Along the top of your keyboard is a row of keys numbered F1 to F10 or F12. Even though you may never use them, they do have function. In fact, the F stands for Function and they are called Function keys.
Below is a list of what each key does. After the list is a trick that you can use Function keys for. Most of the items on the list below apply only to Windows and Windows' programs, especially Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer.
read more: The Forgotten Keyboard Function Keys And Their Uses
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Happy New Year everyone from Watching The Net!
Once again a new year is upon us and it's time to take a few days off and enjoy the holiday. So if you somehow can still read this post after ringing in the new year all night long, there is probably one thing on your mind. How to get rid of that hang-over.
Drink a lots of liquids and watch College football all day!
Happy New Year 2009!
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If you are experiencing Firefox slowing down after watching videos and the only solution is to close and restart Firefox, there may be an easier solution to the problem. Try upgrading to the latest version of Shockwave Flash.
I noticed since I upgraded to Firefox 3.02 a short while ago, viewing videos from YouTube and other video sites slowed Firefox down to a crawl, leaving me with no other choice but to close Firefox. Even that became a frustrating experience since Firefox would utilize CPU utilization at one hundred percent, and trying to bring up Task Manager to Kill the process (firefox.exe) took forever.
Since upgrading Flash from version nine to version ten, I have not experienced any slow downs and life has been good (knock on wood).
read more: Is Firefox 3 Slow When You View Videos? Try Upgrading Shockwave Flash
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With the Internet being a universal language, sooner or later you will will come across a web site or page that is written in a language you are not familiar with. Your options are to either skip the page and keep surfing or use a language translator add-on that are available for Firefox or Internet Explorer.
But the problem with the language translator add-ons is that they assume you know what language the web page was written, in order to translate it to your language.
Not useful when you can't identify the language. So what's a better alternative? How about Google…read more: Use Google To Quickly Translate Web Pages In Different Languages That You Don't Recognize
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While Outlook 2007 offers many new features that do indeed offer real benefits it can come at a price – performance.
On my Core 2 Duo with 2GB of RAM Outlook 2007 originally took a good 20 seconds to fire up from a fully booted PC and appeared to be constantly sluggish. So what can be done about it?
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Seasons Greetings to everyone from Watching The Net!
Once again, it's that time of the year and tis the season to get away from all those computer problems. So let's Ho-Ho Hope Santa has some quick computer fixes stuffed in your stocking and you can surf the Internet and bring holiday cheer to all.
So while your waiting for 'Old St Nick, here's some holidays songs to keep the cheer going…
Happy Holidays From Watching The Net!
'WEB ADDICTION HOLIDAY SING ALONG!
(Sung to the tune of "Winter Wonderland"):
Doorbell rings, I'm not list'nin',
From my mouth, drool is glist'nin',
I'm happy – although
My boss let me go -
Happily addicted to the Web.
All night long, I sit clicking,
Unaware time is ticking,
There's beard on my cheek,
Same clothes for a week,
Happily addicted to the Web!
Friends come by; they shake me, Saying, "Yo, man!
Don't you know tonight's the senior prom?"
With a listless shrug, I mutter "No, man;
I just discovered laugh-a-lot-dot-com!"…continue reading
''WEB ADDICTION HOLIDAY SING ALONG! (Version 2)
(Scroll down to second version)
Another "ping",
Are you listenin'?
The puter screen,
Is a glistenin'.
With icons so bright,
They light up the night,
Welcome to the e-mail wonderland!
Gone away,
Are the hall talks.
Here to stay,
Is the IN-BOX.
Flagged "urgent, please read!",
And "answer with speed!".
Welcome to the e-mail wonderland!…continue reading
''Twas the Night Before Christmas (Computer Style)
' Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
not a peripheral was stirring, not even the mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
in hopes that new software soon would be there.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
while visions of the Internet danced in their heads…continue reading
'Blue Vista
(Sung to the great Elvis Presley's Blue Christmas)
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Here's a quick tip if you have a file that you may not want anyone to change the contents or modify. In other words make the file read only.
Now this is not something that will completely prevent someone from changing the contents of the file, but I find it to be useful, more like a reminder) in situations where I want to prevent myself from changing the file accidentally.
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Out of the box Internet Explorer 7 comes with a skimpy list of search engine providers already setup for you.
Fortunately you can easily add more search engines to the available list by clicking on the pull down arrow (next to the search box) and selecting Find More Providers…
A page will display, listing search engines and categories such as Web Search and Topic Search that you can choose from.
Now that's helpful, but what if you want to add a search provider, from your favorite web site, such as Watching The Net?
…that's even easier to do. Here's how…
read more: How To Add Custom Search Engines To Internet Explorer 7 Search Options
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