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Posts from ‘March, 2008’

WordPress 2.5 Released Today

WordPress 2.5 has now been officially released. There have been many new features and improvements made to what was already a fantastic product. Why not head over to the WordPress Blog to see what all the hype is about are and how easy it is to upgrade your version.

Edit Photos Online With Adobe Photoshop Express

Adobe has ventured into online photo editing and storage with the release of Photoshop Express. Photoshop Express is a free public beta which allows you to edit your photos online and store up to 2Gb of your favorite photos on their servers. Whilst this is a beta product, it is feature rich with many popular [...]

7-Zip Open Source File Compression Utility

Most internet users have likely had to unzip files that they have downloaded either from a website or in an email attachment. Also many of us zip files prior to sending them via email to save transmission time and space. Although Windows XP and Vista both have built in file compression utilities, most people still [...]

Free ebook Learn Excel 97-2007 From MrExcel

Bill Jelen (AKA MrExcel) from MrExcel.com, is offering all users of Microsoft Excel a FREE ebook to download. This fantastic offer from Bill is his latest book titled “Learn Excel 97-2007 from MrExcel.” Bill’s goal is to give away 5 million copies of this ebook. Grab your copy today. http://www.mrexcel.com/techguy.html The MrExcel.com website is full [...]

Free Online Backup Service From mozy.com

Backup, backup, backup. When did you last backup your files, pictures or other data? How often have you thought about backing up our data, but not done it? Have you lost some or all of your valuable, irreplaceable data because you didn’t have a current backup? There are numerous reasons why people and even businesses [...]

How To Uninstall Microsoft Vista SP1 Pre-release Version

To be able to install Microsoft Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) you first need to uninstall any pre-release version of SP1. But how? I’ve tried going to Uninstall Programs but it isn’t listed. Here’s the answer. Click Start Control Panel Uninstall a Program View Installed Updates (on the left menu) Scroll down to the heading [...]

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) Released Today

Microsoft has today released Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) for download via Windows Update or from the Microsoft download center. Windows Vista Service Pack (434.5 Mb) Windows Vista Service Pack 1 for x64 based Systems (726.5 Mb) If you don’t want to download and install it yourself, it will automatically be installed using Windows [...]

Microsoft Security Updates For March 2008

Here is the list of security updates that Microsoft released in March 2008. Please ensure to patch your software as required. Here are the new security updates: MS08-014 – addresses a vulnerability in Excel (KB 949029) MS08-015 – addresses a vulnerability in Outlook (KB 949031) MS08-016 – addresses a vulnerability in Office (KB 949030) MS08-017 [...]

How To Adjust Printer Margins in Windows Mail Or Outlook Express

Problem: When I print an email from Windows Mail (Vista) or Outlook Express the letters along the left margin get cut off. Cause: The margin settings for Windows Mail and Outlook Express are inherited from Internet Explorer. Solution: To adjust or set the margins try this. Open Internet Explorer (IE) If using IE version 7 [...]

Use Windows Live Writer For WordPress Blog Posts

Wouldn’t it be handy to create blog posts offline whilst you aren’t connected to the web? If you agree then Microsoft Windows Live Writer may be what you need. Windows Live Writer is a free desktop software application from Microsoft which allows you to create posts at anytime, even when you aren’t connected to the [...]