Posts Tagged ‘How-To’

GMail Preview Pane Gets You One Step Closer to Outlook

Friday, August 5th, 2011

For years, Outlook has been the defacto standard at offices and, as a result, many of us have become comfortable navigating our emails with features like folders, flags and preview panes.  At the same time, millions upon millions of users have shifted to GMail for their personal email.  This meant learning and using two different email programs simultaneously and a bit of frustration for those who wanted the functionality of Outlook in their GMail.  Some of that frustration may have been eased yesterday, when the official GMail blog rolled out a new feature for GMail lovers… the Preview Pane.

Preview Pane, available as an add-on feature from Gmail Labs, should probably be a standard choice for GMail users, but adding it to your account is super easy and JumpstartMyPC has the step-by-step for anyone interested in enabling this new feature.

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My Computer is Running Slow – Help Me Fix It [How-To]

Saturday, January 15th, 2011

Slow ComputerIt’s one of the most common statements we hear.  “My computer is running slow.”  The problem is, most local PC repair shops, or even the friendly Geek Squad at your local Best Buy, can seem a little overwhelming.  You’ve probably heard stories of friends and family taking their slow-running or troubled computer into a place like this and feeling ripped off when they get home.  Well worry no more, we have the how-to information and clean up utilities you need to speed up that old computer and it is 100% FREE.

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Family IT Support with LogMeIn for FREE [How-To]

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Over the weekend, I had a discussion about helping family members with their computer.   As with every conversation like this before, I heard the frustrations of one person (the expert) who was trying to help another (the person in need) with their computer.  I realized that almost every one of us has been one of those two people at some point.  I also realized that I needed to share more information on one of my favorite tools LogMeIn.com.

LogMeIn.com is a service that allows you to access other computers remotely, across a broadband connection.  A quick installation of software on each end allows the primary user (the expert) to access, see and even control a remote computer from anywhere.  More importantly, it provides the expert a way to help the person in need without getting in the car or imagining what the other person sees over a phone call.  Below, we have documented the exact steps that two people will need to take to set up this wonderful tool.

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