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.
Monday, 30 July 2012
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
- 1Connect 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.
- 2Open 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.
- 3Click 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.
Thursday, 26 July 2012
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
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.
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 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
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
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.
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.
Sunday, 8 July 2012
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
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