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In the Notification Area to the right of the Taskbar, there is a pointer on which you can click to show or hide the icons place there. Sometimes, my pointer just disappears, leaving me with the icons on display permanently. How can I get this pointer back?

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I’ve heard there’s a special feature in Google Earth that lets you fly a plane around the world. How do I get to it?

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I often go camping with my friends for a weekend and find that my phone battery dies after the first day. I’m really fond of the phone any wouldn’t like to change it. Is there any way I can boost the charge on the battery?

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I’ve seen a really cool reflection effect on a photo. Is that easy to make? How can I create it myself?

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I got a new laptop for Christmas, but when I press the PrtScn button nothering happens and my clipboard remains empty. How can I take a screenshot?

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I recently installed a backup program from Paragon that wanted 35Gb for a backup despite the fact that I can copy the entire My Pictures folder onto a single 4.7Gb DVD. Where has the extra space gone?

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I used to have a daily reminder appear in Word when I logged into Windows 98 but haven’t been able to find a way of doing this in Windows XP. How do I do this?

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I quite like Word Clouds but wouldn’t know how to create one. Can you point me in the right direction?

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