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Poll Review – Which Two Microsoft Office Applications do you use the most?

Last month’s poll asked our readers…’Which TWO Microsoft Office Applications do you use the most?’  The diagram to the right (click to enlarge) shows how our readers voted.  As you can see Microsoft Office Word, Excel and Outlook were the three applications to receive the most votes, which to us isn’t surprising as the applications [...]

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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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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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Poll Review – Do you use iPlayer?

Our most recent poll was ‘Do you use iPlayer?’ 67% voted ‘Yes’, 33% ‘No’ and thankfully there were no votes for ‘What is it?’
However, for those of you who don’t know what BBC iPlayer is read our Brandstar post about BBC iPlayer from back when it was introduced! See ‘BBC iPlayer – catch up on [...]

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AVG 9 Comparison

Here is a table comparing the latest AVG packages.  They are all currently available from Brandstar with a 15% Discount!
Free Anti-Virus software doesn’t protect you, your files or your identity while:

Shopping online
Banking online
Chatting to friends
Downloading music, files and films

Feature
AVG Free
AVG Anti-Virus
AVG Internet Security

RRP – 1 Year

Free*
£27.99
£39.99

RRP – 2 Years

Free*

£38.99
£59.99

Anti-Virus – Makes sure you can [...]

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Foxit PDF Reader – An Alternative to Adobe

Nearly everyone that opens a PDF file will use Adobe’s Acrobat Reader.  But have you ever wondered if there are any good alternatives to the widely used program?  Here at PCToolbox we think we’ve found the ideal alternative in the Free Foxit PDF Reader (Download here).
The program involves a short and easy download/installation process.  Once [...]

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Poll Review – Will you upgrade to Windows 7 straight away?

Our most recent poll was ‘Will you upgrade to Windows 7 straight away?’  50% of voters said yes they would compared to the 29% saying no and the 21% saying maybe.
To those who said no or maybe we want to urge you to upgrade to Windows 7.  Here at PCToolbox and Brandstar we’re huge fans [...]

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