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Top 10 Microsoft Fix It Solutions

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Microsoft’s Fix It Solutions automate the process of dealing with issues that may crop up on your Windows based PC.  So instead of you having to manually edit the registry or make other changes these automated tools do the work for you.

Here are the Top Ten Fix It Solutions across all . . .

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Pitfalls and Benefits of Website Hosting Changes

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It is never an easy decision, at least for me, to change hosting providers.

Especially this one as I had several years invested in the company and the web space including a lot of files that would need to be moved. However, the recent performance of my former webhost was just spiraling . . .

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Create a Hot Key Combo For The Windows Snipping Tool

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Earlier today I was participating in a Windows 7 Tech Chat on Twitter (#Win7Tech hashtag) which is held most Tuesdays from 3 to 4 PM Eastern time.  Each chat covers a specific subject area and today’s chat was about using that new PC which folks received for Christmas.

At one point I . . .

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Backup Files You Can Safely Delete

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Backup files are usually the first thing to go when you run out of space on your backup storage device. You presume that it is ok to delete certain files and later realize that you have made a dreadful mistake.

How do you know which files you can safely delete? Follow these . . .

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Halloween Wallpapers for Your Windows Phone 7

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Looking to dress up your Windows Phone 7 handset for Halloween?  Well the nice thing about background wallpapers on Windows Phone is that you do not have to find an image that is exactly the dimensions of your Windows Phone 7 handset.  By saving a regular size wallpaper to your phone you . . .

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Set Up Your Own Pseudo Picture Sharing Service

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Background

I am sure everyone remembers earlier this year when TwitPic changed its terms of service for the picture sharing website and the mess that came out of that.  Ultimately it came down to who owns your pictures or has any rights associated with them.  Personally I want to own my . . .

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