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Google Tasks – To-Do List and Schedule Organizer in Your Gmail

Google Tasks is one of the famous Gmail Labs features. It is out of labs and is now a full time feature. This Tasks will help you keep track of what you need to do. Its a To-Do List in your Email. It has got lot of features which will make organizing your schedules and […]

How to Create an Index Page for Word Documents

If you have a large document, creating an index could be really helpful in locating information within the document. An index lists all the important points and topics in your document under one orderly alphabetical list. Hence, Word provides you with an easy to use index maker. using this, you can create Index pages for […]

Import Calculations from old versions of Excel without a Problem

While upgrading to Excel 2007, you imported calculations from older Excel documents. However, the import wasn’t 100 percent successful and you get the error message ‘#NAME?’ in some cells. The problem occurs if you have used analysis functions such as ‘CONVERT’, ‘CALENDAR WEEK’ or ‘MROUND’ in the calculation, which you had to activate earlier as […]

XP-AntiSpy – Enable or Disable Windows Functions to Improve Security

Although the Windows operating system offers various security features, there are some aspects that are overlooked. For instance, updates keep arriving from the Internet even when one has disabled automatic downloads for updates. There is a utility called XP-AntiSpy that takes care of such Windows slip-ups. One need not be an expert to use this […]

How to Read Text files and Website Contents on Apple iPod

You can read simple text files and website contents on your Apple iPod. By using this feature, you can have your required content even if you are on the move. This functionality is absolutely possible on the iPod with the help of a software called Text 2 iPod. All models other than the iPod shuffle […]

Get an Exclusive Button for Hibernate in Shut Down Menu

Hibernate is very handy feature which helps you shutdown your computer quickly saving all the settings. You can access Hibernate by pressing [Shift] key in the shutdown menu. By this, you can toggle between Stand By and Hibernate. If you want to use Hibernate frequently and want to access it easily, here is an easy […]

Prevent Specified Format Files from Appearing in My Recent Documents

The document history in the Start menu is actually quite practical as one can quickly open the last edited files with the appropriate program and continue working on them, theoretically that is. In practice, however, the list of My Recent Documents is filled with irrelevant entries. You can get rid of useless files or file […]

Repair “Help and support cannot be opened, since a system service has not been executed” Error Message

When you try to access Windows Help you may come across the error message “Help and support cannot be opened, since a system service has not been executed” is displayed. The reason behind this error message is a service is not started in the background which is required for help and support. This means that […]

Running Short of Disk Space or Sudden Memory Loss [ Troubleshoot ]

Are you facing a situation where you are running short of disk space, without having saved gigabytes worth of data or installing many programs lately. In this case of Low disk space, available disk space shrinks without your doing anything, recent system crashes are probably the cause. If the error reporting tool is activated, Windows […]

How to Save and Apply Filter Settings Faster in Excel

Excel has effective filter functions for evaluating table data. Separate filters can also be set for individual columns. This may be good but you have to set the criteria after each time you edit the data. Now that’s tedious! Though there is no evident way to save the filter settings, a user-defined view retains the […]

Display More Clocks of Different Time Zones in Start Menu of Vista

You can talk to your near ones abroad at a low price via VOIP, using programs such as Skype. However, you wouldn’t like to get your friends out of the bed in the middle of the night and so want to keep track of their time zones. Along with the current local time, Vista can […]

How to Deactivate Monitoring of User Activities Immediately

Windows continuously monitors the programs that you run and also the files you use. This data is then used for managing the document history and to provide personally adapted menus. If you want to forego the advantages of background monitoring, you can turn it off in a single step. Here is the procedure to deactivate […]