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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

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.

Windows: Disable the “Use the Web service to find the correct program” Dialog Box

When opening a new file without an extension, Windows asks if you want to go on the Internet and download an appropriate program to use to open the file. This dialog box pops up before you have the opportunity to manually select a program.

PowerPoint 2013: Add Simple Text Animations

The only thing worse than having to sit through a PowerPoint presentation is having to sit through a boring PowerPoint presentation. If not abused and overused, animations will assist in keeping your audience engaged.

Windows Media Center: Turn DVD Subtitles On and Off

Subtitles can be useful for movie watchers in loud conditions or for those who want to keep the volume turned down. They are also vital for viewers who may be hearing impaired. Windows Media Center has accessibility options to directly address those needs.

Word 2013: Insert a Word Count Field

At some point, most Word 2013 users will need to utilize the word count tool. Whether you are a student handing in an essay to your professor or an employee sending out a report to your boss, a word count is frequently required.

Windows Phone 8: Block Apps From Running in the Background

To deliver the best user experiences, apps in Windows phone 8 are allowed to perform periodic or intensive resource tasks in the background even if the main app is not running. While this feature can be useful at times, it can also drain the battery quickly. Luckily, it is possible to disable the unwanted tasks of choice.

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