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Copy and Paste up to 24 Pieces of Information at Once

If you’re constantly copying text and data between different Office programs, here’s a way to save time by copying multiple items at once. The Microsoft Office 2010 suite of software includes some of the world’s most widely used productivity applications. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access and Publisher are among the programs included in Office [...]

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How to Perform USB Diagnostics

Diagnosing problems arising from USB installations is better provided for than in most other areas of computing. That’s as it should be because Intel has been developing USB for several years now. Working hand in glove, as they do, with Microsoft, you’d probably expect a little help from the Operating System when problems become evident [...]

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Use Windows folders to make finding your files easier

If you use a word processor, or a spreadsheet – or just about any other kind of program in which you create documents or files – the files you create will need to be saved onto your hard disk. Most programs offer you a “default” folder in which to save your work, but it’s not [...]

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Manually uninstall an application

The simplest, safest and recommended way to uninstall an application is via ‘Add/Remove Programs’ (in Control Panel). Some applications (particularly older ones) do not create an entry in the ‘Add/Remove Programs’ list, but instead create an “uninstall” or “remove” shortcut in the Start > Program Groups menu. The remainder of these notes are intended only [...]

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Biometric Security

Remember the retinal scans in Star Trek? Technology is becoming available for security protocols to deny PC access to anyone who can’t authorize his or her use with a retinal scan, a fingerprint, a palm print, a facial scan, a voiceprint, or, farther down the road, a DNA scan. While the face recognition products on [...]

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