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- Safari for Windows - Remove History Items After One Day
For privacy reasons, remove items from Safari's History list after only one day.
Depending on your configuration, when viewing Safari's "History" list of previously-accessed websites, these sites may remain in the list for one month or longer. While this lets you easily find previously-viewed sites without having to remember their web addresses or use search engines to find them, if multiple people access your PC, this may violate your privacy.
You can configure Safari to remove items from the history list after only one day by doing the following:...
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- Digital Travel Photography - Photographing Piers and Using Piers to Photograp...
Info on using piers as digital photo subjects and locations for shooting photos.
Piers are popular in the world of photography as they serve many purposes:
* If you want to photograph sunrises and sunsets near the water, a wide-angle shot with a pier near the foreground can add a nice subject to a potentially ordinary photograph. ...
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- Windows Vista - Start Menu - Taskbar - Toolbars - Expand or Clear List of Rec...
Expand the list of recently-accessed programs displayed on the Windows Vista Start Menu, or clear this list altogether.
By default, Windows Vista's Start Menu displays a list of recently-accessed programs directly above the "All Programs" link. This way you can quickly run frequently-used applications without having to find them again via the "All Programs" link or other shortcuts.
If desired, you can expand the size of the Start Menu to show more programs, useful if you access many applications and want quicker access to them via this menu. Also, you can contract the size of the Start Menu to show fewer programs. Or, for privacy reasons, you can completely remove this list altogether. ...
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- Microsoft Outlook 2007 - Never Allow Meeting Attendees to Propose New Times
Prevent attendees from proposing new times when you send out meeting requests in Outlook 2007.
When you send out meeting requests in Microsoft Outlook 2007, you can choose whether or not attendees can propose new times. This is done by clicking on the "Responses" button in the "Attendees" section of the Ribbon when sending out a new meeting request, then unchecking the "Allow New Time Proposals" box when the popup menu appears.
If most of your meeting requests require specific times that should not be changed, you can change Outlook's default so that every meeting request you send disallows new time proposals....
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- Sites to Browse - Television - A Christmas Story House
Hopefully you won't shoot your eye out as you gaze at the original house from the movie A Christmas Story.
In 2004, the original house from the movie "A Christmas Story" was offered for auction on eBay. Now restored, the "A Christmas Story House" is open for viewing in Cleveland, Ohio as well as the "A Christmas Story House Museum", complete with props from the movie.
The official website offers an online gift shop, and yes, before you even ask, you can buy a full-size replica of the famous Leg Lamp from the movie. Other items include a bb-gun (make sure to read the prohibited shipping information), a snow globe, board games, and ornaments. ...
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- Sites to Browse - Television - Holiday Christmas Specials
An assortment of Christmas television specials from The Office, 30 Rock, American Dad, and more.
Still not in the Christmas spirit? Television and movie content website Hulu has released a "Best of Christmas" collection of holiday specials from modern and classic television shows:
* 30 Rock...
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- Sites to Browse - Misc - Where is Santa Claus?
Track Santa Claus using sophisticated equipment from NORAD.
Merry Christmas! A fun site for the young and young at heart, NORAD (the North American Aerospace Defense Command) has set up a worldwide Santa Claus tracker website.
Powered by Google, you can view Santa's location as he zips across the world in his reindeer sleigh delivering toys. Click on visited locations for pictures, and selected locations including the Great Wall of China even have videos of his 'visit' via the "Santa Cam". There are also links to encyclopedia entries for each location, so your children can learn as they wait for their presents....
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- Windows Vista - Windows Media Center - Remove Invalid or Unwanted Channels fr...
If the TV Program Guide in Windows Media Center displays channels you cannot get in your area or those you do not care to watch, remove these listings.
When downloading TV Program Guide information for Windows Media Center in Windows Vista, you may notice some channels appearing in the guide that are not actually available in your area. Or, there may be a channel or two that you never actually watch.
You can easily remove channels from the Program Guide, and these channels can be added back later if desired....
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- Safari for Windows - Disable Java Applets
Prevent Safari from executing Java applets.
Like most other web browsers, Safari for Windows supports the execution of Java applets, allowing for added interactivity and other features in web pages.
While Java applets run in a secure sandbox that usually prevents untrusted code from running or damaging the system, it is possible that a previously-unknown exploit in Java may exist. If a malicious applet runs, it could compromise your security. Thus, you may wish to disable this feature. Note that doing so may prevent some webpages from displaying correctly, however....
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- Microsoft Access 2003 - Remove the Startup Task Pane
Prevent Access from showing a task pane on startup.
When you start Microsoft Access 2003 without automatically opening a database, a "Getting Started" pane appears on the right side of the application window. This provides shortcuts to connecting to "Microsoft Office Online", getting the latest news about Access, as well as shortcuts to your last viewed databases. While many people like this feature, others may find this pane annoying. To disable it:
1. Open or create a database to enable the "Tools" - "Options" menu....
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- Windows Vista - Windows Sidebar - Windows Sidebar Alternatives
Three widget / gadget alternatives to the Windows Vista Sidebar.
