Help Desk Geek – Help Desk Tips For IT Pros

If you have a large music library, you know how time consuming it can be to keep your tags updated. iTunes has limited tag information and cover art, because it is limited to what Apple has in its catalog. If you have ripped a lot of CDs or purchased music elsewhere, chances are your tags [...]

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Temporary files scanning, free space checking, and updated driver testing; these are just a few of the several important areas of your computer that one must check on periodically.  Other aspects, such as virus and spyware scanning, should be run more on a daily basis.  If you stop to examine and crate a list of [...]

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Web browsers frequently update their releases to perform better than the competition.  Mozilla Firefox is one of the best when it comes to giving a quality milestone build. I checked out the latest beta version (Firefox 3.6b4) so we could learn about the features that will be coming soon. The first eye catching feature is [...]

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In many businesses, critical information is typically held in one or more databases.  Should a company possess employees who understand and work with databases, matters of maintenance updating are taken care of. However, for those businesses that have database savvy personnel, and even those who do not, converting information between database types can prove difficult [...]

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One would imagine that the purpose of the Recycle Bin in Windows is to ultimately get rid of files and folders.  After deleting a file or folder, by default the data goes to the Recycle Bin and stays there until such time as the Bin is emptied.  This feature of Windows serves as a holding [...]

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Opera is a web browser that competes with Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and other browsers. The Opera Web browser is known for faster web browsing, security, an integrated download manager and a Bit torrent client. In also includes a speed dial feature which allows you to add your favorite websites for easy access. The opera [...]

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Microsoft has just released a public beta of their new anti-virus and anti-spyware program called Microsoft Security Essentials. This program will be free and replacing the defunct Windows Defender. So what’s the big deal? It’s actually really big! Basically, Microsoft will be competing with the likes of Kaspersky, Norton, and other major anti-virus players. They [...]

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Ever come across the situation where you had to view a Word doc or Excel spreadsheet on a computer that didn’t have office? Sadly, this happens often! Personally, I’ve gone to a client location to give a presentation and the computer I ended up using didn’t have Office installed! Great! Now what do you do? [...]

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Being more of an analyst than a designer, I know very little about color theory.  I rely heavily on templates when I make presentations or websites. But what if a template just won’t cut it? You see those templates that came with Office and Adobe are done by professional designers – that is why their [...]

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