Jul 26 2012
Here’s something to try if you have a spreadsheet that seems to occupy far too much disk space given the content it contains. One sheet at a time, try moving a sheet to a blank workbook and then moving it back to the original workbook until you have done it for all workbooks. I can …
Jul 24 2012
Despite the lengths some of us go to organise our files and folders there can be times when we do end up with folders containing a huge amount of files. Sometimes these files will be all the same file type (like documents and spreadsheets) or they may be a mix of anything and everything. Anyway, …
Jul 21 2012
Just a quick update. You might have read about my e-mail woes in yesterday’s article and not wanting to leave things lingering for too long I decided to pull the trigger and try out Office 365 free for thirty days. I have always been a big user of Outlook and moving the back end of …
Jul 19 2012
Just a quick note for the SkyDrive users out there. Microsoft SkyDrive application for Windows has received an update but unfortunately the client software doesn’t look like it will automatically update itself. That’s a little disappointing that other Microsoft products use Windows Update as the updating mechanism such as Microsoft Office and Microsoft Security Essentials …
Jul 15 2012
Okay, I have a confession. I have had an itch to pledge for another project on Kickstarter and I gave in far too easily but I reckon this is quite an exciting development for the gaming industry as a whole, if not, for gamers in general. Ouya will be a game console based upon Android …
Jul 13 2012
This week, Microsoft pretty much announced the end of Windows Home Server as we know it after two versions. The first being the original Windows Home Server followed up by Windows Home Server 2011 based upon Windows Server 2008 R2. With the onset of Windows Server 2012 and its various flavours I can only think …
Jul 11 2012
It’s been widely reported that Microsoft is making an unprecedented step in Windows history by offering upgrades to its new Windows 8 operating system by giving it away for $40 a pop which is heading well towards Mac OS X upgrade territory in terms of dollar amounts. Mind you, you won’t get the entry level …
Jul 09 2012
Just a quick one for today. For those interested in the server side of Windows then you might want to pick up free digital copy of Introducing Windows Server 2012 here. It’s a leisurely 256 pages spanning five chapters, entitled: The business need for Windows Server 2012, Foundation for building your private cloud, Highly available, easy-to-manage multi-server …
Jun 25 2012
If you are a user of Hotmail and Windows 7 then you might find this little tip rather handy. Some websites offer extended functionality if you pin them to the taskbar in Windows 7 such as Facebook so it is good to see that Hotmail gives you a convenient way to see if there are any …
Jun 24 2012
Just a quick note for this evening. On 64-bit versions of Windows you actually end up with two versions of Internet Explorer as part of the “out of box” installation. You might be forgiven for thinking that you would be using the 64-bit version of Internet Explorer by default but that often won’t be the …
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