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  • 20 July 2011

  • How-Tos: How to manage Bookmarks in Internet Explorer 9

    Bookmarks, which are known as Favourites in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9, are a great tool for web users

  • 19 July 2011

  • How-Tos: Help! Your PC problems solved, July 2011

    This month our Helproom editor helps readers with upgrading a PC's motherboard, graphics card and memory, software problems with Google Chrome and Windows 7, and downloads that just won't... well... download!

  • How-Tos: How to manage your browser bookmarks in Firefox 5

    Bookmarks are a great tool for web users. By simply pressing Ctrl and D or hitting Bookmark this page goes into the Bookmarks menu, web users can save a site so they can access it at the click of a button rather than trawling through hundreds of pages

  • 15 July 2011

  • How-Tos: How to View Any File in Windows

    Right out of the box, Windows 7 and Vista let you preview most mainstream and multimedia file types. To find and activate the preview function, go to Windows Explorer (click Start and type explorer.exe in the "Search programs and files" box) and click the Preview icon in the upper right corner.

  • How-Tos: Add Hollywood-Style Intros to Your Home Movies

    The thing about home movies is, you gotta hook 'em at the beginning. You can't just dive right into your Cancun vacation; you need an introduction that will get viewers' attention and say, "This J.J. Abrams wanna-be knows what he's doing!"

  • How-Tos: How to enable JavaScript in Apple Safari

    JavaScript is a programming language that allows websites to offer sounds as well as interactive menus and other features.

  • 14 July 2011

  • How-Tos: Microsoft Email Programs Explained

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

  • How-Tos: How to Get Any File to Playback on Your Android Phone

    Android may be a versatile OS, but the little green robot can run into trouble when it comes to certain file formats. RAW photo formats such as .NEF won't show up in the default Android's image and video Gallery app. Even common video file formats such as .AVI and .MKV will stop most Android phones in their tracks.

  • How-Tos: How to enable JavaScript in Google Chrome

    JavaScript is a programming language that allows websites to offer sounds as well as interactive menus and other features. To ensure these facilities are available when you surf the web, you'll need to enable JavaScript on your browser.

  • 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.)

  • How-Tos: How to enable JavaScript in Internet Explorer

    JavaScript is a programming language that allows websites to offer sounds as well as interactive menus and other features.

  • 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.

  • How-Tos: How to enable JavaScript in Firefox 5

    JavaScript is a programming language that allows websites to offer sounds as well as interactive menus and other features.

  • 11 July 2011

  • How-Tos: Play ball (in sync)

    Reader and sports fan Ian Mullane is feeling a little squeezed by his players. He writes:

  • How-Tos: What Do I Do With a Really Old File?

    Rene found some old files on a CD. Windows doesn't have a program associated with their extension. She asked the Utilities forum for advice.

  • How-Tos: Get Lion's new scrolling in Snow Leopard today

    The "golden master" of Lion (Mac OS X 10.7) has been released to developers, which means it won't be too long before the new OS will be in the hands of consumers. When it is, among Lion's over 250 new features is one that's generating quite a bit of hand-wringing (or, in this case, finger-wringing): a new way of scrolling. More specifically, the default scroll direction in Lion is backwards--at least compared to the way we computer users have come to think of scrolling.

  • How-Tos: Paste file paths in Open, Save dialogs

    Sometimes, you discover the coolest Mac OS X tricks by accident. That happened recently to Hints reader philostein. And philostein's accident is our gain.

  • How-Tos: Go Back to School in the Cloud

    Heading off to school doesn't have to mean leaving your old life behind. With the right mix of Web-based apps, you can take your entire digital life with you--and keep it handy on practically any device you carry.

  • How-Tos: How to Set Up Your Network for PCs and Macs

    With Windows 7, you can easily share files and printers across a network via the HomeGroups feature. Here's how to set up your network to share files and printers with Macs.

  • How-Tos: How to crop an image

    Investing in photo-editing software is a must if you want to make edits such as removing red eye or adding layers. However, if you simply want to crop a photo, the Paint program integrated into Windows offers this functionality. Here's how to use it.

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