. However, as an email client, there are still people who want to access their emails in two ways: 1) using Thunderbird and 2) using a web browser. Using a web browser to access your email is very important for portability. Suppose that your Thunderbird is installed in your home desktop. When you are away from home, you need to use the web browser to access your emails outside Thunderbird. What… Read More

How To: Develop or write a proposal for a mobile app (native) for college IT course

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Develop a proposal for a mobile app (native). The proposal will include: If you have such requirement in your College IT course, here is a sample proposal below. Apps Genie is pleased to submit a proposal for the development of a native mobile app to ABC Broadcasting Network. This proposal is valid for up to sixty days after being presented. Client Name Application Name: ABC Go! Apps Genie will design and develop a native mobile app for ABC Broadcasting Network. The native mobile app will be designed to provide their viewers access to current news and… Read More

How to use INDIRECT function to create references to other Excel files

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MS Excel has a vast array of built-in functions that you can use in your formulas to manipulate your data. The main Excel function that I will demonstrate in this article is the INDIRECT function. This is a nice piece of tool to easily create references to external Excel files in your formulas. The INDIRECT worksheet function of MS Excel returns the contents of the specified reference and displays its contents. The INDIRECT worksheet function can be used to create “linked references” to other workbooks. Using the INDIRECT function, you… Read More

How to update email passwords in Mozilla Thunderbird

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Like any other email “client” or email program, Mozilla Thunderbird, which is used by several millions of users on Windows, Mac or Linux, offers remembering the passwords for your email accounts. In the recent release of Thunderbird, it stores passwords for all email servers individually for every email account like POP3, SMTP and IMAP servers.  If you have been using Thunderbird just recently of for many years already, you will notice that accessing the saved passwords for each email account is definitely not as easy as you would do in… Read More

How to Stress Test your Graphics or Video Card

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If you are consistently getting the annoying BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) on your Windows computer, especially when playing your favorite games, this can mean two (2) things. First, the game program itself could have crashed. Second, the graphics card could have crashed or failed with the load it has with the running game software. Since there are several other factors that could have caused the BSOD that you are experiencing, you can isolate the graphics card issue by doing a stress test of your graphics or video card. During… Read More

How to setup Google DNS on your Windows computer

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This is a very common issue with internet connections: you are able to access certain websites and other sites are inaccessible; websites that you used to access before became inaccessible even though the said sites are up and running; you are getting frequest “Page cannot be displayed” error and something similar and reloading the page loads the site thereafter; and a lot more. Then you call your ISP (Internet Service Provider) and they will tell you that everything from their end is working very good so you are puzzled as… Read More

MS Outlook: How to remove published calendars to stop Outlook prompt to sign in

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There are a lot of MS Outlook users that are using calendar for their various calendaring activities. However, due to various sync problems especially when calendars are published online and accessed by multiple devices, MS Outlook can become erratic. Though these procedures were done using Outlook 2007 and 2010, they could still be applicable in the newer versions of Outlook. One major problem with MS Outlook calendars is when a Windows Security pop up appears asking you to enter your username and password. And when you attempt to sign in,… Read More