Category Archive: Tutorials

May 13

Setting Up Emails In Windows 8 Live Mail

Many providers now allow you to access you emails from anywhere via web-mail (the process of logging in to a website to collect you emails)but many still prefer to have the emails come directly into their computer. This article will look at how you can set up windows 8 live mail to receive your emails and what …

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Dec 28

Windows Backup – Create a Windows Image Backup

There are many programs out there that will cost you a lot of money just to back up your computer but what people do not realise is that Windows comes with its own backup application that can keep your files safe and secure. The Windows backup utility allows you to do a variety things including …

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Dec 22

Laptop Not Charging or Booting Causes

This is one of the more common issues I come across on a day to day basis and there are many reasons that the laptop may not be charging the battery. We are going to look at the top 5 reasons. Note that some of these solutions involve dismantling your laptop. If you are not …

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Dec 17

How to Create An Email Signature

We use emails a lot and adding a signature to the end of your emails not only makes it easier for people to contact you but it also means you don’t have to write the same thing at the bottom of every email you send. All the major email programs allow you to add signatures …

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Dec 12

How to View Browsing History of Your Browser

Your web browser stores a history of all the sites that you have visited and there may be times you wish to view browsing history on a particular computer. You could be a concerned parent wanting to check that your son or daughter is not visiting sites that they should not be or maybe you …

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Dec 06

OpenOffice Writer – Change Font Color When Typing

This is a problem I have come across myself even in the latest version of open office. For some reason when you click on the icon to change the font (The large A) the colour of the font does not change. What you do get is a bucket icon on your cursor that disappears when …

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Dec 03

Fixing Windows Update Error in Internet Explorer (0xC80003FA)

This windows update error is something I have seen on numerous occasions and its seems to be pretty random when it does it to be honest. I have had it happen on machines with service pack 2 and 3 on and on both professional and home editions of windows XP. Fixing the error is relatively …

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Nov 22

How to Change Homepage of Your Browser

When you get a new computer or inherit a computer from someone else the homepage may not be set to something useful for you and in some cases it may be set to nothing but a blank page or a page that is totally useless. Fear not it is possible to change the first page …

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Nov 19

How to Remove Metropolitan Police Virus

The metropolitan police virus is a virus that has being has been doing the rounds for a number of years but has recently started showing itself a lot more often. It is something that shows up in the UK more often than not and the lock screen will show any one of a number of …

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