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Office 2010 – Sparklines

A couple of months ago we received our copy of Office 2010, so it must be about time we start blogging about it!  Sparklines is a new Excel feature which we’ve been impressed with. Basically they’re miniature charts that fit into a single Excel cell to allow the user to view individual trends at a [...]

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Online Photo Editing – Picnik

Picnik is a brilliant free online photo editing tool and ideal for all users (from novices to pros).  The website has a wide variety of features which can help you make ‘average’ photos look ‘amazing’.
Free features include rotate, crop, flip, re-size, exposure options (including exposure, contrast, highlight, shadow and brightness adjustments), colour options (including saturation [...]

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Windows Live Writer

Windows Live Writer is a free desktop application for publishing to blogs and will work with almost any blog provider in the world including Windows Live Spaces, Blogger, Wordpress, TypePad and more!
It’s a very simple piece of software which enables you to link your blogs to one central point for posting, rather than logging on [...]

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Where do you access Facebook?

Our poll this month was ‘where do you access Facebook?’ Bosses pleased to see that most people are checking their facebook pages at home rather than at work with a staggering 47% just viewing it from home.  Second up was people viewing their pages from both home and work. (Click on the image to enlarge)
21% [...]

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Microsoft SharedView

Microsoft SharedView is one of those quality pieces of free software which is fantastic but not very well-known.  So here’s a bit about it and what it has to offer…
As described on their website…Microsoft SharedView is a fast, easy way to share documents and screen views with small groups of friends or coworkers; anytime, anywhere. [...]

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Generic steps to removing a virus from an infected PC

Ever been infected with a virus but not known what to do?  Well have no fear…PCToolbox is here…with a tutorial to help you remove the virus!

Firstly download the free version of Malwarebytes
Now you need to turn off System Restore. Use the following tutorials to aid you:
For Windows 7
For Vista
For XP
Boot your machine into ‘Safe [...]

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from PCToolbox!
What an eventful year it’s been!…but how much can you remember?
Test your memory of 2009 with the Quiz of 2009 from Guardian.co.uk!
There are endless events to look forward to over 2010 including the Fifa Football World Cup in South Africa and the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver!
And on the IT side [...]

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Turn Off/On System Restore in Windows 7

On the odd but very rare occasion you may have to turn off System Restore. System Restore is a component on Microsoft Windows operating systems which allows for the rolling back of system files, registry keys, installed programs, etc., to a previous state in the event of malfunctioning or failure. This tutorial will show you [...]

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Turn Off/On System Restore in Vista

On the odd but very rare occasion you may have to turn off System Restore. System Restore is a component on Microsoft Windows operating systems which allows for the rolling back of system files, registry keys, installed programs, etc., to a previous state in the event of malfunctioning or failure. This tutorial will show you [...]

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Turn Off/On System Restore in XP

On the odd but very rare occasion you may have to turn off System Restore. System Restore is a component on Microsoft Windows operating systems which allows for the rolling back of system files, registry keys, installed programs, etc., to a previous state in the event of malfunctioning or failure. This tutorial will show you [...]

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