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Replacement for FrontPage 2003
A friend recently asked:
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The Great Shutdown Debate on Windows 8
Since September, I've been reading the many complaints regarding the process used to shut down a computer running Windows 8. The general theme is that's hard to find, with some folks suggesting that this is emblematic of Windows 8 being difficult to use.
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Mailbag – Flash Player Install and Windows Games – Reversi and Minesweeper
Nearly every day people come up to me, or email, questions on software. Last night at the Tampa Bay Computer Society, a gentleman was having trouble getting Adobe Flash installed. I went through the installation process and it appeared to work correctly, but going to YouTube, the following message was displayed: "You need to upgrade your Adobe Flash Player to watch this video."
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Fixing Windows 7 Help and Support
For the past few months I noticed that Windows 7 Help and Support feature wasn’t working correctly. Pressing WIN+F1 or choosing “Help and Support” from the Start menu would open a window, but the help contents weren’t there. Searching for a topic wouldn’t work either.
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Windows Media Player not adding albums to media library
Have been moving my music collection around and noticed that nearly half of the files didn't get added to the media library when monitoring the folder, or manually scanning it.
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Backup Favorites Quickly
A friend and former co-worker at Microsoft recently sent out an e-mail to several people describing a way to backup the Favorites folder to a writable CD/DVD-ROM drive. I started thinking that it could even be easier:
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Google toolbar tip - Shift+Enter
When using the Google toolbar, you can press SHIFT+ENTER after typing a search query to open a new browser window with the search results. Nifty.
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Defending Your Computer
My good friend Dave Dockery of Synergy Publishing has put together a nice seminar on cleaning PC's infected with spyware and other unwanted pieces of software.
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Windows Server 2003 SP1 notes
I just installed the new Release Candidate for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1. Superfically, it appears to have most of the security features from Windows XP Service Pack 2. So far no problems with the install or interaction with anything I previous had running.
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Terminal Services and Remote Desktop Connection
Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 include a new client for Terminal Services. The long name is “Remote Desktop Connection”. Instead of looking for it through the menus however, to quickly connect to another Windows machines that have Remote Desktop (AKA Terminal Services) turned on type the following at a command prompt: