Does your Android device suddenly have annoying pop-up ads

I had this happen  to me and after searching online couldn't find a solution any where to disable this annoying issue.

I finally found it myself and decided to share it

Solution 1:
1. Go to Settings on the phone
2. Select the Apps section
3. Find Chrome
4. Scroll down and turn off Apps that can appear on Top and Apps that can change System Settings and turn them off as shown.

If the above fails do the following

Solution 2:

The other option is to Disable Chrome and Google and then download Firefox

1. Go in to the Apps Section 

2. Select Chrome and disable it will giving you warning that Apps might not work that is

fine

3. Click the Disable button

Screens shown below it is shows first as Enabled

Click the Disable option again the phone will still work fine. Some some Google features will not work but it can always re-enable and disable.  I tested and you can't add a gmail mail account

*** Some some Google features will not work but it can always re-enable and disable.  I tested and you can't add a gmail mail account ***

Repeat the steps for Google itself

*** Some some Google features will not work but it can always re-enable and disable.  I tested and you can't add a gmail mail account ***

Decommissioning MS Exchange 2010

Exchange 2010 Manual Un-Installation is UN-SUPPORTED.

The Best way to Remove Exchange 2010 is Uninstall it from Add/Remove Programs.

This will COMPLETELY REMOVE ALL Exchange related objects from Organization Completely.

As It will Remove all Exchange Related Active directory Objects , None of the Exchange related stuff will work after you complete the following Manual Un-Installation.

Please don’t follow in case you have any working exchange server ( 2000,2003,2007 or 2010) in your Organization.

Prepare for Manual Un-Installation:

1. Take System State Backup of your Active directory

2. Take Exchange Database Flat file Copy (OR) Backup

3. Make a Note of All your Mailbox Database names, Organization names, MRM Details, MRM Retention Tag Details, MRM Retention Policy Details, OWA Mailbox Policy details, Exchange Active sync Mailbox Policy details, Email Address Policy Details, Transport Rules, Journal Rules, Send/Receive Connector Details, Global Settings, UM Settings etc.

4. Run ExBPA Report and Export the Report for future reference.

5. Go to Registry Editor and Export “My Computer” as Registry backup.

Remove Binaries, Registry from Exchange Server:

1. Go to Exchange 2010 Server

2. Make Sure Exchange management Console and Exchange Management Shell are Closed.

3. Go to Services.msc

4. Right Click on “Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology Service”.

5. Go to Properties.

6. Stop the Service. Make the Startup type “Disabled”

7. Click ok.

8. Stop and Disable All the Exchange Related Services below in the same method.

            Microsoft Exchange Address Book

            Microsoft Exchange Anti-spam Update

            Microsoft Exchange EdgeSync

            Microsoft Exchange File Distribution

            Microsoft Exchange Forms-Based Authentication

            Microsoft Exchange IMAP4

            Microsoft Exchange Information Store

            Microsoft Exchange Mail Submission Service

            Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Assistants

            Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Replication Service

            Microsoft Exchange Monitoring

            Microsoft Exchange POP3

            Microsoft Exchange Protected Service Host

            Microsoft Exchange Replication Service

            Microsoft Exchange RPC Client Access

            Microsoft Exchange Search Indexer

            Microsoft Exchange Server Extension for Windows Server Backup

            Microsoft Exchange Service Host

            Microsoft Exchange Speech Engine

            Microsoft Exchange System Attendant

            Microsoft Exchange Throttling

            Microsoft Exchange Transport

            Microsoft Exchange Transport Log Search

            Microsoft Exchange Unified Messaging

            Microsoft Search (Exchange Server)

Refer to:

Overview of Services Installed by Exchange Setup 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee423542.aspx

9. Restart the Exchange Server.

10. Go to Registry Editor.

11. Navigate to the following registry entries and delete them.

COMPUTER ->HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE ->SOFTWARE -> MICROSOFT -> EXCHANGE

