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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 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

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 locate Normal.dotm template of Microsoft Word 2007 and 2010

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There are times when MS Word is consistently crashing or showing erratic behavior. There are also some times when you changed your global template in error and that you want to restore its default values. In this case, you need to work with MS Word’s global template, called Normal.dotm file. The template file Normal.dotm is a global template. That is, when you open MS Word 2007 or 2010, everything you see in the blank document, like the Font style and Font size, Text style and Paragraph style, are derived from… 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 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

How to capture or take a screen shot on a Windows computer

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Windows provides a way to capture the screen of your computer. This is useful when someone asked you for the actual look of your screen as part of a troubleshooting procedure where you cannot allow the other person to remotely control your computer. Capturing your screen and saving the image or picture will then allow you to send the screen shots to help the other person visualize your problem scenario. To make a screen capture, here are the steps: Prepare the desktop or screen that you want to capture. That… Read More

How to Fix a Corrupted Recycle Bin

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If you are experiencing a weird or uncommon behavior of your Recycle Bin, like when you cannot empty it, or when the Recycle Bin icon in your Desktop always shows clear or empty when in fact there are deleted items when you open it, then it is most likely a corruption issue. In this case, the very first thing that you can try is to RESET your Recycle Bin. By resetting your Recycle Bin, Windows will automatically re-create the $Recycle.Bin folder after resetting the old and corrupted version. Here are… Read More

How to Cleanup Google Chrome for Cached Data and Browsing History

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Sometime, when your Google Chrome browser is acting faulty, like when it is too slow to load or when some sites won’t load at all,please try to use other browser like Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer and see if the said site or sites are working. If they do, then the problem is NOT with those sites, but with your Google Chrome browser. First, clear the browsing history of Google Chrome to get rid of all outdated cookies, huge bulk of cached data and all junk stuffs that the browser is no… Read More

How to speed up your computer’s startup time

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Sometimes, you might notice that as you use your computer through time, it will eventually slow down. This is noticeable at startup and also noticeable when you work with several software at the same time. Though Microsoft Windows is built with multitasking capability, coupled with fast hardware technology, slowing down of your computer occurs for many reasons: Your computer could have been infected with a malware or worm that runs unwanted processes in the background choking your system by taking up much of your system resources (How to keep your… Read More