Is your power supply compatible with NOSMOKE?
After experiencing difficulties with his computer, a poor, incognizant user called the system maker's technical support line for assistance...
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Microsoft Office 2010 Beta
So I am going through my email yesterday and I come across an email from TechNet announcing the beta of Microsoft 2010.
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Abbot and Costello with new style ‘Who’s on First’
You have to be old enough to remember Abbott and Costello,
And too old to REALLY understand computers, to fully appreciate this. For those of us who sometimes get flustered by our computers, please read on...
If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch, 'Who's on First?'might have turned out something like this:
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More Shortcuts for MS Word
Command Name Shortcut Keys ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All Caps CTRL+SHIFT+A Annotation ALT+CTRL+M App Maximize ALT+F10 App Restore ALT+F5 Apply Heading1 ALT+CTRL+1 Apply Heading2 ALT+CTRL+2 Apply Heading3 ALT+CTRL+3 Apply List Bullet CTRL+SHIFT+L Auto Format ALT+CTRL+K Auto Text F3 or ALT+CTRL+V Bold CTRL+B or CTRL+SHIFT+B Bookmark CTRL+SHIFT+F5 Browse Next CTRL+PAGE DOWN Browse Previous CTRL+PAGE UP Browse Sel ALT+CTRL+HOME Cancel ESC Center Para CTRL+E Change Case SHIFT+F3 Char Left LEFT Char Left Extend SHIFT+LEFT Char Right RIGHT Char Right Extend SHIFT+RIGHT Clear DELETE Close or Exit ALT+F4 Close Pane ALT+SHIFT+C Column Break CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER Column Select CTRL+SHIFT+F8 Copy CTRL+C or CTRL+INSERT Copy Format CTRL+SHIFT+C Copy Text SHIFT+F2 Create Auto Text ALT+F3 Customize Add Menu ALT+CTRL+= Customize Keyboard ALT+CTRL+NUM + Customize Remove Menu ALT+CTRL+- Cut CTRL+X or SHIFT+DELETE Date Field ALT+SHIFT+D Delete Back Word CTRL+BACKSPACE Delete Word CTRL+DELETE Dictionary ALT+SHIFT+F7 Do Field Click ALT+SHIFT+F9 Doc Close CTRL+W or CTRL+F4 Doc Maximize CTRL+F10 Doc Move CTRL+F7 Doc Restore CTRL+F5 Doc Size CTRL+F8 Doc Split ALT+CTRL+S Double Underline CTRL+SHIFT+D End of Column ALT+PAGE DOWN End of Column ALT+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN End of Doc Extend CTRL+SHIFT+END End of Document CTRL+END End of Line END End of Line Extend SHIFT+END End of Row ALT+END End of Row ALT+SHIFT+END End of Window ALT+CTRL+PAGE DOWN End of Window Extend ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN Endnote Now ALT+CTRL+D Extend Selection F8 Field Chars CTRL+F9 Field Codes ALT+F9 Find CTRL+F Font CTRL+D or CTRL+SHIFT+F Font Size Select CTRL+SHIFT+P Footnote Now ALT+CTRL+F Go Back SHIFT+F5 or ALT+CTRL+Z Go To CTRL+G or F5 Grow Font CTRL+SHIFT+. Grow Font One Point CTRL+] Hanging Indent CTRL+T Header Footer Link ALT+SHIFT+R Help F1 Hidden CTRL+SHIFT+H Hyperlink CTRL+K Indent CTRL+M Italic CTRL+I or CTRL+SHIFT+I Justify Para CTRL+J Left Para CTRL+L Line Down DOWN Line Down Extend SHIFT+DOWN Line Up UP Line Up Extend SHIFT+UP List Num Field ALT+CTRL+L Lock Fields CTRL+3 or CTRL+F11 Macro ALT+F8 Mail Merge Check ALT+SHIFT+K Mail Merge Edit Data Source ALT+SHIFT+E Mail Merge to Doc ALT+SHIFT+N Mail Merge to Printer ALT+SHIFT+M Mark Citation ALT+SHIFT+I Mark Index Entry ALT+SHIFT+X Mark Table of Contents Entry ALT+SHIFT+O Menu Mode F10 Merge Field ALT+SHIFT+F Microsoft Script Editor ALT+SHIFT+F11 Microsoft