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*   Using Acronis True Image Home 11 to Back Up to DVD’s
In a comment on my Terry’s Computer Tips blog, a subscriber requested that I write about how to use Acronis True Image to back up to CDROM’s or to DVD’s, as many people don’t have home networks.

*   A Happy Ending to PDF Problems
Long-time subscriber Scott Adler wrote this week that he was having problems with current Adobe programs. In particular, he had the same issue with Adobe Reader 8 that many of us have had.

*   My Security Software Recommendations
My recommendations for anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, and anti-spam software…

*   Malware Silently Alters Router Settings — Change Your Router Passwords!
I’ve predicted it for a long time as a reason to change your router password from the default, and it’s now running wild on the Internet…

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*   A Look at Acronis True Image Home 11
I’ve written that I use and recommend Acronis True Image for backing up my computer system. Let’s take a look at how to use it…

*   Zooming in Microsoft Word, followup
Office guru Carol Bratt wrote to explain Word’s default document zoom…

*   My Security Software Recommendations
My recommendations for anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, and anti-spam software…

*   Using Unlocker Safely
In last week’s online issue, I wrote about an experiment with Unlocker, which several readers had recommended. This week, longtime subscriber Dan points out some danger…

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*   Windows and the Infamous Three-Finger Salute

*   My Security Software Recommendations
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*   Unlocker - Solving the Locked File Problem

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*   Problems Completely Uninstalling McAfee
*   Feedback from the Last Issue

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If there’s ever been a program feature that made no sense whatsoever to me, it is the impact that the scroll lock key has on navigation in Microsoft Excel.

Hummmm… Did I say that strongly enough? Probably not, but I’m not going to write those words…

We all know about the Num Lock key and how it locks the keyboard’s keypad into number mode. If you have a keyboard with an attached numeric keypad, the keys default to scroll mode (arrow up, left, down, right, Home, End, etc.). If you press the NumLock key, the keypad locks into numeric mode.

The Scroll Lock key (Scroll Lk) works differently. According to Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org), the Scroll Lock key is left over from the DOS days. It’s functionality is set by the program your using — and most programs don’t even acknowledge the existance of the Scroll Lock key.

Excel, unfortunately, is one of the few that do.

Continue reading Microsoft Excel - Navigating with Scroll Lock

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*   Changing the Current Font and Font Size in Microsoft Outlook
Many times when we’re writing emails, we want to change the font or font size for more emphasis or better readability…

*   Setting the Default Font and Font Size in Microsoft Outlook
And, sometimes, we want to change the default from that awful Courier New 10pt font and change to a font and size more to our liking…

*   My Security Software Recommendations
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*   User Feedback - Solving Locked Files
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*   Copying and Moving Files and Folders - Left-click or Right-click?
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The Google Screensaver is one of the amazing free applications that is part of Google’s free Google Pack software package. Make your PC more useful. Get the free Google Pack.

The Google Screensaver is optional as part of Google Pack, but it’s one component that you should not miss. With it, you can have a screensaver that uses your own photos that you’ve accumulated and edited in Google Picasa, from Picasa Web Albums, from your own photos from folders on your computer that you specify (so you can use some photos as screensaver images, but not others), and from photo feeds (which defaults to “Default Google Photo Feed.”)

You can control how often the picture changes. You can also control the type of transition from one image to the next. The Visual Effect lets you choose Pan and Zoom, Collage, Wipe and Cross-Fade.

You can access the control panel…

Continue reading Using the free Google Photo Screensaver