Software Tips

Embed MSN Windows Live Chat in your website

June 5, 2010

If you have a website you can embed MSN Windows Live into your website pages so people can chat with you and ask questions when you appear online. They could be anywhere in the world, visiting your website, see you online, and begin to chat with you. I think this is fantastic because it is [...]

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Change your Display Picture in Windows Live Messenger

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If you change your display picture  in Widows Live Chat it will allow people to see what picture represents you. Therefore when you are chatting  they will recognize you by your picture.Your picture will also show up in your friends list when they are viewing who is online. You can choose to use a photo [...]

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Automatically rip a music cd when you insert it with Windows Media Player

June 4, 2010

When you insert a music cd into your cd drive to rip the music files to your computer, I like Windows media player to start automatically and start the job for me. I hate having to open Windows Media Player, wait for the songs to load, and then figure out where the files are going. [...]

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Virus Removal Software

December 9, 2009

Virus Removal Software for the average PC user. The word ‘virus’ is the most talked about word in the computer world, along with it’s partner, ‘spyware’. They are both equally disliked by every computer user, especially if you are unlucky enough to have one. Even if your computer hasn’t been infected with a virus, most [...]

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How to activate Microsoft Windows XP or Vista over the phone

September 3, 2009

This isn’t an article on how to activate an illegal copy of Windows XP or Windows Vista. It is just an easy way to activate your genuine copy of windows over the phone. If you are anything like me, and hate wasting time, you should avoid pressing the wrong buttons in this process as it [...]

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Remove a homepage tab in Internet Explorer 7

August 5, 2009

Internet Explorer 7 lets you add as many homepages to your browser as you like. However, sometimes I get carried away and have way too many, and this is when I have to remove at least a few. Here’s how to Remove a homepage from your tabs in Internet Explorer 7 Open Internet Explorer 7 [...]

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Free online photo or image editor

June 3, 2009

Now days you can basically get anything for free on the internet. When I came across http://fotoflexer.com/ I was very surprised to see such a great photo/image editor available to use for free. Not only is it a free online photo/image editor, but it is also probably has more features than the image editor you [...]

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Windows COA Sticker – Serial Number for Microsoft Windows

April 14, 2009

What is a Windows COA sticker? Well it is something you will need if you have Windows installed on your computer. Many people do not even realize that they have a COA sticker ( certificate of authenticity) until they actually need to enter in this serial number for the copy of Windows while formatting a [...]

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Change your home page tab in Internet Explorer 7

February 5, 2009

All the previous versions of Internet Explorer only allowed for one homepage to be saved and therefore there was only one way to change it. Now with Internet Explorer 7 you can have as many homepages as you like. I prefer to try and stick to 3, however sometimes I add a few more that [...]

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Most Common Microsoft Operating Systems

January 3, 2009

Microsoft Windows- Vista Home Basic: Easily search and find everything on your PC and the Internet. You can instantly find information on your computer—including documents, e-mails, photos, and even music files—with Instant Search, which is integrated throughout Windows Vista.                 Microsoft Windows- Vista Home Premium: Windows Vista Home [...]

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A free program to recover (Recuva) and restore accidentally deleted pictures, photos, and files

October 22, 2008

Sooner or later you will be desperate to find out how to recover deleted files, because accidentally deleting your precious pictures, photos, and files is bound to happen to anyone. I hope that you do not encounter this dilemma, however if you do, you may possibly have a chance to recover deleted files. One way [...]

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How to make a logfile with Trend Micro’s HijackThis

September 3, 2008

Are you having major problems with your computer. Not doing what you want and not going to the websites you want to go to. If  persistent spyware is invading your computer then you may need to download HijackThis. This free program lists key areas of the registry and hard drive in a logfile for you [...]

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