Archive for March, 2006

How to deal with web pages that refuse to print out legibly.

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Tips for taking advantage of all the extra desktop management features that come with Mac OS X.

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How to send and receive e-mail with Mozilla Thunderbird, a popular alternative to Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express.

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Keyboard shortcuts can help you work that much faster by eliminating the time it takes to go from keyboard to mouse and vice-versa. We show you the essential shortcuts that everyone who uses a computer should know.

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I want to change the size and location of Internet Explorer’s toolbars, but IE won’t let me adjust them. How can I do this? This is a little nuance that actually trips up a lot of people – Internet Explorer has a “locking” option that, when enabled, will not allow you to adjust any of its [...]

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I deleted an account from my Mac and later realized that I needed some files from that user’s home directory. Is there a way to get them back? Provided you’re using at least OS X 10.2 and you did not use the “Delete Immedietly” function, then you may be able to recover their home directory. Apple [...]

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I forgot my password to my Mac. What do I do? There are two methods for recovering your password in Mac OS X – log in as the administrator and change your password, or use the system CD to gain access to the system. Reset your password with the Administrator account If you forgot your own password but [...]

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I forgot my Windows password and cannot get into my computer. Is there a way to reset my password? There are two ways for you to recover your Windows password – use a password recovery disk or log in as the Administrator and change your account’s password to something you’ll remember. Microsoft has published instructional documents [...]

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Despite Mircrosoft Word’s domination on the word processing world, there are a subset of people who’ve been processing words for a long time and refuse to let go of their love for WordPerfect. So for those people, here’s a clip-art tip: to import clip-art from another file or program, follow these steps… Click Insert and move [...]

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At the moment, Google is the search engine powerhouse, and by following a few simple tips you can become a Google poweruser. Grouping phrases You can tell google that you are searching for a specific phrase as opposed to a set of keywords by enclosing the phrase in quotes. Example: searching for “chicken caesar” will return results [...]

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