Tag: DIY
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Opt-Out changed my computer – Restoring my Home page
On Tuesday, I wrote the blog “Opt-Out changed my computer – tips to avoid and fix unwanted changes.” But, you already hit the continue button and you didn’t notice there was a checkbox that allowed the program to change your beloved homepage. Now what are you going to do? NOTE: The following directions are for restoring your Internet Explorer home…
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Opt-Out changed my computer – tips to avoid and fix unwanted changes
You recently visited a website and now your browser is behaving funny or it no longer goes to your home page. Or perhaps you installed a print driver or some other software on your computer and suddenly you have extra desktop icons that you didn’t see before. How many times have you asked these questions: How did that toolbar get…
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How to: Provide Technical support using Remote Assistance
When family and friends have computer issues, who do they call? Many times its their personal IT support person. They call him or her up, then try to describe the issue(s) they’re having. Depending on the circumstances, this can either be a short conversation or a long drawn out one. A picture is worth a thousand words Finally, after the attempt to describe…
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Christmas is coming, be ready
Get Ready I hate to break it to you, but this year Christmas is coming in December. It always seems to sneak up on us. Everybody seems to forget about it until just before Thanksgiving. That’s when most of the stores dress up their aisles with decorations and start playing Carols over the PA system. During the…
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Macro Photo Studio 1.0
While working on some of my future blogs, I decided I want to include some pictures of these items. In the past when I’ve taken close-up pictures of objects, they’re usually outside; for instance flowers. However, when I’ve taken inside pictures, they don’t look quite so nice. Usually the lighting is off or too strong. It never…