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Miscellaneous Software – Automate Windows via Customizable Hotkeys

01 Aug

AutoHotkey is an open-source tool where you can set up hotkeys for complex automations.

Several applications exist for Windows that let you automate tasks and make them accessible via global hotkeys, such as HotKeyz. If you need an application with more advanced options, and scripting does not scare you, consider the open-source AutoHotKey.

AutoHotKey lets you create hotkeys that can perform all types of operations such as expanding abbreviations, performing operations when the system is shut down, reading from and writing to the Windows Registry, muting the sound, performing mouse moves and clicks, changing window titles, and much, much more….

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Microsoft Excel 2010 – For Worksheet Drafts Print Default Headings And / Or Gridlines

01 Aug

Don’t want to spend time manually creating border lines or headers for a particular draft worksheet? Have Excel 2010 print default gridlines and column headings.

Though a simple tip, if you didn’t know how to do this before, you’ll be happy to know this option is available. By default, Microsoft Excel 2010 does not print gridlines, expecting that you will add your own borders to presented data. The letter column headings are also not printed, as you are expected to create your own descriptors for data.

Sometimes you may be working on an in-progress worksheet or one where time is of the essence and the worksheet style does not matter. In these situations you can quickly toggle the printout of gridlines and headings to help organize your data:…

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[MODIFIED] General Computers – Donating or Giving Away a Computer? Follow These 5 Steps First.

31 Jul

Five steps to take before you give away a PC, including helping to prevent identity theft.

Is your laptop or desktop computer running slowly and not handling tasks or games well enough for your current needs? Do the latest and greatest applications slow your system to a crawl? Do you need more RAM to run powerful graphics editors and virtual machines, but find your computer is limited to only 2 or 4 gigs? If so, it may be time to purchase a new computer. However, what can and should you do with your old machine besides dumping it into the trash?

* Many charities and schools can put older computers to good use as teaching aids or to provide to the less-fortunate….

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[MODIFIED] Google Search Engine – Google Talking Like Elmer Fudd

31 Jul

Make Google look like your favorite cartoon character wrote it.

Here’s a “Stupid Google Tip”.

Want to make Google look like it was written by a fan favorite cartoon character, Elmer Fudd? If you want to look for “that wascally wabbit”:…

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[MODIFIED] Google Search Engine – Reverse Phone Number Lookup Alternatives

31 Jul

A list of services you can use to attempt to reverse lookup a business or person by their phone number.

Did you write down a phone number and forget for whom it was for? Receive a phone call and don’t recognize the number on Caller ID? While typing a phone number into Google sometimes results in useful web results, the ability to directly query white and yellow page results just by typing in a phone number has been removed.

However, various Internet services still offer reverse number lookup, each with varying results. While these may work for persons and businesses that can be found in the phone book, you may not have much luck finding telemarketers. Nevertheless, a list of a few services is below:…

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[MODIFIED] Buying a Digital Camera – Uses for Your Old Digital Camera Including Selling it For Cash

25 Jul

Don’t throw away your old digital camera – here are some ways to get some use out of it, or perhaps a little extra green in your pocket.

Have you just purchased a brand new digital camera and don’t think you’ll need your older, slower, reduced megapixel model anymore? Don’t throw it out! Here are some ways to get some use out of it or possibly sell it for cash:

* Sell your old digital camera, if it is complete and in good condition, on an auction site such as eBay. Or, consider Amazon’s Electronics Trade-In program….

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[MODIFIED] Buying a Digital Camera – Uses for Your Old Digital Camera Including Selling it For Cash

25 Jul

Don’t throw away your old digital camera – here are some ways to get some use out of it, or perhaps a little extra green in your pocket.

Have you just purchased a brand new digital camera and don’t think you’ll need your older, slower, reduced megapixel model anymore? Don’t throw it out! Here are some ways to get some use out of it or possibly sell it for cash:

* Sell your old digital camera, if it is complete and in good condition, on an auction site such as eBay. Or, consider Amazon’s Electronics Trade-In program….

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Miscellaneous Software – Freeware to Create Backups as .7z or .ZIP Files at Two in the Morning

17 Jul

Simple Data Backup is a freeware backup application for Windows that can be configured to turn on your machine automatically to run backups at off-hours.

Most of us could do a better job making backups of our files to ward against hard drive failure, spyware or malware attack, or other disasters. One option for doing this is the freeware Simple Data Backup application for Windows, which can be set up to backup files every day. Depending on your computer setup, it can even wake up your computer to activate and shutdown when done, so you can perform backups at three in the morning, for example.

Files can be backed up directly or compressed as .7z or .zip files. Other options include forcing certain programs to close before backups occur (to help ensure files aren’t locked due to being in use), placing a shortcut to the backup options on your Desktop, and deleting files from the backup if they no longer exist in the source directory. The software even supports a variety of command-line switches….

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Microsoft Word 2010 – Hide the Recent Documents and Clear the Recent Places for Privacy

01 Jul

Prevent Word 2010 from showing recently-accessed documents, and clear the list of recently-opened document locations.

Microsoft Word 2010, similar to other Office 2010 applications, keeps a list of recently open documents, making them available by selecting “File” – “Recent”. This way if you have a variety of documents located in deeply-nested subdirectories or network shares, you can quickly access them without having to navigate via Explorer.

For privacy reasons, many people would rather not have this list available. It can be disabled like so:…

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[MODIFIED] Digital Photography – Why Use Manual Focus?

01 Jul

A few reasons why one should use manual focus even with advanced digital cameras.

Beginning digital photographers, this tip is mainly for you. Modern digital cameras have automatic modes for just about everything – white balance, focus, ISO, shutter speed, etc. You may wonder why you should ever bother using manual focus as your digital camera has an auto focus capability. Isn’t auto focus much easier to use and always provides perfect results? The fewer technical things you have to worry about, the more time you can spend taking great pictures, right?

Unfortunately, digital camera auto focus technology is not perfect, and more advanced and professional digital photographers learn to not always rely on this feature. For some reasons why:…

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