Save time with copy paste shortcuts in Windows
Posted on May 10, 2008 at 5:25 am
Have to copy and paste a lot of files in Windows? However much you try to avoid it, eventually you have to move or copy a bunch of files from different folders and paste them into one folder. Or you might have to copy files from one location on your hard drive to multiple destinations.
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i.Scribe - Fast, Safe and Portable Email Client
Posted on May 10, 2008 at 5:01 am
Ease of access is one of the reasons why web based email or web mail programs such as Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail and others are the most popular way to compose, read, send and receive email these days. However, do you know that using an email client has its own advantages?
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3 ways to block spam and organize email in Gmail
Posted on May 9, 2008 at 5:29 am
Looking for a way to block spam in your Gmail account? Personally, Gmail is the best online email client because it can block almost all of the spam coming to my account and don’t worry, I get a lot! Every month I end up having at least 5000 emails in my Gmail spam folder, so it’s pretty good at catching all that junk for email for me.
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Capture screenshots in Windows with Screenshot Captor
Posted on May 9, 2008 at 5:11 am
Looking for a free way to capture screen shots? Screenshots are great because it provides a graphical element that makes it quicker for other people to understand what you are trying to say or write about. The old way to take a screenshot of your desktop was to press the “Print Screen” button, open an image / picture editor, paste the captured screenshot into the program, edit the screenshot, give it a name and save it to a desired location on the hard drive.
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Internet Explorer disabled or blocked at the office? Bypass restrictions
Posted on May 8, 2008 at 5:31 am
Is Internet Explorer disabled by an Administrator? Depending on the corporation you work for, your level of Internet access can vary from completely blocked to full access. One common restriction that many corporations place on computers is disabling Internet Explorer.
This basically prevents you from opening Internet Explorer at all and just gives you a message that it has been disabled by an Administrator. On top of that, if you try to install a different browser, such as Firefox, Safari, etc, you might not have install privileges.
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AbiWord - Fast, Multi-platform, Free Word Processor
Posted on May 8, 2008 at 5:12 am
Microsoft Office is a suite full of applications, of which only a few are used commonly. The most popular Microsoft Office application is Microsoft Word. However, Microsoft Word requires a more powerful computer as you move from one version to the next, making it impossible to run on low end computers.
Furthermore, the product itself is not free and can be run only in a few, proprietary operating systems. If you want a fast, free word processor that is compatible on most of operating systems out there, go try AbiWord.
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