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Clear out temp files in Windows
One simple way in which to help speed up your PC is to clear out the temporary files that build up over time. You can use the Disk Clean Up Utility to do so. Click start and then typing in disk cleanup in the search box. Then go to Settings, and...
How to burn ISO disc images in Mac OSX
To burn an ISO disc image to a CD or DVD in Mac OSX you need to do the following; Go into Disk Utility (Go, Utilities and Disk Utility in the finder context menu.) Open the ISO image you want to burn with Disk Utility (via "Open with" in the finder...
Change the privacy settings in Facebook
There are three places that you can go to change the privacy and security settings on a Facebook account. To access the settings you need to logon to Facebook and then click the gear icon on the top right hand corner. Privacy Settings I suggest...
SBS not showing users in the SBS Console or POP3 Connector
I came across an issue where a user account that was not created via the SBS Console was not showing up in the SBS Console or in the POP3 Connector. To get the user to show in the console you need to do the following; 1. Open Active Directory 2....
Convert Documents to PDF
We are often asked how to convert documents to PDF and I recommend BullZip PDF Printer to do this. Once installed you simply open the document you want to convert, choose to print it and select BullZip as the printer. You will then be asked where...
Take a screenshot on a Mac
Below are the keyboard combinations that you can use to take a screenshot on a Mac; Command-Shift-3 - This takes a screenshot of the entire screen and saves it to your desktop. Command-Shift-4, then select an area - This takes a screenshot of the...
Setting the default program to open files in Windows
I often get calls from people saying that they are trying to open a file and the wrong program is opening it. This is easily sorted by doing the following steps (I will use a PDF file in this example); 1. Close all running programs (email,...
Creating an Image Backup on a Windows 7 PC
It is easy to take an image backup of your PC in Windows 7 which you can use to restore your entire system. All you need is a removable hard drive (you can also backup to DVD and network but a hard drive is much easier) and then to follow these...
Siri turns against Apple
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=86JMcy5OqZA The rivalry between Microsoft and Apple is heating up again. In a new advert for Windows 8, Microsoft has a real dig at the iPad by using Siri. The ad shows Windows 8 tablet...