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Category: software

Where’s my battery icon?

Posted onNovember 18, 2009Leave a comment

I’ve been using Vista for a few weeks now and all of a sudden my volume indicator seems to have disappeared from my System Tray. I used to use this quite often as my laptop Read More …

CategoriessoftwareTagsOperating system, software, Windows Vista

How do I handle ISO files?

Posted onNovember 6, 2009Leave a comment

I downloaded Ubuntu recently and now I have a .iso file. What’s the best way of handling and opening those files?

CategoriessoftwareTags7-Zip, ISO image, Ubuntu

How do I block Autorun on my computer?

Posted onNovember 2, 2009Leave a comment

I would like to stop the constant popup-up windows that appear when I plug in a USB memory stick or insert a CD into my computer with Windows XP. I would either like to set Read More …

CategoriessoftwareTagsautoplay, TweakUI, Windows XP

How can I view web pages offline?

Posted onOctober 18, 2009May 16, 2012Leave a comment

I connect to the Internet using mobile broadband so I only connect and download pages when I need to. I’d like to view pages held in my browser history while I’m offline. How can I Read More …

CategoriessoftwareTagsMozilla Firefox, offline storage, Web browser

How can I get my Vista laptop to Hibernate?

Posted onOctober 12, 2009Leave a comment

I’d prefer to put my Vista laptop into Hibernate mode rather than shuttind it down completely, but I don’t have a Hibernate option in my Start Menu. Where is it?

CategoriessoftwareTagshibernate, Laptop, Windows Vista

How can I rotate video?

Posted onOctober 5, 20091 Comment

I need to rotate some short video clips taken with my camera in portrait mode. They’re currently showing on their side; how can I do this?

CategoriessoftwareTagsVideo clip, Video editing, Windows Movie Maker

How do I get programs to start automatically?

Posted onSeptember 26, 2009December 3, 20131 Comment

I have a webcam program that I have to keep starting up manually every time I turn on my computer. Is there any way I can get it to run automatically on startup?

CategoriessoftwareTagssoftware, startup, windows

How do I get my “@” back?

Posted onSeptember 20, 2009Leave a comment

I seem to have broken my keyboard. When I press SHIFT-2, instead of the quotation marks I get an “@” symbol and when I press “@” I get quotation marks. How can I fix it?

CategoriessoftwareTagshardware, keyboard, windows

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