COMPUTER ->HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE ->SOFTWARE -> MICROSOFT -> EXCHANGESERVER

COMPUTER ->HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE ->SYSTEM ->CURRENTCONTROLSET ->SERVICES ->MSEXCHANGE* (Everything Starts with MSExchange)

COMPUTER -> HKEY_CURRRENT_USER -> SOFTWARE -> MICROSOFT -> EXCHANGESERVER

11. Open Windows Explorer.

12. Navigate to %Program Files%Microsoft

13. Rename “Exchange Server” Folder as “Old Exchange Server”

14. Restart the Exchange Server.

15. Download the Windows Installer Clean up utility from the below link

http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/9/d/e9d80355-7ab4-45b8-80e8-983a48d5e1bd/msicuu2.exe

16. Install it in the Exchange Server and Open it.

17. Remove the Microsoft Exchange Related Products. Ex.

            Microsoft Exchange 2007 Enterprise Anti-Spam Signature

            Microsoft Exchange 2007 Enterprise Block List Update

            Microsoft Exchange 2007 Standard Anti Spam-filter Update

            Microsoft Exchange Client Language Pack

            Microsoft Exchange Server

            Microsoft Full Text Indexing Engine for Exchange

            Microsoft Exchange Full text indexing Services

18. Restart the Exchange Server.

Removing Active Directory Objects:

1. Go to Primary Domain Controller

2. Open ADSIEDIT

3. Right Click on ADSIEdit and Click Connect to

4. Connect to “Default Naming Context”

5. Navigate to the following objects and Delete them.

DC=Domain,DC=Com -> OU=Microsoft Exchange Security Groups

DC=Domain,DC=Com -> CN=Microsoft Exchange System Objects

6. Right Click on ADSIEdit and Click Connect to

7. Connect to “Configuration”

8. Navigate to the following objects and Delete them.

CN=Configuration,DC=Domain,DC=Com -> CN=Services -> CN=Microsoft Exchange

CN=Configuration,DC=Domain,DC=Com -> CN=Services -> CN=Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover

9. Force the Active directory Replication.

10. Exchange 2010 Manual Uninstallation is Completed

Password Woes -- Do you need a way to remember them

If you are like myself there are so many Passwords in your head and you are always forgetting them.
There are several tools out there whether it be a Password Keeper on your phone to using an Excel Spread sheet, to a Word Document.

The tool I find the most useful is a free program called KeePass

You can find it here and it is easy and free to use
http://keepass.info/

Here is a screen shot of the program

It is easy to add Sub-folders and main folders and an excellent way to keep your self organized

E-mail Etiquite - Simple rules to follow

• Do not be Annoying
• Use Threads - Don’t create New E-mail for the same Topic Items
• Remember Spacing and Design:
• Give it a Name: - Use a Subject
• Mind Your Manners
• Watch your Tone - Don’t be Offensive
• Be Concise – Get to the Point Remember the K.I.S.S philosophy
• Be Professional
• Use Correct Spelling and Proper Grammar
• Don’t use all CAPS anywhere in an E-mail – This is perceived as Screaming and is unprofessional
• Reply to Messages as soon as possible – Don’t sit on it 
• Use and Auto-responder – When you are out of the office for a day or more so people know
• End Emails in a Friendly Way
• Work Email is Owned by Your Company 
• – Keep your Company E-mail address for work E-mail and have a Personal E-mail Address for home.  Keep them separate – DON’T use work for Personal Correspondence

Windows 8 Shortcut keys

Moving between Metro and Desktop

• <Windows>
  Brings up the Metro start screen. You can start typing to search for an app, just like the Win7 start menu.
• <Windows> + <B>
  Go to the Desktop from the Metro Start Screen
• <Windows> + <D>
  Brings you to Windows desktop from the Metro Screen

Snapping

• <Windows> + < . >
  snap right
• <Windows> + <Shift> + < . >
  snap left

Switching between applications

• <Windows> + <Tab>
  Opens the Metro application switcher menu, switches between applications.
• <Windows> + <J>
  Switches focus between snapped Metro applications.
• <ALT> + <F4>
  Close an application
• <Windows> + <R>
  To bring up the run window from the desktop, so you can type in an application name to run

Semantic Zoom

• <CTRL> + <+>
  Zoom in
• <CTRL> + <->
  Zoom out
• or hold down <CTRL> and use Mouse Wheel to zoom in and out

Displaying App & Charms Bar

• <Windows> + <C>
  Brings up the Charms menu, where you can search, share, and change settings.
• <Windows> + <Z>
  Opens the App Bar for the current Metro application.

