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How to Use Windows System Restore from Command Prompt

contributed by ryanramsey23 on January 10, 2012 under Windows

Viruses, malware, and spyware often block antivirus and recovery tools from running. Corrupted files or drivers may prevent your desktop from loading correctly. If you can at least boot to a command prompt, you have a good shot of restoring your system with Windows System Restore.

Windows 7: Prevent themes from changing icons and mouse cursors

contributed by Lê Hoàng on January 9, 2012 under Microsoft Windows 7

By default, Windows 7 allows themes to change desktop icons and mouse cursors. Although changing these icons will let you fully enjoy the beauty of the theme, it may also drive you crazy as you have to get used to the new icons and cursors as well. If you think this is unnecessary, you can follow this tutorial to disable these features.

Excel 2010: Change the number of sheets in a new workbook

contributed by Lê Hoàng on November 25, 2011 under Microsoft Excel

By default, when you create a new Excel workbook, the program will create three new sheets for you. If you usually work on only one sheet, the rest will be unnecessary. Or if you always have to work on a big workbook, then three sheets may be not enough and you have to manually create new sheet. For your convenience, you can change the program’s setting to make it include the number of sheets that you usually have to work on right at the start.

Outlook 2010: How to Set Up a Short Delay for All Messages You Send

contributed by Rob Rogers on November 23, 2011 under Microsoft Outlook

One of the benefits of email is that it’s quick, but sometimes this isn’t such a great thing if you hit Send and then remembered that you didn’t attach the intended files or include vital information. By setting up a short delay of only a few minutes, you will give yourself adequate time to catch these shortcomings prior to the message going out.

How do I set the default action when sending notes to OneNote 2010?

contributed by Lê Hoàng on November 22, 2011 under Microsoft Office

Every time when you send items like email messages, meeting notes, task notes from Outlook to OneNote, the program will ask you where you want to save them. If you always send each type of items to a particular notebook, then this feature may not be necessary. This tutorial will show you how to configure locations for each type of items when sending them from Outlook to OneNote.

OneNote 2010: Search audio and video for words

contributed by Lê Hoàng on November 19, 2011 under Microsoft Office, Windows

By default, OneNote does not allow you to search for words in audio or video notes. Therefore, it can be very time-consuming when you have many audio or video note files and you want to search for a specific one. Luckily, you can configure OneNote to enable this feature. Here is how to do it.

Windows Live Mail 2011: Setup and use signatures for multiple accounts

contributed by Lê Hoàng on November 15, 2011 under Internet, Windows

When using multiple email accounts, many users will want to use different signature for each of them. This tutorial will show you how to create and set signatures for multiple email accounts in Windows Live Mail 2011.

Firefox: Show tabs preview in Windows 7 taskbar

contributed by Lê Hoàng on November 14, 2011 under Browsers, Microsoft Windows 7

By default, when you hover your mouse over the Firefox icon in the Windows 7 taskbar, it will only display a thumbnail of the current tab regardless how many tabs you have open at the time. This tutorial will show you how to display all tab previews in the taskbar. By doing this, you can jump to your desired tab much quicker.

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