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Efficiency Tip #27 – F2

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

The next time you need to rename a file, don’t use the Right-Click-Rename option. Instead, press the F2 button. This will put you right into edit mode and any typing will change the name of the file.

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Schmedley

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Here is a new startpage site sent to me by John. It’s still in alpha so expect it to do more in the future. If you are looking for a high gloss startpage, Schmedley may be what you are looking … Continue reading →

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Efficiency Tip #26 – Power Button

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Did you know the power button can actually be used to turn the computer off? You can control the specific action of your power button – Control Panel – Power Options – Advanced settings. The default is to shutdown your … Continue reading →

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Efficiency Tip #25 – Scroll Wheel

Posted on May 17, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I must mention some things that I thought were obvious. Today I was working with someone that did not know the scroll wheel on a mouse could be used to move a browser page up and down. To scroll down … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Revisited

Posted on May 17, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Last year at this time I downloaded a full copy of SUSE Linux to see how easy it would be to get it running. This year I decided to try the educational version, of Ubuntu. It’s called Edubuntu. What a … Continue reading →

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