All the other shortcuts I could find!

• <Windows> + E – Launch Windows Explorer with Computer view displayed.
• <Windows> + F – Brings up the Metro File search screen.
• <Windows> + H – Opens the Metro Share panel.
• <Windows> + I – Opens the Settings panel, where you can change settings for the current app, change volume, wireless networks, shut down, or adjust the brightness.
• <Windows> + K – Opens the Devices panel (for connecting to a projector or some other device)
• <Windows> + L – Lock PC and return to Lock screen.
• <Windows> + M – Minimize all Windows on the desktop
• <Windows> + O – Locks device orientation.
• <Windows> + P – Choose between available displays.
• <Windows> + Q – Brings up the Metro App Search screen.
• <Windows> + R – Switch to the (classic) Windows desktop and display the Run box.
• <Windows> + U – Switch to the (classic) Windows desktop and launch the Ease of Access Center.
• <Windows> + V – Cycles through toasts.
• <Windows> + W – Brings up the Metro Settings search screen.
• <Windows> + X – Launch Start Menu.
• <Windows> + Y – Temporarily peek at the desktop.
• <Windows> + Page Up / Down – Moves tiles to the left / right.
• <Windows> + , (comma) – Aero Peek at the deskto

An Excellent and Easy to configure Solution for Home Users

I am sure many of you have no idea that a tech savvy home user can take and convert an old PC in to a firewall, Parental Control device and free Anti-Virus server

Yes this option is available from Sophos for free.

Here is the link to the tool
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-utm-home-edition.aspx

You can burn it to DVD or install as Virtual appliance if you Have an old PC you can install it to an older PC you need at least 4GB of RAM and a 40 GB hard drive for nominal Performance

Windows 8 Shorcut keys

Windows 8 has Arrived and it will change how you use your computer.

 Keyboard shortcuts

First and foremost, if you haven’t historically been a fan of keyboard shortcuts, you must use them in Windows 8. By making the interface more touch-friendly, some features — like the power button — are now much harder to get to with the mouse. Fortunately, Microsoft has added a few keyboard shortcuts that mostly ameliorate the pain.

• Alt-F4 — In one of the best changes since Developer Preview, you can now close Metro apps using Alt-F4!
• Windows Key-I — This pops up the new system tray, which slides in from the right. If you hit Space or Enter, the Metro control panel opens. If you hit Up then Enter, you can shut down the computer. (This is the fastest way to shut down or restart!)
• Windows Key — If you have a multi-monitor setup, popping up the Start Screen with the Windows Key is actually rather painless, and an excellent way to check on your mail, instant messages, and so on. Tapping Windows Key again hides the Start Screen and returns you to the previous app (could be the Desktop, or another Metro app). If you start typing the name of an app from the Start Screen, Windows will automatically start looking for it (just like Windows 7)
• Windows Key-F — If specifically want to search through files, rather than apps, use Windows-Key-F. Windows Key-W searches settings.
• Windows Key-C — One of the most annoying menus to get to in Windows 8, with a keyboard and mouse anyway, is the Charms menu. Fortunately, you can also use Windows Key-C, and then the arrow keys.
• Alt-Tab — Alt-Tab, believe it or not, app switches through Desktop and Metro apps. This can take a bit of getting used to.
• Windows-Tab — This cycles through your Metro apps. I know, you’re probably devastated: The 3D “Aero Flip” from Windows Vista and 7 is no more!
• Windows Key-Z — In a Metro app, this opens the App Bar (i.e. the app’s menu). Unfortunately there aren’t any keyboard shortcuts for selecting items from the App Bar, but hopefully they’ll be added before retail release.
• Windows-Page Up — This switches which screen the Metro interface (i.e. the Start Screen and any Metro apps) appears on. The switch is very rapid (it’s kind of fun to just hit Windows-Page Up over and over…) Obviously, this is only useful if you have a multi-monitor setup.

