Author: dcouper
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Magic ISO and Thinkpads do not mix
Having just spent the last hour restoring my computer, I have come to the conclusion that a Thinkpad T60 and magiciso are not a great combination . I wanted to use magiciso to create a virtual drive to load an iso I downloaded, without burning a disc. Once I installed it my laptop froze and…
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Find your IP and Mac Address
Want to find your IP and Mac (nothing to do with Apple) address on a PC or Apple- this is the place to be. On a PC you need to go to start and then run and then type cmd and press enter. Then a black box will open and you type ipconfig /all and…
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Gmail doesn’t open & live bookmarks stop
When I went in to the office after lunch, expecting a relatively quiet afternoon – with all the people off for the summer – I could not have been more mistaken. With a website problem that has been doing my head in and a couple of laptops to fix it turned out to be a…
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Using Windows built in Wireless Management
If you buy a new laptop today – more often than not it will come with a wireless management program from the company you purchased the laptop from. This (in theory) should work efficiently with the computers hardware giving you no problems with setting up access to different wireless access points and networks. I have…
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Setting multiple homepages in Firefox
This is a cool little trick to know – very useful especially if you use a load of the same webpages everyday. To set multiple homepages in firefox what you need to do is go to tools then options then use the | symbol in between the webpages, so for example; https://www.techontour.com | http://www.bbc.co.uk |…
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Change text size in Firefox / Explorer
Have you ever been to a website where the text is too small for any normal person to read….or where the text is so big that only a patronisingly small amount is in view….well there is a very easy way to sort this out in Firefox and Internet Explorer. Whilst browsing a page simply hold…