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The Final 2008 Quick Tip…

So this is the last quick tip of 2008 and maybe ever! We won’t be doing our weekly quick tips in 2009…instead we will be working on longer and bigger tutorial series and product reviews. If there is something you want to see then let us know! So…5 of our fav tips from 2008 Wireless [...]

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Quick Tip – The IT Crowd

Heard this from your IT Support before? Wondering why it takes so long for IT Support to answer the phone?

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Quick Tip – AVG CTF Control File Error

I have found a few clients recently having a problem with AVG updating and it says “Invalid Update Control CTF file.” This should be fixed with the latest version of AVG reinstalled over the top, but if you don’t want to do that we stumbled across a little tool that does the job nicely, AVGMechanic [...]

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Quick Tips – Winkey Shortcuts

This weeks quick tip is the last of the Shortcut Series.  Today’s topic is Winkey Shortcuts.  For those of you that don’t know the Winkey is the Windows Key on the keyboard.  Usually the key is second in from the bottom left of your keyboard. Winkey Shortcuts: WINKEY + D – Bring desktop to the [...]

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Quick Tips – Microsoft Outlook Shortcut Keys

Today’s quick tip is the penultimate of the Shortcut Series.  Our category this week is Microsoft Outlook Shortcut Keys.  We think that it is worthwhile remembering a few of these shortcuts because they are bound to come in useful!  Please Note: Some shortcuts may not work in Outlook 2007. Microsoft Outlook Shortcut Keys: Alt + [...]

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Quick Tip – Microsoft Excel Shortcut Keys

Week four of the Quick Tip Shortcut Series.  This week we have Excel Shortcut Keys.  We think that it is worthwhile remembering a few of these shortcuts because they are bound to come in useful!  Please Note: Some shortcuts may not work in Excel 2007. Microsoft Excel Shortcut Keys: F2 – Edit the selected cell [...]

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Quick Tips – Microsoft Windows Shortcut Keys

Continuing the Quick Tip Shortcut Series, this week we have tips for Microsoft Windows.  We think that it is worthwhile remembering a few of these shortcuts because they are bound to come in useful! Microsoft Windows Shortcut Keys: Alt + Tab – Switch between applications Alt + Shift + Tab – Switch backwards between open [...]

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Quick Tip – Training AVG Anti-Spam

You may find that your AVG Anti-Spam isn’t catching some of your SPAM Emails.  If this is the case you will need to train AVG.  You may have to do this a few times but AVG catches on pretty quick! First of all open up your email program e.g. Microsoft Office 2007 (Although we are [...]

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Quick Tip – Home & Small Business Accounting

Keeping track of your home accounts can be a bit of a pain, and no one really wants to spend their hard earned cash on software to help them keep track. Microsoft have recently released an accounting package called “Office Accounting 2008″ and as with all Microsoft stuff there are different versions! But the bottom [...]

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Quick Tip – Making the most of spending online

For me, buying online is like second nature, in fact I probably spend more online these days that I do in the high-street. It is just more convenient as well as the fact that online prices are usually cheaper. But what about squeezing out a little bit more? Many people will be familiar with store [...]

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