These are a few that will make your life easier that is for sure.
The Metro Interface is scary at first for the computer savvy but it grows on you.

• Remember that Windows 7 is underneath Windows 8. Almost everything you could do in Windows 7, you can do in Windows 8. The Superbar (taskbar) is your friend! Pin everything to it! Jump lists still exist. Superbar thumbnails are still there. The System Tray is still there. The original Control Panel is still there. The significant difference is that you must go into the Metro interface to search for apps (which is a bit odd, in my opinion, but maybe Microsoft will provide another option before retail release).
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• Don’t be afraid of the Metro Start Screen. Embrace it! Remember that you can pin anything to the Start Screen (see right). Move your Start Screen tiles around. Name your tile groups. Remember, as soon as you log in, you can start typing the name of the app you want to open. You’re going to be seeing the Metro screen at least a few times per day, so try to love it.
• If you really don’t like the Start Screen, however… There is one thing you can do: You can make the Desktop automatically appear after you log in, instead of the Start Screen. There is unfortunately no known way to disable the Start Screen in Windows 8 Consumer Preview, however; you’re always going to see it when searching for apps.
• Press any key on the lock screen. Windows 8 features a new (very touch-oriented) lock screen. You can drag it upwards with your mouse (painful) or press any key on your keyboard (much easier).
• Run as administrator. Start Screen tiles still have right-click context menus, including “Run as administrator.” You can use the arrow keys to navigate the context menu. From this same menu you can pin apps to the taskbar/Superbar, too (but not Metro apps, sadly; hopefully this will be added!)
• You can navigate the Start Screen with the arrow keys. You can also use Page Up/Down to move quickly between the groups. This is much faster than panning with the mouse.

By Passing Password web pages using IE

From time to time it's necessary to search google and get answers but once in a while you'll find that perfect topic detailing your problem word for word only to find you need to subscribe in order to get that one answer you need NOW.

1.           

Step 1

Using IE click on the cache page beneath the discovered link.

2.           

Step 2

Once the cached page comes up click on the link labeled Text-only Version in the top right of your screen.

3.           

Step 3

Scroll down towards the bottom and you should discover the answer your looking for.

Removing Blackberry contact list

Have you ended up with one to many contact lists

1. Open your contacts
2. Press the blackberry button and chose options
3. Enter the following when in options rset
It will prompt for each one delete or save.

The ones you say yes to delete are gone

Change Windows 7 Key

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  1. Click on the Start Button and type: CMD (into the 'Search programs and files' field in the Start Menu)
  2. The Start Menu will show 'CMD.exe', 
  3. Right-click the CMD.exe file and select Run As Administrator.
  4. In the CMD window, type: slmgr.vbs -ipk <type your product key here>
  5. To activate windows after changing the key, type: slmgr.vbs -ato

Olympic Malware Fraud Alert -

Reports of fake emails, fake websites, and other scams that take advantage of people’s interest in the 2012 Olympics.
Here are our top tips for avoiding spam and malware of any kind:

• Use email that filters spam.
• Defend your PC against malicious software using malware bytes, norton, kaspersky sophos, Mcafee and others
• Make sure you are always up to date with your selcted Malware I suggest running and AV program and a Malware Program.
• Know where you are going and avoid downloading anything you are unsure of or if an e-mail looks suspicious it likely is.  If you don't recognize it Delete it.

