Microsoft has released a beta version of the next version of Windows Live Essentials, it includes tools like Movie Maker, Mail, Live Sync, and more for Vista and Windows 7. Here we’ll take a look at the beta suite and see what you can expect.
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Screenshot Tour: Windows Live Essentials Beta
by rss in June 28th 2010
Category: Computer Help, Fun, Intermediate Tags: hotmail, mail, outlook, vista, windows 7, windows live essentials
[MINI HOW-TO] Beginner: Change Icon Views to Extra Large in Windows 7 Explorer
by rss in June 28th 2010In Windows 7 Explorer, changing the view of your thumbnails and other files is easy by clicking the Change Your View button in Explorer. What you may not have noticed is there’s an Extra Large view setting as well.
Category: Basic, Computer Help
Manage Your Recycle Bin with RecycleBinEx
by rss in June 27th 2010Would you like a simple way to manage your recycle bin from your taskbar or based on the age of deleted items? Then join us as we look at RecycleBinEx.
Note: Works with Windows XP, Vista, & 7. The software author also notes on his website that you can manage multiple recycle bins located on the same hard disk from whichever Windows system you are currently logged in to.
Category: Computer Help, Intermediate Tags: recycle bin, recyclebinex, tips, tricks, windows 7, windows vista, windows xp
Beginners: Discover New Websites with StumbleUpon for Google Chrome
by rss in June 25th 2010If you are having a slow day and nothing looks interesting on the net what do you do? Instead of looking through the same sites again you could have fun finding new websites with the StumbleUpon extension for Google Chrome.
Note: No account is required in order to use the extension. Do keep in mind that any websites that you mark as favorites will not be permanently saved without an account though.
Category: Computer Help, Fun, Intermediate Tags: browsing, google, google chrome, stumbleupon, surfing, toolbars
Newbie 101: Preventing Data Loss
by nadyess in March 5th 2010
I rebooted. That was the last thing I did to my computer. During the reboot, a strange beeping noise permeated from the tower. I cringed at the thought of what had just happened. Immediately I knew that my hard drive was fuxxored. The reality made my spine cringe, as if nails were scrapping a virtual chalkboard. Years of pictures, movies, music; all lost with a click of the mouse.
This is a hard lesson for anyone who invests time and money into their computer system. A computer is only as good as the data it holds. Without my data, the programs running on the computer seemed empty and useless. The hardest part about this whole situation was it held precious photos and videos from my daughter’s first year of life.
Newbie 101: Spam
by nadyess in March 5th 2010
Spam.
No, we aren’t talking about the compressed meat in a can. This is the countless mail that flows into your email box. Thousands of messages coming at you from all ends, questioning if you can call them back, asking if you need to ‘enlarge’ certain areas of
your body, pushing you to purchase products, or inquiring about your personal information.
It must work right? Why else would these people continue sending you all this mail? Someone somewhere must look at one of these messages and say, "Wow that sounds like a great deal! Sure I’ll send my bank account information to you so you can transfer $500,000 to it! I can’t wait to retire!"
Category: Newbie 101
Computer Basics – Office 2007 Quick Access Toolbar
by Sarah in March 4th 2010Microsoft Office 2007 products have a new feature called a Quick Access Toolbar. It is located at the top, left, corner of each program, whether it be Excel or Word. When they created 2007, they moved a lot of things around making it interesting for the users to find the functions they used on a regular basis. The Quick Access Toolbar gives you a shortcut at finding some of the options you had before. It automatically comes with the save, redo and undo functions, but you can customize it to add other functions you use a lot. I personally use the Print option the most and now with the new layout of Office 2007 it would be a lot easier if I had it on my Quick Access Toolbar.
Category: Basic, Computer Help
Setting up your Signature for Emails:
by Sarah in March 3rd 2010
Need help setting up your signature for your emails? If you send a lot of emails, this simple step can save a lot of typing.
In Outlook Express, click Tools and then Options. In this window you will want to select the Signatures Tab. Click the New Button on the right hand side. And then in the lower section under Edit Signature you can free type your signature anyway you would like it to appear. Once you have finished typing the text, click apply. At the top of the window check the option to include the signature on all outgoing messages and click OK.
Category: Basic, Computer Help
Mail Merge in Word 2007
by Sarah in March 3rd 2010Word 2007 Mail Merge
Let’s say you have a mailing to do that consists of 100 envelopes. Do you really want to manually address each envelope? I know I wouldn’t. Word has a feature called Mail Merge to help with these types of things.
In order to use the Mail Merge function you need to create a “data” file. Keeping with the example of addressing 100 envelopes, you would create an Excel spreadsheet and in the spreadsheet you would enter in the data you want to appear on the envelopes. First name, Last name, address, city, state, zip code, etc…
Category: Basic, Computer Help
