Software Picks
- Create, clip and share notes on the web.
- With your mobile phone you can take snapshots, read to-do lists, record audio whenever and where you like and send them to your notebook on evernote.com
- Search through all your notes, even find text within images. Do this online or off with the Desktop software
Logmein Hamachi 
Free for personal use): This will allow you to create a network of computers all over the internet and share files.
Free for personal use): This will allow you to create a network of computers all over the internet and share files.- Access files on your home computer over the internet securley.
- Create a network of computers that can be accessed from anywhere.
PDFCreator: This is an easy and free way to be able to create PDF files. Simply install and print from any windows application to a PDF file. Do it the same way as you would print to a printer and select PDFCreator as the printer.
Computer Tips:
Internet Explorer:
Back Space Key: The backspace button is your friend, at least while browsing the internet. Use the back space key on your keyboard to go to the previous web page.
Tabbed Browsing:
- Clicking on any link with your middle mouse button or wheel will open that link in a new tab. Alternatively you can hold down your CTRL key in IE and Firefox and click a link to open that link in a new tab.
- Clicking on an open tab with your middle mouse button will close that tab.
- Mozilla Firefox users can middle-click the back button to open a previous page in a new tab.
- Pressing CTRL + T will open a new tab in IE, Firefox, and Opera.
- Firefox and IE users can hold down CTRL and press 1 through 0 on their keyboard to open that respected tab.
- Right-clicking the active tab will give you an option to close all other non-active tabs.
ShortCut Keys
Create a PC shortcut key to a favorite web page by creating a shortcut to the web page or URL. Users using Internet Explorer can quickly do this by right-clicking on an empty spot of a web page and click ‘Create Shortcut’.
Once the shortcut has been created locate the shortcut and right-click or view the properties of that shortcut.
In the shortcut properties assign a new shortcut key and click OK. Now when the shortcut key is pressed the web page will be automatically loaded.
Long URLs
Long URL’s can be difficut to tell someone or to send in an email.
Googling
- Group your search query to find better results. For example, if you’re searching for computer help, you’ll find better results if you search for an exact phrase by surrounding it in quotes: “computer help”.
- If a lot of your results have keywords you’re not search for use a minus sign. For example, if you’re looking for computer help but don’t want pages containing Windows type: “computer help” -windows
- Google supports number ranges, for example, if you’re searching for computer help between the year 2000 to 2005 you can type: “Computer help” 2000..2005
- See the Google operators page, which lists dozens of the available operators Google allows. For example, the below search would search for URL that contains the word computer: allinurl: computer
- Visit the Google Features page, which lists hundreds of different examples of the type of things you can find through Google and how to find them.
- See Show 6: http://www.techwithmike.com/?p=33 for more google tips
Windows Key Shortcut Combinations:
Windows Key + E Opens Windows Explorer.
Windows Key + Pause/Break Opens System Properties dialog box
Windows Key + F Opens Find Files dialog box
Windows Key + Control + F Opens Find Computer dialog box
Windows Key + R Opens Run command line interface
Windows Key + M Minimize all open windows
Windows Key + Shift Key + M Maximize all open windows
Windows Key + F1 Displays Windows Help
Windows Key + Tab Moves through task bar buttons. Press (Enter) to open the
Windows Key + Pause/Break Opens System Properties dialog box
Windows Key + F Opens Find Files dialog box
Windows Key + Control + F Opens Find Computer dialog box
Windows Key + R Opens Run command line interface
Windows Key + M Minimize all open windows
Windows Key + Shift Key + M Maximize all open windows
Windows Key + F1 Displays Windows Help
Windows Key + Tab Moves through task bar buttons. Press (Enter) to open the
Cleaning tips:
You can save on computer maintenance by cleaning it on a regular basis.
This will improve the cooling which will improve performance and longevity of your comptuer components.
Dust can prevent air flow which is required to keep your computer running.
NOTE: shut off and unplug your computers power before doing this. Also removec all cables and connectors form the back side of the computer.
- Remove case (see your manufactures manual on how to do that).
- Can of compressed air
- Blow the dust off of components.
- Clean casing with a damp cloth.Dry with paper towel. NEVER WIPE COMPONENTS LIKE CARDS, or the System board with anything wet. Blow with air for those types of parts.
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