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If you get an error message you don’t understand

by The Silversurfer on June 16, 2013

Type the error message into Google Search. You will find other people who have had the same problem and normally you will find someone who has found a solution, just take the time to to read a few different website responses before you decide you have found the answer. This is an important tip: type [...]

Search text within any Web page

by The Silversurfer on June 14, 2013

Ever end up on a site from a search engine, but can’t find the exact words you are looking for? The answer is: Ctrl + f Go ahead and hold down the Ctrl button on your keyboard and press “f” — you should see a search box pop-up somewhere on your screen. (Usually near the [...]

AN OLDIE BUT A GOODIE

by The Silversurfer on June 14, 2013

  While holding down the Ctrl button on your keyboard — rotate the scroll wheel in the middle of your mouse. Go ahead and give it a try, right now. On most computers this will magnify / shrink the size of websites. Rolling the mouse wheel up will make everything bigger, while rolling the mouse [...]

Text Messaging Acronyms / Shortcuts

by The Silversurfer on May 29, 2013

While many of us see this as the English language becoming simply jargon when you are using a mobile or SMS – You can add these to your mobile and you only then need to type the shortcut and the word is converted to its normal length. Don’t fret Sally, just type: “cu@ da bar [...]

They were the Days

by The Silversurfer on May 20, 2013

WE WAS BRUNG UP PROPER ! “And we never had a whole Mars bar until 1993″!!!   CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1930′s 1940′s, 50′s, 60′s and early 70′s ! First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos… [...]

Gmail – Customize your Inbox

by The Silversurfer on May 7, 2013

Gmail offers a few different ways to organize your inbox, with one of the most useful being Priority Inbox. Mouse over the Inbox label at the top of the sidebar, and click the arrow that appears next to it. In the menu that appears, pick Priority Inbox. Your inbox will change into three sections: Important, [...]

Gmail Problems

by The Silversurfer on April 23, 2013

   When you open new messages, some images may not appear immediately. Gmail disables images to protect you from unknown senders who use images and links to verify that your email address is real. Here’s how to view those images: Sign in to Gmail. Open the message. Click Display images below in the green box [...]

Quick Find

by The Silversurfer on April 19, 2013

        Steps           Click the Ctrl key with your left hand and the letter F with your other hand.           Click on Find What.           Type the word you are looking for.            Click on the Enter key.  This will take you to the word you are looking for in your document.           Click on [...]

Mobile Phone Numbers go Public

by The Silversurfer on April 11, 2013

Mobile phone numbers will be published soon. Good idea to register “DO NOT CALL” see below. Public Listing of Mobile Phone Numbers ALL phone REMEMBER: Mobile Phone Numbers Go Public next month. REMINDER all mobile phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sale calls. YOU WILL BE CHARGED [...]

Login / User Name

by The Silversurfer on April 10, 2013

A technique is to use the same login/user  name on every system in the world, on each of the many sites you are registered on , and also have your new email address spelled like that login/user name, but of course you need different strong passwords. Together with that, on any public site, it is [...]