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  • 18 July 2011

  • How-Tos: How to customise your Twitter page

    Micro-blogging site Twitter is a great way to interact with friends, clients and even other web users. Each user that signs up gets their own Twitter page that can customise with their photo and biography.

  • 14 July 2011

  • How-Tos: Microsoft Email Programs Explained

    C. Moore needed clarification about Microsoft's assorted email clients.

  • 13 July 2011

  • How-Tos: Help Solve the Outlook 'General Failure' E-Mail Error

    Just over a year ago I wrote a post on fixing the "General failure" error that appears in Outlook when you click a link in an e-mail message. (The full error reads something like this: General failure. The URL was: "http://www.webaddress.com" The system cannot find the file specified.)

  • 12 July 2011

  • How-Tos: How to manage files and documents on an Android device

    All play and no work makes your smartphone an expensive toy. But with the help of a wide selection of professional-grade mobile apps from the Android Market, your Google Android tablet and Google Android phone can get down to business. Here's an overview of some of the best Android apps for viewing, creating and editing business documents on the go.

  • 30 June 2011

  • How-Tos: Help! Word and Excel are 'not responding...'

    A reader wrote in with a problem with Word and Excel 2007. Here's what to do if you are getting error messages with 'File12\1033\MSO.acl' and 'MSO 1033.acl' in them

  • 29 June 2011

  • How-Tos: How to test your web connection speed

    When you sign-up for a broadband package, your ISP will supply you with estimated download and upload speeds for your line. It's easy to check you are actually achieving these speeds with a broadband speed checker. Here's how to use one.

  • 21 June 2011

  • How-Tos: How to change the folder files are downloaded to in Firefox

    When you download files from the web to your PC, they are automatically stored in a folder, the location of which is set by your browser automatically. However, it is very easy to change this location yourself. Here's how to ensure files are downloaded to a folder you specify when using Firefox 4.

  • How-Tos: How to edit documents on a mobile device

    Now it's easy to manage digital documents on the move thanks to a suite of free to use software tools.

  • 13 June 2011

  • How-Tos: How to activate automatic send/receive in Foxmail

    I'm using Foxmail and can't seem to activate the auto send/receive function that's supposed to take place when I launch the application. To download new email messages I have to click the send/receive icon. There is a setting in the Tools menu, but for some reason it fails to work.

  • 10 June 2011

  • How-Tos: What to do if your printer starts printing in bands

    A reader wrote in complaining that a faithful old printer had started printing in bands, leaving gaps all over the page. Our expert diagnoses a blocked printhead, and explains how to fix it.

  • 07 June 2011

  • How-Tos: Five Excel Nightmares (and How to Fix Them)

    Have you ever wondered if Microsoft Excel was invented by a sadist?

  • 01 June 2011

  • How-Tos: How to set an out of office in Hotmail

    An Out of Office Assistant is a great email function. It automatically responds to any emails received with a pre-written message.

  • 31 May 2011

  • How-Tos: How to set an 'Out of Office' in Gmail

    There's nothing worse than sending an email to someone, but it goes unanswered. You can never be sure if they've overlooked it or they're away on holiday and without access to email.

  • 28 May 2011

  • How-Tos: Keep Your Data in Sync Across Platforms and Devices

    People are no longer tied to any specific location or device as they roam about getting work done on laptops, tablets, or even smartphones. The challenge is to keep everything synced so you can access the same data from each of those platforms.

  • 27 May 2011

  • How-Tos: How to create an email signature in Hotmail

    We've already shown you how to access the signature function, which allows the same piece of text to be automatically pasted that the end of every email created, in Google's Gmail. However, Microsoft's rival webmail service, Hotmail, also offer the same function. Here's how to add signatures to any emails you create in Hotmail.

  • 26 May 2011

  • How-Tos: How to create an email signature in Gmail

    Free webmail services, such as Google's Gmail, are just as good as using an email address from your ISP coupled with an email client such as Microsoft's Outlook. They ensure users can access the same functions, such as email forwarding and even the ability to add a signature to every message that's sent.

  • 24 May 2011

  • How-Tos: How to automatically forward messages sent to Hotmail to other email accounts

    Like many web users, you've probably got more than one webmail account. However, it can certainly be a chore remembering to regularly check all of these email accounts.

  • How-Tos: How to automatically forward messages sent to Gmail to other email accounts

    The more time you spend using the web, the more accounts you sign-up for. Whether is online storage, social networks ofr webmail services. However, it can certainly be a chore remembering to check all of these email accounts regularly to esnure you never miss an email.

  • How-Tos: How to check other email accounts from Hotmail

    We've already shown you how to make yourself more efficient by configuring one webmail service, in our case Gmail, to check all of your other email addresses rather than remembering to log in to each one separately.

  • How-Tos: The complete guide to backing up your PC

    Backing up isn't hard to do, but it's definitely a chore. PC Advisor explains the methods most suited to various computing scenarios, and review a range of backup services that make the whole process run like clockwork.

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