Smart Phone Reboot Keys

Do you get frustrated when your smart phone locks up here are ways to reboot it with it removing the battery


BlackBerry Reboot
Reboot your Blackberry Device with out removing the battery
Alt+ ShiftCAP+ Delete will reboot a stuck blackberry


Reset your iPhone when it has locked up: 
To do this, hold the sleep/wake button and Home buttons simultaneously for a few seconds; the display will quickly wipe itself and you should see the black background and white Apple logo, signifying a reset well done.

Rebooting your locked Android Phone
Press the End key + Call key + Menu key at the same

DVD and Video players for Windows

Are you looking for a good program to play DVD's on  your PC or do you want to convert   few DVD's to a format you can watch on your computer.  You might even want to convert a file to a smaller format.

DVD Player and File Players.
The most popular one is Power DVD of course Media Player does a good job as well and is included in Windows.
A nice region free player that plays every file format that is in use
http://www.dvd-x-player.com/


Burning Ripping and Converting
For Ripping DVD's or converting files the easiest programs that I have found to use is Fast DVD Ripper and Fast Video Convertor

You can get the files from the following site
http://www.dvdfast.net/index.html

Other free Video Convertors
http://www.dvd-x-player.com/download.html

There are more out there but these are ones that I have tried and a found easy to learn if you are a beginner or an advanced users you will have no problem with any of these.

How To Rename Desktop Icon on Blackberry

After connecting your Blackberry to a BES (Blackberry Enterprise Server) to receive your corporate email over a secured connection, the default name given to your corporate inbox is "Desktop." Although this name serves its purpose, it's a bit impersonal. A BES administrator has the ability to do just about everything on your Blackberry from forcing the use of a password to preventing you from downloading new ringtones. However, she cannot change the name of your BES email account on your phone, but you can.

Difficulty:

 

Easy

Instructions

things you'll need:

• USB cable
• Desktop Manager

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  Connect your Blackberry to the computer you use for work by connecting one end of the USB cable to the computer and the other end of the cable to your Blackberry.
• 2
  Open the Desktop Manager software by going to "Start" and then navigating to "Programs," then "Blackberry" on the computer. Every user connected to the BES has Desktop Manager installed on their computers to allow for tethered syncing.
• 3
  Click on "E-Mail Setting" and then click on "Advanced E-Mail Settings." Change the email name to your desired name and then click on "Okay" to update the device in Dessktop 6 Choose Device Options and Enterprise E-mail.
• 4   Disconnect the device from your computer and close the Desktop Manager.
  
  

Cordless phone Frequencies and what they mean to you

Corldess Phones have changed over the years, are you unsure what to buy are you wondering why you have issues with your wireless internet connection at home when someone is on the phone.

The two most common upto a few a years ago were

• 2.4 GHz (allocated in 1998)
• 5.8 GHz (allocated in 2003 due to crowding on the 2.4 GHz band

The 2.4 GHz phone was sold along with the 5.8GHz until recently when both were dropped and replaced with DCET 6.0

The 2.4 GHz phones were dropped since most home wireless devices now use the 2.4GHz range and were causing issues with dropped calls and slow internet connections.

Which one is best for you if you can still find a 5.8GHz phone there are no issues with them however they are hard to find.

The recently allocated 1.9 GHz band is used by the popular DECT phone standard and is considered more secure than the other shared frequencies.  This is a good thing since people with Scanners used to be able to listen in on conversations and you would sometimes end up with cross talk before DCET.

DCET 6.0 brings advantages over The 900 MHz and 2.4 GHz band are increasingly being used for a host of other devices, including baby monitor, microwave oven, Bluetooth, wireless LAN; thus, it is likely that a cordless phone will suffer interference from signals broadcast by those devices.

If you are looking for a new phone DCET 6.0 is the way to go.

Office 365 The next Version of Office

The next version of Office is available for Preview and can be downloaded by anyone

The Microsoft Office 365 Preview can be found here

http://www.microsoft.com/office/cxm/en-gb/proplus/?WT.mc_id=eml_en-gb_RM-Preview_begin-pp_cta#welcome

I have been using it for just over a week and so far I am rather impressed with the features that are in it.