System Info ALT+CTRL+F1 Move Text F2 New CTRL+N Next Cell TAB Next Field F11 or ALT+F1 Next Misspelling ALT+F7 Next Object ALT+DOWN Next Window CTRL+F6 or ALT+F6 Normal ALT+CTRL+N Normal Style CTRL+SHIFT+N or ALT+SHIFT+CLEAR (NUM 5) Open CTRL+O or CTRL+F12 or ALT+CTRL+F2 Open or Close Up Para CTRL+0 Other Pane F6 or SHIFT+F6 Outline ALT+CTRL+O Outline Collapse ALT+SHIFT+- or ALT+SHIFT+NUM - Outline Demote ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT Outline Expand ALT+SHIFT+= Outline Expand ALT+SHIFT+NUM + Outline Move Down ALT+SHIFT+DOWN Outline Move Up ALT+SHIFT+UP Outline Promote ALT+SHIFT+LEFT Outline Show First Line ALT+SHIFT+L Overtype INSERT Page ALT+CTRL+P Page Break CTRL+ENTER Page Down PAGE DOWN Page Down Extend SHIFT+PAGE DOWN Page Field ALT+SHIFT+P Page Up PAGE UP Page Up Extend SHIFT+PAGE UP Para Down CTRL+DOWN Para Down Extend CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN Para Up CTRL+UP Para Up Extend CTRL+SHIFT+UP Paste CTRL+V or SHIFT+INSERT Paste Format CTRL+SHIFT+V Prev Cell SHIFT+TAB Prev Field SHIFT+F11 or ALT+SHIFT+F1 Prev Object ALT+UP Prev Window CTRL+SHIFT+F6 or ALT+SHIFT+F6 Print CTRL+P or CTRL+SHIFT+F12 Print Preview CTRL+F2 or ALT+CTRL+I Proofing F7 Redo ALT+SHIFT+BACKSPACE Redo or Repeat CTRL+Y or F4 or ALT+ENTER Repeat Find SHIFT+F4 or ALT+CTRL+Y Replace CTRL+H Reset Char CTRL+SPACE or CTRL+SHIFT+Z Reset Para CTRL+Q Revision Marks Toggle CTRL+SHIFT+E Right Para CTRL+R Save CTRL+S or SHIFT+F12 or ALT+SHIFT+F2 Save As F12 Select All CTRL+A or CTRL+CLEAR (NUM 5) or CTRL+NUM 5 Select Table ALT+CLEAR (NUM 5) Show All CTRL+SHIFT+8 Show All Headings ALT+SHIFT+A Show Heading1 ALT+SHIFT+1 Show Heading2 ALT+SHIFT+2 Show Heading3 ALT+SHIFT+3 Show Heading4 ALT+SHIFT+4 Show Heading5 ALT+SHIFT+5 Show Heading6 ALT+SHIFT+6 Show Heading7 ALT+SHIFT+7 Show Heading8 ALT+SHIFT+8 Show Heading9 ALT+SHIFT+9 Shrink Font CTRL+SHIFT+, Shrink Font One Point CTRL+[ Small Caps CTRL+SHIFT+K Space Para1 CTRL+1 Space Para15 CTRL+5 Space Para2 CTRL+2 Spike CTRL+SHIFT+F3 or CTRL+F3 Start of Column ALT+PAGE UP Start of Column ALT+SHIFT+PAGE UP Start of Doc Extend CTRL+SHIFT+HOME Start of Document CTRL+HOME Start of Line HOME Start of Line Extend SHIFT+HOME Start of Row ALT+HOME Start of Row ALT+SHIFT+HOME Start of Window ALT+CTRL+PAGE UP Start of Window Extend ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE UP Style CTRL+SHIFT+S Subscript CTRL+= Superscript CTRL+SHIFT+= Symbol Font CTRL+SHIFT+Q Thesaurus SHIFT+F7 Time Field ALT+SHIFT+T Toggle Field Display SHIFT+F9 Toggle Master Subdocs CTRL+\ Tool SHIFT+F1 Un Hang CTRL+SHIFT+T Un Indent CTRL+SHIFT+M Underline CTRL+U or CTRL+SHIFT+U Undo CTRL+Z or ALT+BACKSPACE Unlink Fields CTRL+6 or CTRL+SHIFT+F9 Unlock Fields CTRL+4 or CTRL+SHIFT+F11 Update Auto Format ALT+CTRL+U Update Fields F9 or ALT+SHIFT+U Update Source CTRL+SHIFT+F7 VBCode ALT+F11 Web Go Back ALT+LEFT Web Go Forward ALT+RIGHT Word Left CTRL+LEFT Word Left Extend CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT Word Right CTRL+RIGHT Word Right Extend CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT Word Underline CTRL+SHIFT+W
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Clampi Virus targets online banking
In the modern world, most people never see their bank (with the exception of ATM withdrawals). We use bill pay, direct deposit and bank debit cards. This is the exact behavior that the Clampi virus is living on.
