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Month: January 2011

How do I reset my Blackberry phone to factory default settings?

Posted onJanuary 28, 2011Leave a comment

My 5-year old son has been playing with my Blackberry and has messed around with some of my settings. I’d like to set it back to how it was when I got it; is there Read More …

CategoriesgadgetsTagsblackberry, reset, wipe

How do I unlock the taskbar?

Posted onJanuary 19, 2011Leave a comment

In the past I have been able to resize my Window Taskbar. Now I cannot seem to grab the top edge in order to make it smaller. It’s huge at the moment and rather annoying. Read More …

CategoriessoftwareTagsMicrosoft, Taskbar, windows

How do I turn off “My Recent Documents”?

Posted onJanuary 19, 20111 Comment

How do I prevent items being added to the My Recent Documents folder in the Start menu or disable it entirely? I use Windows XP.

CategoriessoftwareTagssoftware, windows, XP

How can I run defrag when I don’t have enough disk space?

Posted onJanuary 14, 2011Leave a comment

I’m trying to run defrag, however I can’t do this because of lack of space. I only have just 10 per cent of its space free and Disk Defragmenter is refusing to continue. I have Read More …

CategoriessoftwareTagsdefrag, software, windows

How can I resize photos quicky and easily?

Posted onJanuary 14, 2011Leave a comment

I recently got a great new 12 Megapixel camera, but when I email photos to my friends they’re getting rejected because they’re too large. What’s the best way to resize them?

CategoriessoftwareTagsemail, photo, resizing

How do I keep track of people mentioning me on Twitter?

Posted onJanuary 3, 2011Leave a comment

I work for a company that’s one of the largest producers of bathroom fittings in the world. Our PR guys asked me how to keep an eye on Twitter to see when someone mentions us. Read More …

Categoriessocial networkingTagsreputation management, TweetBeep, twitter

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