It takes some getting used to especially outlook as Outlook has received a face lift for the good.

The major differences is Contacts is now People in the Shortcuts within Outlook

Key features that are new will be in my next posting

Useful Websites for the mobile User

Do you love your mobile phone?

Do you want to be able to do more or just need technical help here are a few useful sites for you

Blackberry users

www.crackberry.com – tips and tricks as well as new OS versions for you to install to name a few things on the site

www.blackberrycool.com

Android Based Phones and Tablets

www.androidcentral.com – Tips and tricks for your Android device

Iphone

www.imore.com – tips tricks and what is new in the world of iphones

Windows Based Phones

www.wpcentral.com – Tips tricks and Apps for the Windows based Phone

What is Office 365

A new Microsoft Office has arrived: Office 365. It is Office transformed into a powerful service that keeps you securely connected to all your personal documents, notes and presentations.

It comes with all the things you know and love about Office, but it's also different from the version of Office you have today in a few exciting ways.

Office now has the ability to be with you on any device.  Your Documents are securely stored in the Cloud on your Sky Drive for easy access from anywhere.

Office 365 only works on Windows 7 or Windows 8.

• 1 It´s got the applications you love.

It includes the latest version of the applications you trust like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote,
Publisher and Access.

• 2 It goes where you go.

Sign in, and your Office applications, documents and personal settings are right there, just the way you left them.

• 3 You can access your files from almost anywhere.

Save your work to the cloud, and it´s easy to access, edit, and share on the go.

• 4 You´ll have access to Office on more devices.

In the future, Office will be available on more devices and different platforms.

• 5 You can get Office when you´re away from your PC.

Stream a full-featured version of Office on any internet-connected PC* with Office on Demand.

Word Common Shortcuts

Document Management

Ctrl+n    Create new document

Ctrl+o    Open document

Ctrl+w   Close document

Ctrl+s    Save document

F12         Save document as

Ctrl+p    Print document/ print preview

Ctrl+F6 Switch between multiple Word documents

Alt, then f, r        Open Recent (file, recent)

Navigate Around the Document

Arrow Left/Arrow Right Jump one character to the left / to the right

 Ctrl+Arrow Left/ Ctrl+Arrow Right Jump one word to the left / to the right End/Home Jump to the end of a line / beginning of a line Arrow Down/Arrow Up Jump one line down / one line down

 Ctrl+Arrow Down/

Ctrl+Arrow Up Jump one paragraph down / one paragraph up Page Down/Page Up Jump one screen down/ one screen up

Alt+Ctrl+Page Down/

 Alt+Ctrl+Page Up Jump to top / to bottom of visible window

Ctrl+End/Ctrl+Home Jump to end / to beginning of document

 Ctrl+g or f5 Go to a page, bookmark, footnote, table, comment, graphic, or other location

 Alt+Ctrl+z Go back to previously edited location in document (up to 4 places) Shift+F5 Go to a the last change or revision. Also works after opening document. Ctrl+Shift+F5 Set, go to and edit bookmarks Alt+Ctrl+Home Set Browse Options. Press the arrow keys to select an option, and then press enter to browse through a document by using the selected option

 Ctrl+Page Down/Ctrl+Page Up Move to next / move to previous browser object as set in Browse Options

Undo copy and Paste

Ctrl+z Undo the last action

 Ctrl+y Redo the last action

 Ctrl+c Copy selected text or object

 Ctrl+x Cut selected text or object

 Ctrl+v Paste selected text or object

 Ctrl+Shift+c Copy text format

 Ctrl+Shift+v Paste text format

 Ctrl+Alt+v Paste special

 Ctrl+v, then Ctrl, then k Paste and keep Source Formatting

 Ctrl+v, then Ctrl, then t Paste and keep Text only Ctrl+F3 Cut to the Spike (separate clipboard) Ctrl+Shift+F3 Paste from the Spike

 Alt+Shift+r Copy the header or footer from previous section of the document