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From Windows 1.0 to Windows 7 : Chronological Evolution
Have you ever wondered that how Windows evolved to such a beauty?
Categories: Microsoft Tags: animations, beauty, chronological evolution, eye candy, masterpiece, microsoft, rich experience, windows 1 0, windows evolution
What’s old is new again
Yesterday, Microsoft put out an advisory to a security vulnerability specific to the Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 SP2, and Windows 7 RC operating systems. No other Windows operating systems, including Windows 7 RTM are impacted.
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10 Immutable Laws of Security
Love Microsoft or hate them, this list of the 10 Immutable Laws of Security is dead on.
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Find your Microsoft Product Key
It is that time again. Time to reimage your Windows PC. You have gone through the checklist: Backup data, found all of the drivers you will need, have your programs ready for reinstall, Windows install CD, Product key for CD. Ok, except for that last one. That blasted key. Now you are thinking "How will I install my OS without that?"
Categories: SW Tags: backup data, beta users, handy tool, jelly bean keyfinder, magical jelly bean, microsoft, Microsoft Office, microsoft product key, system crashes, usb disk, windows pc, windows products
New Computer Security Mistakes
I wanted to pass on what I see as some of the top computer security mistakes that most casual computers users make when first setting up a new computer:
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7 Common PC Security Mistakes
I found this article and thought these were good points. Thank you.
Categories: General Tags: antivirus program, antivirus software, desktop computers, hotfixes, internet explorer, java vulnerability, kelly wright, life surfing, microsoft, microsoft windows updates, netbooks, pc security, software manufacturers, symantec products
Faulting application WINWORD.EXE faulting module mso.dll
If that title didn't get your attention I don't know what will. That is part of the error log I used today to repair a Microsoft Word 2007 error.
Categories: Office Tags: computer copy, dll, Faulting application WINWORD.EXE, faulting module mso.dll, handy application, microsoft, microsoft office word, microsoft word, mso, mso dll, network share, registry entries, root cause, two computers, word options
Disposable Email Addresses
In this automated world known as the Internet, it gets to the point where you putting your email address everywhere to get information, have your say, login to sites, post to forums, etc. With your email addresses exposed that often, you will notice that your spam count increases and never seems to go away. Even Microsoft says that around 97% of all email is spam. But we just have to login or get that information. What should you do?
Categories: Email Tags: confirmation, disposable email, email address, email addresses, email spam, guerrilla, inbox, mail, mailinator, microsoft, sneakemail, spamgourmet
Export to Excel
One of the nice things of working IT Support is that I get to learn of new features I would not normally use. This actually occurred the other day with a function the Microsoft Excel adds.
Categories: Microsoft Office Tags: desktop, drop down menu, Export, exporttoexcel, fantasy football, fix, football stats, help desk, microsoft, microsoft excel, new features, nice things, REG, REG Files, registry, unzip, Web, web page
