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I just had a client who was infected by this nasty spyware. No, it was not a virus. It was spyware acting like an antivirus program.

First and foremost, never…
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Are you creating a document in MS Word (Mac or PC), and have a title page that you don’t want your main header or footer to be on, or you want a different header or footer to be on the first page of the document? Well, there is an easy way to achieve that:

Here it is:
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written by Ian Brown \\ tags: change footer on first page, change header on first page, delete footer on first page, delete header footer on first page, delete header on first page, different footer on first page, different header footer on first page, different header on first page, microsoft word

If you’ve gone to Abobe.com via Firefox and have tried to install the Flash Player plugin for Firefox, but it doesn’t install (even though it looks like it did; it’s still not viewing all Flash objects correctly), then here is the fix:

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I know this may be a simple task, but this feature is kind of hidden.

If you start a project in iMovie ’09, don’t do anything with it, and then go back into iMovie ’09 later, you’ll be working under the same project name that you just created, not a new one. It saves whatever you’ve been working on automatically, which is great. That way you don’t lose your work. You just have to be aware of what project you are adding to when you go back into the program.

If you are starting a new project and you’ve already been working on some projects in iMovie in the past, then you need to go to FILE>NEW PROJECT and name the new project. Then any work that you do from that point on will be saved in that new project.

However, you may have already started to work on the project under a project name that you created earlier, but didn’t do anything with. If that’s the case, then you’ll want to rename the project to what you are currently working on.

Here’s how:
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When you play a video in Quicktime, does the video screen turn green even though you can hear the audio fine?

Here’s the fix:

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If you can’t open iTunes when you click on it or if you can’t close it, then it could be a couple of things.

Here they are:
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Do you need to merge some PDF files into one file, but you do not feel like shelling out the cash needed for Adobe Acrobat? Well, you’re in luck. Whether you are running OS X 10.5 Leopard, or an earlier OS, I have a solution for you.

Here are the solutions:

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I just found out about this very cool free web-based service. It’s a website where you can brainstorm and create mind maps for free and share them with co-workers, friends, family, etc…

Check it out:

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If any of you are a multi-tasker like myself, and you usually have a few windows of Notepad (PC) or TextEdit (Mac) open, then I have a solution for you. A client of mine told me about a Notepad program that has tabs for PC, and then I found one for Mac.

Here they are:

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I was losing space on the c drive of my laptop, and found that over 2 gigs was being taken up by Windows Desktop Search, and as far as I know, it keeps accumulating over time, as it keeps indexing. No other program needs Windows Desktop Search to run, so there are no worries about uninstalling it.

I removed it and got back over 2.7GB of space!

To remove it, do this (in Windows XP):
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Having problems merging cells in Excel 2008?

There are at least two solutions to this:
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My sister just told me about a cool free software for writing screenplays. It’s like Final Draft, except it’s free. There is both a Mac and PC version.

Get it here.

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If you have a Mac, it is important that you perform a Software Update every so often. You can actually set it so that your Mac automatically downloads the updates and notifies you when it does.

I explain how to do that in the video below. I also show you how to Repair Disk Permissions, which is something you should always do after you install a program or perform a Software Update.

Here’s the video:
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Just in case anyone wants to know what each version of Mac OS X is called, here is the list:

10.0 – Cheetah
10.1 – Puma
10.2 – Jaguar
10.3 – Panther
10.4 – Tiger
10.5 – Leopard

More info here:

Versions of Mac OS X explained

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Is your PC running slow or giving you a lot of popups? Spybot is one of the programs that I use to handle that type of situation.

You can download this free software for free at www.download.com

Here is a video that I made that shows you exactly how to perform a scan on your computer for spyware and malware with Spybot: Search & Destroy 1.5 (the latest version at the time of this post):
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