Allowing Blocked Outlook Attachments

You may have noticed or been aggravated by the fact that Outlook won’t allow you to open or save certain types of file attachments from your email. You may see a message… Read More

Burn a Music CD with Windows Media Player

Most computer users and music lovers like to burn their own custom music CDs from their MP3 collection stored on their computer. Many people buy third party software to do this but… Read More

Force the Numbers Lock on When Starting Windows

The number keypad is the set of numbered keys one the right side of the keyboard. Most laptops won’t have these keys unless it’s a larger format laptop with room for them.… Read More

Password Protecting your Office Documents

In today’s age of viruses, malware and security breaches you may want to be able to protect your Office documents from people who shouldn’t be looking at them. Many people keep confidential… Read More

How to Stop Automatic Reboots After Windows Updates

Microsoft is continuously releasing patches and updates for Windows, Office and other products that they sell. Most people use Automatic Updates to download and install these updates and simply let their computer… Read More

Using Previous Versions (Shadow Copies)

Shadow Copies or Previous Versions is a feature that was normally used for Windows Server operating system but is also available for Windows desktop versions. It allows you to go back to… Read More

Windows File Associations

File associations are used to tell Windows what program to use to open what type of file. Without them, Windows wouldn’t know what to do when you double clicked a file on… Read More

Finding Duplicate Cell Values in Excel

If you are a serious Excel user and have huge spreadsheets with a lot of data in them then managing your data can be a real task. If you need to worry… Read More

Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar in Office

Microsoft changed the look and feel of the entire Office suite with the release of Office 2007. This left many people in the dark when it came to doing their normal tasks… Read More

Changing Drive Letters in Windows

Drive letters are used with Windows and other operating systems to keep track of different partitions and physical hard drives. A drive letter doesn’t have to be assigned to a whole different… Read More
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