Archive for the ‘Computer Advice’ Category
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
If you use a computer someone, somewhere may be able to recover the information or track your movements (including on-line training records). Don't use a computer for anything that you wouldn't want to to become public knowledge or show up later. As law enforcement officers, you should be aware that ...
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Thursday, April 20th, 2006
By default, Windows Explorer opens showing the My Documents folder. I may be the exception to the rule but I prefer to choose from all of the folders and drives, not just My Documents.
To change the default setting so that all top–level drives and folders are shown, follow these steps:
1. ...
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Monday, April 10th, 2006
Google has just made the Google Toolbar 2 for Firefox available. Like the previous version, it has tools to help you surf the net more easily but the real reason to upgrade is Google's Safe Browsing extension. This extension used to be an optional add-on. This extension helps you identify ...
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Monday, April 10th, 2006
Most folks know placing a border around a paragraph makes the text look like it’s in a box. To make it look even more professional , you can add a drop shadow to your text, giving it a 3-D appearance (the text will “stand out†from the rest of your ...
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Saturday, February 25th, 2006
If you insist on continuing to use those heathen Windows computers, I guess you should have the tools and knowlege necessary to keep your system limping along. The Personal Tech Pipeline site offers a quick tutorial on how to clean out virus and spyware infections from your Windows computer.
CLICK HERE:
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2006
Of course you have virus protection and spyware running on your Windows computer, right? Well if you start to notice that your system is slowing down, you will have to do some troubleshooting. If your antivirus and spyware programs don't find any problems, try checking to see what processes are ...
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Thursday, February 16th, 2006
One of the problems you may run into from time to time is trying to e-mail a large file. At best, you will clog up the recepient's e-mail if the file actually goes through. Unfortunately, many e-mail systems won't even let you send a large file.
So what is ...
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Monday, February 13th, 2006
The latest trend in the IT world is to move software to the Web. Of course if you are like me, you can think of a bunch of reasons not move in this direction. However, I think you will be surprised to find that some of them work ...
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2006
Having trouble playing movie or sound files on your computer. You may want to try an alternative media player with a different CodecC. Codec is short for Compressor-Decompressor. Codecs are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video.
The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for ...
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2006
Have you ever accidentally text that ended up on the page every time you open Word. What you did was save the text in the Normal.dot template. All Word documents are based on that template.
The quickest way to correct the problem is to delete the template. A new one ...
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Thursday, December 29th, 2005
Qliner hotkeys is a free and open source keyboard productivity environment. It is the first product of it's kind that is usable by computer geeks and non geeks alike.
Key features:
Smart Application Launching
Smart Application Instance Switching
Drag and Drop Configuration using an Onscreen Keyboard
Support for 100+ International Keyboards (making it a handy ...
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Friday, December 9th, 2005
Well, the time has finally arrived to give little Suzy or Johnny their own e-mail address. However, you may not be comfortable giving them a normal e-mail address since you may not want them to view the pornography and other spam the regularly arrive in a normal e-mail account. ...
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Tuesday, November 29th, 2005
If you are planning to donate an old computer to a charity to receive a tax deduction, make sure you prepare it properly.
If you use FDISK, FORMAT utilities, or DELETE standard operating system command for data removal, there is always a chance to recover deleted data (using undelete file or ...
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Sunday, November 27th, 2005
Are you a taskbar "piggy"? Is your taskbar loaded with icons? Here is a tip to help clean things up. Right click an open space on your taskbar (the blue bar at the bottom of the screen where the "Start" button is located) and choose "Properties". ...
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