Is your Website being redirected to a spam site? Was just asked by a client why their website was redirected to spam site. I checked the url of the site and it worked fine from my pc. I first suspected it could have been malware on the users pc. This was not the case as […]
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How to change background color of a page in Word
How do you change the page background color in Microsoft Word In wrapping up an Intro to Microsoft Word class I am teaching I received an email that asked how to change a page background color. This seems to be a simple question but it was not covered in our class book. I will post […]
How do you insert the degree symbol in Google Docs?
How do you insert the degree symbol in Google Docs? Google Drive (Google Docs and Google Sheets) are becoming more popular in schools. My son was working on a project and needed to enter the degree symbol in Google Docs. At first it took me a quick second to find how to do it. Below […]
How to calculate age in Excel
How do you calculate age using a formula or function in Excel To calculate age in Excel is relatively easy if you know the proper function to use. In this quick example I am going to use the today() function to perform some simple date math. In the below example we have a column of […]
Boot Device Not Found
How to fix “Boot Device Not Found” error. How do you you fix an HP pc that does not boot? Upon starting up I get the dreaded “Boot Device Not Found” error. The pc in question is a clients pc. It is an HP with a 500GB Seagate hard drive. First thing I checked is […]
Missing Row and Column Headings in Excel
“The handle is invalid” when accessing share over network.
“The handle is invalid” when accessing share over network. I have a client with a Windows 7 pc with a folder that is shared on their network (Workgroup). Sometime last week, after Windows Updates were installed, the other pcs on the local network could no longer browse the network or map a network drive to […]
Keyboard appears to be typing backwards
I just had a client give me a call and state that their Windows 10 pc keyboard was typing backwards. At first I was not sure what this meant so I visited this client in person. Indeed the keystrokes the user was typing were displaying to the left of the last character. At first I […]
How to retrieve a Windows 7 Product Key
I have not posted an “It Fixed it for me” article in a while. Here is one that may help someone else. Have you ever needed to reinstall your operating system due to a failed hard drive, severe virus infection or just want a fresh start but realize that you either lost your Windows 7 […]
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