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Microsoft’s Fix it Center is a beta troubleshooting program that tweaks common Windows issues—sort of like previously mentioned FixWin—but it comes straight from Microsoft. It’s average-Joe friendly, and addresses everything from network glitches to media player issues.
Read More About It On Lifehacker
Great Article On DownloadSquad about some really cool Keyboard Shortcuts.
Ctrl+T — opens a new tab in all major Web browsers.
Alt+Tab — cycles through currently-open programs. If you also hold down Shift, it cycles backwards.
Ctrl+Tab — cycles through Web browser tabs (you can use Shift to go backwards too).
Ctrl+W — closes the current window or tab. Some applications can be closed with Ctrl+W, but Alt+F4 is universal.
Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V — copies selected text (you can use Shift and arrow keys to select text!), and then paste it. Use Alt-Tab to switch between source and destination for bonus points.
Ctrl+Z — undoes your last action. This works in almost everything except Web browsers. ‘Redo’ varies from program to program (check the ‘Edit’ menu to find out!)
Ctrl+Mouse scroll wheel — zoom in, zoom out. This works in almost every kind of app, including Web browsers. Great for increasing the size of tiny ‘aesthetic’ text on normal websites… or tiny thumbnails on nefarious ones. Also scales the size of icons on your desktop, if they’re too small for you!
F5 — refreshes your current folder/directory or Web page. Yes, you can hammer a button on your keyboard rather than foolishly clicking a button over and over!
Alt+D — selects the address bar in your Web browser or folder/directory view! Yes, I know — how awesome is that?
Copying alot of files at once can be a pain and take a long time to do with the Windows built in file copy function. The worst part is that if there is a problem with one of the files the whole copy stops and you have to restart it.
Enter Teracopy:
Teracopy not only speeds up the copying of files on your Windows machine but it also has options to ignore problems when they arise.
You can find Teracopy here: http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php
Posting stuff on people’s wall in Facebook is soo outdated but no one seems to know that. In the past when you wanted to post something on someone’s wall you used to have to go to their profile and post your comment, video, or photo there. But for about a year now we have been able to “tag” people in our status updates and doing this will also post the update to their wall. Best off all this can all be done without leaving your home page.
Here are the steps:
I often do this when I want to send a video to someone or just want to say something about or to them.
Give it a try and let me know how you like it.
Today Rob and Shane talked about auditing your computer as well as had some great software picks for you.
Software Picks:
Today we talked about or favorite Google products. Check them all out when you get a chance.
What is a pizza tech?
We have all seen them on craigslist offering computer repair for $25 and sometimes $10. A good deal is a good deal but you may want to think twice about using them just based on their price.
What are you getting when you call these guys?
More often than not you are getting an inexperienced technician that is trying to break into the business. This means that they are practicing on your computer with your family’s data and, trust me, you don’t want this. We have had to bail these guys out way too many times. They probably mean well but they are just inexperienced.
So before you call one of these “pizza techs” think about this article and also think about what would happen if they did damage your computer more because of their inexperience. That $25 service can end up costing you alot more in the end.
Should you need computer service in Metro Detroit click this link, we can help.
In this episode Rob and I (Shane) discuss facebook viruses and car tech. We also answer some questions from our listeners and share our favorite programs/websites/video of the week.
Program Picks:
If you are invited to use a program that shows you who has seen your profile, do not fall for it.
The one I got an invite for asks that you install a toolbar. This means that you will only be able to get notified when someone who has this toolbar installed visits your site. Their goal is to have everyone in the world install this toolbar.
Why would they want that? Well they will be tracking all websites that you visit and will advertise to you. Many companies get $2 – $3 per install of a tool bar for advertising purposes.
So like everything else, this is a money making scam that will invite spyware into your computer so don’t use it. The simple fact is that until Facebook implements this feature, you can not trust anyone that claims to be able to show you who views your profile.
Have you had to clean up your music collection lately?
If you have, you have probably noticed that Itunes does a horrible job of updating your library. By horrible, I mean that it doesn’t do it at all. You have to re add the music folder to your library and then it takes forever to update.
Enter Itunes Library Updater.
This program will fix up your library with lightning fast speed and it does a great job of removing orphaned entries as well as adding new ones.
You can find at http://goo.gl/1ACh
