Reset a Windows Password
Posted on November 21, 2008 - Filed Under Software, computer repair, computers | Leave a Comment
I’m sure it’s happened to many people out there, I’ve seen it often enough here at the store. Forgetting your logon password for Windows can be a real hassle, especially if you have important files on the computer. You can always load up in safe mode to create a new user account, but [...]
Read More..>>Dragon Naturally Speaking 10
Posted on October 30, 2008 - Filed Under Internet, Software, computers | Leave a Comment
There’s a neat little program out there that has come a long way since the early days when it first debuted. Dragon Naturally Speaking is now up to version 10 and works so well these days, and fast, that it can be of use to anyone who has a lot of typing to do. [...]
Read More..>>I got a Virus!
Posted on September 25, 2008 - Filed Under Software, computer repair, computers | Leave a Comment
I was at home. I saw a file. It was supposed to contain something I wanted, but I knew better. I really did. I knew something bad would happen if I clicked it.
I clicked it.
Half of these weren’t there a few seconds earlier.
Within 30 seconds I had a half dozen pop-ups [...]
Burning DVDs
Posted on August 14, 2008 - Filed Under Internet, Software, computers | Leave a Comment
Finding good software for audio/video editing is easy. Finding that same software for cheap, or even free, is a challenge. Programs like Premier and Photoshop go for hundreds of dollars each and that’s a little too much to swallow for the average home user. Now however you can get Blaze Media Pro [...]
Read More..>>Online Meetings
Posted on August 14, 2008 - Filed Under Business, Software, management | Leave a Comment
Back when I started this business and we were buying/selling store returns we’d normally take a couple trips a year to Toronto to meet up with our suppliers and pick out the goods we wanted to buy. Travel isn’t cheap though, along with the air fare and car rentals you need a hotel and [...]
Read More..>>AVG 8.0
Posted on August 11, 2008 - Filed Under Business, Software, computer repair, computers | Leave a Comment
AVG has been my favorite virus scanner for quite some time now because it doesn’t take a lot of resources and seems to do a pretty good job. Version 7.5 free was pretty good but they ended support for that a while ago. When they killed support for 7.5 they cranked out a [...]
Read More..>>Connection Manager
Posted on July 28, 2008 - Filed Under Internet, Software, computers | Leave a Comment
Laptops are becoming more and more popular these days, but getting them online wirelessly can be a chore for people who aren’t used to that sort of thing. While Windows XP and Vista have built in connection managers, they aren’t exactly the most user friendly apps I’ve come across. Avanquest Software comes to [...]
Read More..>>Get Organized
Posted on July 8, 2008 - Filed Under Business, Internet, Software | Leave a Comment
One thing I could certainly stand to do is be a little more organized. I forget little things a little too often (big things too sometimes, oops) mostly because I’m just too busy to remember it all. A new website is aiming to help people like me to get organized with Smead Organomics, [...]
Read More..>>Free Themes
Posted on July 8, 2008 - Filed Under Internet, Software, computers | Leave a Comment
Getting a web host, a domain name and installing a blog is fairly easy to do. Making a custom theme requires a fairly extensive knowledge of PHP programming, something which I lack. So once I got my blogs all set up I needed a new theme. The basic one that wordpress installs [...]
Read More..>>Get more done with Microsoft Task Market
Posted on June 10, 2008 - Filed Under Internet, Software, computers | Leave a Comment
Have you got too much work to do? Or maybe some projects that require skills you or your team don’t current possess? Microsoft is aiming to help you get more done faster with Task Market, a bulletin board job market of sorts. Businesses can list what tasks they need completed so that [...]
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