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Is Your Computer Usage Harming You?

My mother always told me that if you consume too much of anything, it is bound to cause you harm. The same goes when we indulge ourselves in too much computer time. We can suffer chronic pain from poor...

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Understanding File Association Problems

Have you ever attempted to open a file on your computer and the computer tells you that it cannot open the file, or the file does not have a program associated with it, etc…? If so, there is a reason...

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Four Ways To Easily Get To The NEW and IMPROVED Windows 8 Task Manager

The NEW and IMPROVED Task Manager that we find in Windows 8 was designed in such a way to not overwhelm the end user and can be quite useful, especially when you need to shut down a task (or program)...

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A PC Tech’s Quick Reference Web Site

Just when I think I have found most of the golden nuggets on the internet, I come across another. While performing an update to the Bookmarks4Techs listing, a visitor to the site contacted me and...

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Create An Archive Index Of Your WordPress.com Blog Posts

Recently I added an archive page to Bookmarks4Techs which is a listing of links (with titles) to every article I ever posted at What’s On My PC. When I came up with the idea I had to find a way to...

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The Main Source For Microsoft Office Templates

Many users of Microsoft Office are unaware that an online gold mine exists that contains hundreds (and maybe even thousands) of templates for the following Microsoft Products: What is really cool about...

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Storing and Opening Password Protected PDF Files Online Using Google Drive...

If you are concerned about security and storing personal document type files online, you may want to consider converting the document file to the PDF format, then password protecting the PDF file....

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A Friday Freebie: Microsoft Office 2013 Quick Start Guides

Get on board with Microsoft Office 2013 by downloading these FREE Microsoft Office 2013 Quick Start Guides.  The Guides are by Microsoft and are downloadable as separate PDF files. Access 2013 Quick...

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Evernote To SpringPad Converter

Evernote and SpringPad are the top guns out there when it comes to storing notes, thoughts, images, articles, etc… I currently lean toward Evernote, calling it my supplemental brain; however, SpringPad...

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A FREE and EASY Offline Browser Utility That I Use To Backup My Web Sites

I currently maintain two public sites and one private site using WordPress.com, Weebly.com and Blogger.com. Each of these services provide a back door option to backup a web site; however, these backup...

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Create A Desktop Shortcut To Your Windows 8 Apps and Software

What many of you do not know is that I often use the blog to document tips, that I come across, for my own future reference. Today’s post is a good example of this. Recently I discovered that I can...

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Use Wikipedia’s Book Creator To Compile Multiple Articles Into A PDF File

Did you know that buried on the left side column of any Wikipedia article, under the Print/Export selection there is a selection for Create A Book? What this is handy for is compiling multiple articles...

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Using Google Search As A Calculator

There are many instances what I write about here on the blog is from personal experience. Today, at my retirement job, we had to complete a purchase order in quick fashion and I needed to perform some...

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Scan Documents To PDF Using FastStone Image Viewer

I have written about FastStone Image Viewer here on the blog in the past and can attest that it is probably one of the best, if not the best, image viewer out there. As a matter of fact it carries a 5...

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Top 5 Programming Languages to Learn for App Development

This guest post was provided by John Coyle for Drexel University Online. Drexel Online has been offering high quality technology degrees in multiple disciplines since 1996. When it comes to which...

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Windows Movie Maker Makes It Easy To Create and Edit Slideshows And Videos

With today’s smartphones, tablets, and digital cameras possessing the ability to capture video, you need some good video editing software, such as Windows Movie Maker.  The reason I am mentioning...

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FREE Online Windows 8 Tutorials

If you are new to Windows 8 and rate yourself as the average computer user, then you may find Windows 8, in its’ present form, a challenge. When I make the statement, “in its’ present form”, I’m...

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Today’s Geek Squeaks – July 27, 2013

A summary of Today’s Geek Squeaks‘: Protect yourself on the internet by using Sandboxie to run your web browser; A good review from AnandTech on the NEW Nexus 7; An Android app to help keep you slim...

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Today’s Geek Squeaks – July 29, 2013

A summary of Today’s Geek Squeaks‘: TCAT Shelbyville posted two links to two new technologies that are available, that you need to check out; If you are a Gmail user, learn “how to” compose an email...

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Today’s Geek Squeaks – August 12, 2013

A summary of Today’s Geek Squeaks‘: Squeak #1: The first squeak on the list is the Youtube Downloader, that gives you the ability to download Youtube videos to your computer and covert them to a device...

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