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How to share your screen for technical help using screen sharing tools

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I do technical support every day helping people solve computer problems of various sorts. The process is that they describe their problem in a thread like forums, then I provide step-by-step procedures that they can follow on their problem computer to resolve the problem. This process is so tedious especially the volume of problems reported and the amount of typing required to simply describe the procedures to correct the issue. In most cases, to best help these people, I even need to duplicate the issue, come up with screen shots… Read More

How to re-use several beautiful slide templates in a single PowerPoint file

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When you are using Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 or 2010, beautiful slide templates are already built in. Also, there are several hundreds and even thousands of PowerPoint templates available for free download in various websites that work for both PowerPoint 2007 and 2010. However, when you are working with a template, all slides are identically designed. That is, the first slide is unique, then the rest of the slides follow identical template design every time you add a new blank slide. How about if you want a completely different template or… Read More

How to eliminate annoying pop-up adverts in Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome

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There are two (2) types of advertisements that you are viewing in various websites online. First are the legitimate ads placed in designated boxes or blocks in certain web pages. The ads are legitimate since the website owners place them to monetize their site’s traffic. This is common among blogs and other free online services like Yahoo Mail, Gmail, Hotmail and other free email providers. To get rid of these ads among these FREE email providers, you need to subscribe to their PAID version of their email service. The second… Read More

Moving Outlook 2007 / 2010 Contacts from one computer to another

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Backing up Outlook contacts is a very important task that ensures email addresses and other contact infomation are copied and stored in a separate file and location. Microsoft Outlook Technical Support people offers several and various ways of doing the back, as well as other online outlook tech support. Microsoft Outlook support contact information are not readily available online. However, various forums and support groups offer support for Outlook issues for free or for some small fees. In fact, various technical support companies like iYogi.com and JustAnswer.com offer Microsoft outlook… Read More

How to view hidden files, folders and drives in your Windows 7

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By default, system files have “hidden” attributes. This is set by Windows this way for a very obvious reason – hide the file to avoid or prevent accidental deletion of the files. Users specially those with Administrator privileges or those who are members of the Administrator group can set the attribute of a certain file to “hidden” to simply hide the files. However, in troubleshooting a computer system, we normally require access to the system files which are normally set with hidden attributes. In this case, we need to modify… Read More

How to clear Firefox browser history and cached data

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If you are using Firefox web browser, that is a good decision. By far, Firefox is better than other browsers in many aspects. It is faster, safer, lightweight, and less problematic than the other browsers available. However, as you use Firefox over time, it accumulates a whole bunch of unwanted files, temporary internet files, outdated cookies, and other online stuffs. As these files are taking more and more space in your computer, your Firefox performance begins to get affected. Various browsing problems then begin to show up like Firefox beginning… Read More

How to share your Internet connection WITHOUT a router

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When you have a home Internet and your Internet Service Provider (ISP) provides you a modem that or a broadband connection that directly connects to your computer using the RJ-45 port in your laptop or desktop, you can share your Internet connection wirelessly even without buying a wireless router. This is possible only when these things apply: Your Internet connection provided by your ISP is directly connected to your computer’s RJ-45 port making your computer’s wi-fi radio available for wireless broadcasting Your computer has wi-fi radio or wifi-ready In order… Read More

How to move, transfer or migrate AOL emails and contacts to Gmail

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If you are using Gmail now, and you have several other email accounts from various email providers like Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, AOL, etc., you can centralize your emails using your Gmail account. Yes, with Gmail, you can download email messages from up to five other email accounts, including accounts from Gmail and other email providers. This is possible by using Gmail’s Mail Fetcher. Using Mail Fetcher, it can download all of your old emails as well as new emails, from other email providers including another Gmail account. However, if you… Read More

How to install or uninstall Windows games and other components in Windows 7

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Did you ever wonder how to uninstall a built-in feature of Windows 7? Do you want to uninstall Windows Games so that people in your office will not procrastinate at work? Like the older versions of Windows, you can turn on or turn off some of the built in Windows features. Please remember that you need to be signed in as an Administrator in order to follow the steps below: Click Start => Control Panel Open Programs and Features In the left sidebar of the Programs and Features dialog box, click… Read More