Published in October 31st, 2008
Firstly, I want to wish everyone a happy halloween. Don’t eat too much candy!! Ok, so following on from some registry tweaks, lets look at how you can disable the caps lock key. This key seems to frustrate users the most and we have had a few emails asking how to disable it. Well in [...]
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Published in October 30th, 2008
Most users are not really familiar with the Windows registry (and for good reason). Microsoft does not really want you tinkering around there too much as it can cause bad things to happen very quickly. I remember the first time I played with the registry I was left with a PC unable to boot. I [...]
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Published in October 28th, 2008
Are you sick to death of your boring Windows desktop and themes. You have probably been using the same one for years and it does get very dull. Well the good news is there are some really cool theme packs available that can completely transform the look and feel of your computer. Today we will [...]
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Published in October 27th, 2008
Recently there has been some security holes exposed in Windows and a very urgent update has since been released. There is a serious threat to Windows systems, so if you havent updated your PC, you should do so now. These will come down with automatic updates, but if you have auto updates turned off, you [...]
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Published in October 23rd, 2008
Everytime you boot up your computer, the BIOS runs a self test. Generally this will result in a single beep. You probably don’t take much notice of this beep, but each beep has a specific meaning. The single beep means that everything is OK. The BIOS beep codes work as a very useful debugging tool. [...]
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Published in October 22nd, 2008
Most people who still run Windows XP will know of those annoying balloon tips that you see in the notification area, well here is a quick registry hack that you can do to get rid of them; Open your regedit (start > run > regedit) Now you have to navigate here – HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced Click on [...]
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Published in October 21st, 2008
Windows Vista comes packaged with a new designed start menu, but it also lets change back to the classic start menu. So which start menu should you use? The Windows Vista start menu is a much sleaker new design than the old XP look and has some great new features. You can customise your Vista [...]
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Published in October 17th, 2008
If you are having troubles with your Windows Taskbar, you can try removing the following registry key. In most cases it should fix the problem. However, before you try that, be sure that your taskbar isnt just hiding somewhere. It can be moved around and hidden. So check that you didn’t drag it below the [...]
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Published in October 16th, 2008
Do you want to lock up your desktop immediately without waiting the 5 or 10 minutes for your screensaver to kick in? You can do this with a simple shortcut. All you need to do is to press your windows key and the L button at the same time. This should bring up your logon [...]
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Published in October 14th, 2008
OK, so whats the deal with Outlook and PST file size limits? Yeah, we get asked the same question quite alot, especially after someone’s email account has just hit the limit and locked up. Alright, just to make this as clear as possible, here is how the Outlook file size limits work. Prior to Outlook [...]
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