Author Archives: Alvin Trusty

Efficiency Tip #86 – Learn To Search

Posted on July 19, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

There are two things you will do on the Internet. 1 – Find stuff. 2 – Buy, look at, read, download or interact with stuff you find. You can drastically reduce the “finding” time if you learn the secrets of … Continue reading →

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Efficiency Tip #85 – Crash Reporting

Posted on July 18, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Nothing is more irritating than a program crash…. except the message that follows.  Would you like to send this data to Microsoft?  Send?  Don’t Send?  This is a little more complicated than most of the tips I’ve posted.  It involves … Continue reading →

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Missing Marker – fixed

Posted on July 17, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Yesterday we looked over the Findlay map and noticed there were several markers right under our noses that we had not photographed.  We had a lunch excursion and found most of them. The first Hancock County courthouse is pictured below.  The people that … Continue reading →

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Efficiency Tip #84 – Desktop Cleanup

Posted on July 17, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

 As I said before, I don’t use the desktop to store files.  I keep just one shortcut on my desktop.  This doesn’t stop Windows from running the Desktop Cleanup Wizard every couple of months.  That’s when this screen pops up and … Continue reading →

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Efficiency Tip #83 – File Extensions – ON

Posted on July 16, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I have never been able to understand why the default setting in Windows is to turn off all file extensions.  File extensions are the three letters at the end of a file name that let you know what type of … Continue reading →

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