Posted on October 31, 2009 by Gregory West
Here is a website that shows you HOW TO in many areas.
GREAT HOW TO DO THINGS WEBSITE
I find this site http://www.ehow.com/guide_5-computers.html very useful in the latest computer tips in PLAIN ENGLISH.
If you like video tutorials this site has them too:
http://www.ehow.com/videos.html – scroll down where it says: More Featured Videos and use the slide bar on [...]
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Posted on October 30, 2009 by Gregory West
Tim Hortons Documentary
Tim Hortons is NOT a Canadian OWNED company and if someone ever had to drink one of their coffees black they would NEVER go back. And if you get a chance, just watch the A&E documentary on Tim Horton to see how the family got devastated and ended up [...]
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Posted on October 15, 2009 by Gregory West
A recent report in the Globe and Mail warns: Stay with VISTA unless…
“Unfortunately, upgrading an existing PC from XP to 7 is not easy.
After upgrading, users will have to reinstall all their programs and find their files in the folder where Windows 7 tucks them away.
However, if you bought a Vista-based computer after June [...]
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Posted on October 15, 2009 by Gregory West
If you use Google’s live calendar (if you don’t you are missing out big time), you can now connect to that calendar via your cell phone.
Here’s how: (I use it and it only took a few minutes to set up)
Just go to http://www.google.com/calendar in your phone’s web browser to access Calendar
(Google Apps users can go [...]
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Posted on October 11, 2009 by Gregory West
YouTube has made a major change in that you can now have your own channel and watch what you pick without all the other junk.
Getting ready for when TV goes online and away from the old way of viewing a show via TV set. Imagine the landfill sites with old TVs?
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Posted on October 11, 2009 by Gregory West
Review: by Gregory West
gregorywest(at)bell.net
Member of the Computer Operators
of Marysville & Port Huron (COMP)
www.bwcomp.org
Windows Vista
The Missing Manual
David Pogue
Published by O’Reilly Media Inc.
ISBN-13: 978-0-596-52827-0
Pages: 827
USA: $34.99 / CDA: $45.99
missingmanuals.com
This book is designed for basic users to advanced users and everyone in between. If you want to learn everything about Vista, the easy-to-follow way, this book [...]
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Posted on October 11, 2009 by Gregory West
NO MORE PROBLEMS on your Mac or PC while wanting to view a video…
Join the over 52 million other people who have downloaded the FREE video player called: VLC
When I was trying to play one of my hundreds of videos on my Windows machine I came across several that Windows Media Player and Quicktime would [...]
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