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Turn Off the Gadgets Platform in Windows 7
The Gadgets Platform is an application on which Windows Gadgets run on your desktop. No longer confined to the Sidebar…
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Turn Off User Account Control (UAC) for a Specific Application
When you perform a task that requires administrative privileges in Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008, the User…
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Uninstall Windows Media Player from Windows 7
Windows Media Player is a Microsoft application capable of playing a variety of audio and video files right from within…
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Change the Default Margins Used in New Word Documents
If you use the same margins in most of your Word documents, you can set default margins once to be…
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Prevent Saving of Remote Desktop Credentials in Windows
Remote Desktop Connection in Windows allows you to log on to any remote PC and access all of the programs,…
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Display a List of Recently Installed Software Packages in Ubuntu
There may be times when you need to view a list of the packages that were recently installed in Ubuntu…
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Turn on Windows Tablet PC Components in Windows
If you own a tablet PC, you have available to you a set of interface applications and features not available…
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Hide Confidential Data in a Word 2007/2010 Document
When sharing a Word 2007 document, you may need to delete or hide confidential information. You can search for the…
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Sum a Table Column in Word
Word allows you to calculate the sum of a column in a table, just like you would in a spreadsheet…
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Preserve Cell References when Copying a Formula in Excel
When you copy a cell containing a formula, you will notice that the cell references in the formula also move…
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Backup and Restore Your Pinned Taskbar Items in Windows 7/8/10
The Windows 7//8/10 taskbar can be a very handy launch bar where you can pin programs you use often. You…
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Remove File Type Associations in Windows 7
Each file in Windows, has an extension as part of its filename, such as .txt, .doc, etc. These extensions are…
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How to Repair Any Version of Microsoft Office
All versions of Office can be repaired in the same way using the Programs and Features tool in the Control…
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Add a Message to the Logon Screen for Users in Windows 7/8/10
Windows 7/8/10 allows you to add a message that is displayed on the logon screen when users log in. To…
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Run Programs as Administrator with Full Rights in Windows
We have previously written about creating a shortcut to run a command prompt window with administrator rights in our post,…
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Paste Text into Word Without Formatting
By default, Microsoft Word tries to preserve the styles of text copied from a source outside of Word. If you…