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Skype for Windows 8: Disable Automatic Screen Sharing

If you are in a call with your friend using Skype and your friend decides to share his screen with you, the screen will automatically show up on your side. This may cause uncomfortable situations when you are in public or at work. Fortunately, you can configure the program to display a notification and let you decide whether to display the screen or not. Continue reading to find out how.

Word: Password Protect your Document

Some documents will contain confidential information that is for your eyes only. You probably want to keep it that way. Encrypting your document with a password is an easy way to do that. Discussed are directions for all modern versions of Word including Word 2013.

Windows 8: Optimize PC for Blindness or for Running Monitorless

Windows comes equipped with features designed specifically for the visually impaired. Through this tech-recipe will demonstrate a simple way of making your computer usable without visual display.

Window 8: Enable Mouse Pointer Shadow

Previous versions of Windows had the mouse pointer shadow option enabled by default. For some reason, Microsoft decided to get rid of it on the newest version of Windows. By following these steps, you can easily enable it.

How Do I Factory Reset or Wipe My Windows Phone 8?

A factory reset will restore your Windows 8 Phone back to its original state and is frequently used as a last resort troubleshooting procedure.

Clear Excessive Storage Consumed by Microsoft Silverlight

The way Microsoft SilverLight caches video can take up large amounts of hard drive space. Deleting these files can clear up precious storage space for other applications.

PS3 – How to do a Factory or Hard Reset

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Well, I had some major problems with my PS3 recently locking up and not playing any games or movies. After calling Customer Support, they suggested that I do a hard reset. This did seem to solve my problems, so here is the procedure per Sony CS. I would consider this a last resort troubleshooting procedure.

Windows: Speed Up Shut Down Time via Registry

You may have an obvious delay between the press of the shutdown button and the actual shutdown of your Windows operating system. This registry tweak works in all versions of Windows including Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Windows 8: Using Group Policy to Prevent Screen Saver Changes

If you have a number of computers on your network, you may not want users to have the ability to change the screen savers on their systems.

Word 2013: Create a Custom Page Watermark

Adding a watermark to your final document can help to make it secure. Word Office comes preloaded with many default watermarks from which to choose. However, you can also create a custom one that either uses text or an image. This is useful if you want to insert a company logo or other personal image as your watermark.

PowerPoint, Excel, and Word 2013: Add Effects to Images

The reason many documents and presentations are not interesting is because of the use of boring images. Even if your images are extremely mundane, you can still attract attention to them by carefully adding effects.

Windows 8: Extend Laptop Battery Use by Changing the Critical Battery Percentage

Windows laptops have three battery settings: low, reserve, and critical. Once your PC reaches low battery power, you are notified that your computer is running out of charge. When you are notified that your PC is on reserve power, saving your documents and preparing for your PC to power down is a good idea. Once you get to critical charge, the computer will go into a state of hibernation.

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