10 things you need to know about your IT

Saturday, September 4th, 2010

Here are some crucial pieces of information that every business should know about their IT systems... Inventory - You should have an inventory of all your hardware and software.  Your IT person is the best person to put this together and make sure you have this information.  It should include all ...

Manage Documents and Files With Libraries on Windows 7

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

In previous versions of Windows it could be a tedious task managing music, photos, documents and other files that are scattered in different directories on your hard drive.  Today we're going to look at the new Libraries feature in Windows 7 that allows you to organize folders from multiple locations ...

XP Users – Welcome to Windows 7 (2)

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Today we're continuing our mission of persuading as many XP users to upgrade to Windows 7. In today's blog I'll go over differences regarding network notifications, user folders, no 'my' and explorer/address bars. Network Notifications In XP, network notifications were shown through two 'blinking' messages. Where as Windows 7 has a single ...

FAQ: What is a Jump List?

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Jump List's are used very heavily in Windows 7.  A Jump List is just a list of your most used or recently used documents from that program. However, Windows 7 now allows you to access this via the task bar at the bottom of the page!  To open simply press ...

How to clear the recent documents in Office 2007

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

In Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft have disabled the function of being able to clear or edit the 'recent documents list'. However, Brandstar have discovered a way to do this! All you need to do is follow the instructions below. You will need to have some knowledge of ...