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Vista Beta 2 Build 5308: Enable the Sidebar and Gadgets

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Everybody loves the sidebar. Sidebar! Sidebar! Here’s how to turn it on.

Word 2007: Handy Keyboard Shortcuts

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I’m a keyboard junkie and love my shortcuts. Here are some useful ones for you future Word 2007 powerusers. Enjoy.

Vista: Burn Files to Disc

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Need to copy data off of your PC and not sure how to use your burner? In a few steps you can easily transfer the data to a blank disc, here’s how…

Vista: Save Searches

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If you find yourself repeating the same search for files, you can save the search and have Vista repeat it instead of manually rebuilding the search each time. To do this…

Vista: Using Parental Controls

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In Vista Home and Ultimate editions, you can manage how your children use the computer. By utilizing Parental Controls, you can limit access to the web, set hours that the account can access the computer, what games can be played and what applications can be run. Parental Controls can only be applied to standard users, not administrators. To set up Vista’s Parental Controls on your PC, do the following…

Vista: Restore Declined Updates

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If you wish to install an update that you have previously declined, you can restore it and then use the normal installation process to select and install the update. To restore the declined update, do the following…

Vista Business Edition: Install or Enable Games

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A buddy of mine was shocked when his addition of vista business did not include any games. Well, they are there, but they are just hidden. Here are the steps to access and unhide the games in Vista Business.

IE7: How To Hide the Command Bar

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If you are utilizing the main menu and find that you never use the Command Bar (the icons and dropdowns located beneath the Search Bar), you can hide it by following these instructions:

Word 2007: Delete Words from Custom Dictionary

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I added an incorrect word to my Office dictionary, how can I delete it? With a few simple steps, you can easily delete the incorrect entry and reenter it, here’s how…

Outlook 2007: Use Rules to Add Categories to New and Old Emails

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i’ve just recently started to use categories in my Outlook 2007 (mainly because of using a blackberry at work) however going back through 11 years worth of emails would take months to flag manually and doing it manually each send/receive is still too much work. Lets make a rule in outlook to do this for us!

Excel 2007: Start Without Splash Screen and Empty Workbook

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Your preference may be to have Excel start up without displaying an empty workbook. This can easily be done by creating a new shortcut and modifying its target field. There is an added bonus to this, you will also bypass the splash screen as well.

Excel 2007: Create Comments that Appear When Cell is Activated

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Regular comments in Excel place a small indicator in the desired cell and require you to either mouseover the indicator or to use the Ribbon to view the comment. Some situations dictate that the comment appear when the cell is activated. by using Excel’s Data Validation, this can be easily done, just follow these instructions…