The Tech FAQ

TroubleShooting, Gadgets, New Softwares and Much Much more…

Keyboard Shortcuts on Steroids With a Cute Little App

Before we start here two things you may or may not know about keyboard shortcuts:

Did you know that in Windows Vista you can launch all the shortcuts in you quick launch bar by clicking the “Win” button + a number (”WIN” + 1 will launch the first link from the left and so on…)?
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All Southpark Episodes Are Available Online For Free

Good news! We can all enjoy all the episodes of the 12 seasons of Southpark!
Comedy central which broadcast Southpark along side Trey Parker and Mat Stone have created SouthParkStudios. And the best thing is, that it is absolutely free! You can’t download it to your computer but you can watch it on your Web [...]


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How to Rename Multiple Files At Once

This is a nice trick I bet not every one knows. I don’t know about you but I just hate the DSCN(XXX).jpg file name the digital camera gives pictures. This is especially annoying when you have the pictures from your latest trip to London mixed with your grandpa’s birthday party. After you download all of [...]


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How to Create an Application Shortcut Key

A great feature in Microsoft Windows is creating custom shortcut keys for your favorite programs for instance open Internet Explorer or Firefox by clicking the F10 key. Doing it is so easy, here’s how:

Create a shortcut to the application you want to run with the shortcut by right clicking the executable file and selecting “Create [...]


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2 Ways to Read Office 2007 Documents on Every Computer

I bet this has happened to you before, a new Email has just arrived and it contained a .docx file. Sadly you are at work and still using Office 2003. Here’s how to read Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint 2007 files on every computer.

This is the easy solution Download Word viewer 2007 and open the [...]


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Make your Disk on Key a Super Disk on Key

It doesn’t matter how big, new and fast your Disk on Key is, you always think that it is too small and too slow. Well, there is a solution to both these problems, and it is to change the removable Flash drive file system to NTFS. To make the Disk on Key compatible with most [...]


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How to Rescue Your Data After a Windows Crash

I am sure this has happened to you before, suddenly the screen turns black, and when you try and boot Windows again, you realize it’s not going to happen… You immediately know that it’s time to take out the Windows XP/Vista CD and reinstall it. But what about all your precious data, pictures, documents and [...]


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How to Select Which Ads Appear Where

As we all know, ads take a big portion of our web page display. We always have to make a compromise between content and ads. There is a solution that may help making these compromises easier, and that would be being selective in the displaying of ads. Basically we have two types of users, regular [...]


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A Must Have Gadget in Your Office

Tell me if you know this situation: You have been working your butt all day long in the office, and you give yourself a much deserved rest while reading some RSS feeds in your Google Reader, or chatting with your friends on Google Talk or Microsoft Messenger. Suddenly your boss comes and you know the [...]


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Why this Yamaha Player is Better than IPod

Try and imagine the following situation:
You are running while listening to some upbeat music from your IPod when suddenly Mr. IPod decides to hit you with a depressing slow ballade by ColdPlay, which makes you want to run straight into the traffic…
If only there was a music player that matched the type of music it [...]


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