While many people enjoy using the Windows Vista Sidebar and downloading third-party gadgets, others may find the list of available gadgets underwhelming.
If you cannot find a needed or wanted gadget, or are just curious to see what other options are available, here are three alternatives to using the Windows Vista Sidebar. Note that to keep system resource use down to a minimum, after installing one of these alternatives, you may wish to disable the Windows Vista Sidebar rather than running two gadget programs simultaneously....
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- Microsoft Access 2003 - Remove Personal Information When Distributing Databases
Remove some of your personal information from Access 2003 databases that you plan on distributing.
When you open a database in Microsoft Access 2003 and choose "File" - "Database Properties", then select the "Summary" tab from the "Properties" dialog box, some of your personal information may be displayed including your name and company name.
If you plan on distributing your databases, you may wish this information removed. While you can do so manually from this dialog box, there is an option that removes some personal information automatically in case you forget. ...
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- Camera Phone - Make Sure to Use Your Extra Memory if Available
Just because you add memory to your phone doesn't mean it will automatically be used to store photos.
By default, when you add an appointment in the Calendar of Microsoft Outlook 2007, Outlook provides a 15 minute reminder for the meeting, although this can be changed on a per-meeting basis. If you frequently need more reminder time and don't want (or forget) to change each appointment reminder manually, you can change Outlook's default:1. Select "Tools" - "Options".');//-->2. ...
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- Microsoft Publisher 2007 - Change Picture Color Schemes
Alter a picture's colors in Microsoft Publisher 2007.
When you insert a picture into a Microsoft Publisher 2007 document, you may decide the image color scheme should be altered. For example, if the document will be published on a monochrome printer, perhaps to get a better representation of the printout you may wish to make the picture black-and-white or grayscale. Or, if text is to be placed on top of the picture, you may wish to "wash out" the picture's colors so the text is easier to read.
These changes can be made to a picture in Publisher 2007 without needing to load an external image editor....
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- Microsoft Outlook 2007 - Add Holidays to the Calendar
Add country-specific and religious holidays to your calendar in Outlook 2007.
Depending on your configuration, your calendar in Microsoft Outlook 2007 may not list observed holidays.
If you would like to add country-specific or religious holidays to your calendar, perform the following tip:...
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- Microsoft Publisher 2007 - Change Distance Arrow Keys Nudge Objects
Change the distance by which an object is moved in Publisher 2007 when selecting it and using the arrow keys.
When you select an object in Microsoft Publisher 2007 and use the arrow keys, you can nudge the object slightly to the left, right, up, or down. This may prove easier than using the mouse when you only need to move a text box, image, or other object very slightly.
You can change the distance an object is nudged when using the arrow keys by making the following tweak:...
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- Wireless Internet - Know Your Time Limits for Free Wi-Fi
Find out if there are any time limits to free wireless Internet use before you go online.
Although you can get free wi-fi at many coffee, pastry, and deli shops, as well as other restaurants, don't plan on spending all day at one place to use the Internet.
* If you don't continue to purchase items at an establishment, some employees or the management may ask you to leave if you stay too long. This is most likely during peak times when seats may be at a premium....
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- Microsoft Outlook 2007 - Disable Name Auto Suggest
Prevent Outlook 2007 from automatically suggesting names when you create messages.
By default, when creating an e-mail message in Microsoft Outlook 2007, when you type part of an e-mail address in the "To", "Cc", or "Bcc" fields, Outlook will attempt to suggest a matching e-mail address based on what you have used previously.
While this convenience feature may save you some typing, some people may not wish these popup suggestions to appear. Thus, they can be removed....
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- [MODIFIED] Mozilla Firefox - Misc - Full Screen or Kiosk Mode
View web pages in Mozilla Firefox without annoying status or menu bars.
You can view webpages in Mozilla Firefox using "Full Screen" or "Kiosk" mode. This (depending on your operating system) hides all standard taskbars and the Firefox toolbar, using the full screen to view the current webpage.
Press F11 to toggle this mode on and off. Or, select "View" - "Full Screen". When in this mode, if desired, you can move the mouse to the top of the screen to display the navigation toolbar as well as the tab bar....
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- Microsoft Publisher 2007 - Automatically Fit Text Inside a Text Box
Force text to fit inside its surrounding text box in Publisher 2007.
While Microsoft Publisher 2007 supports overflow text and text box linking, allowing text that won't fit inside one text box to flow to another one, depending on your document formatting this might not be a plausible solution. In these cases, unless you can reduce the amount of text inside the box, you may have to adjust the text formatting such as its spacing or font size to fit the text inside the box.
Instead of adjusting and readjusting text, Publisher 2007 has a feature that can automatically resize text to fit inside its box. You can force text to fit inside the current text box size or mark a text box so that whenever it is resized, the text size automatically adjusts for a best fit....
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