Tag: Computer Tip
Computer, Tablet, Smartphone Tip – Having Trouble Controlling Your Touchscreen Device?
You may find as I did that a stylus helps you control your touchscreen device more accurately! A stylus is a heat sensitive pen like device that lets you touch the screen with it’s tip versus your finger. If you have big or shaky fingers or just have troubles getting your touchscreen device to work […]
Smartphone & Computer Tip – Sharing from your Android smartphone to your computer !
This example is from my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 smartphone text message app, but may apply to other Android phones & apps. Apple & Blackberry phones may have similar options. 1 – View a specific text message, 2 – Press & continue pressing on the text message, 3 – You should see a list of […]
Computer & Cell Phone Tip – Texting From Your Computer !
Did you ever want to print a text message history? How about creating a text message while at your computer? Most cell phone providers have a way to send a text message as an email. For example, with Verizon, you can email a text message to 208#######@vtext.com With Verizon, you can also login at www.vtext.com […]
Computer Tip – Backing Up Your Data – Windows or Macintosh
Bonus Friday – two computer tips in one day ! 1 – Make sure to have more than one type of backup for your computer data. Use at least two of the following: – USB thumb drive backup – USB harddrive backup – Online backup – DVD data backup 2 – Rotate your backups: Backup […]
Computer Tip – Email Problems – Windows or Macintosh computers
If your email is “yourname@yourcompany.com” & your email is not working, it may not be on your computer: 1 – Check that you have access to the internet on your computer… 2 – Check that your website “www.yourcompany.com” is up. If your website is not available, your email will probably be down also. You should […]
Computer Tip – Windows 8 – Rotated Screen Problem!
Did you ever have your Windows 8 computer rotate the screen & you don’t have a tablet or rotating monitor? These keys may help: Landscape/Horzontal (0 degrees) – CTRL + ALT + Up Arrow Protrait/Vertical (90 degrees right) – CTRL + ALT + Right Arrow Landscape/Horzontal (180 degrees right) – CTRL + ALT + Down […]
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