Managed Solutions

Welcome to Managed Solutions

Hi I am Joe Hackman the founder of Managed Solutions. I’d like to welcome you to the website of the enterprise that has supported me for the past 13+ years, and the most recent four years my growing family as well. I started the company in January of 1997. We help people improve their business by leveraging technology. Managed Solutions is a systems, Internet, and networking managed services provider that specializes in helping businesses deploy, improve and maintain stable and secure out source...

Windows 7 Using Sticky Notes

Not everyone uses Outlook or a similar program to store their tasks and reminders, or perhaps they might seek something a little more visual. Windows 7 sticky notes will deliver that for you. This video will demonstrate to you how to access, create, change and delete sticky notes on your Windows 7 equipped computer.

Windows 7 Quicktip Aero Snap Feature

The Aero snap feature on Windows 7 is really useful. You can use it to maximize a window by left clicking and dragging that window to the top of the screen or drag left or right to have the active program use that half of the screen. This is what you might see in the Microsoft commercial. There is a small problem, what if you have 2 or more monitors? It doesn't work unless you drag it all the way to the right, left or top most screen edge. You can actually use this feature even with multiple scr...

Windows 7 Application Compatibility and XP Mode

When you purchase a new computer that has Windows 7 installed or upgrade your current PC to Windows 7 you will have more to deal with than just a learning curve. New operating systems present compatibility issues, sometimes this includes hardware compatibility other times it involves software applications. Luckily there are some tools within Windows 7 that provide very broad application support. This video demonstrates how to use two of the tools, the individual application compatibility setting...

Avoid Expense – Free and Inexpensive Data Protection

There is tremendous opportunity in the IT services business to perform data recovery and related services. The fact is, it should not be needed as often as it is. If you are one of those people who forgets to run backups on your computer, you should really ask yourself one question. Is there anything on my computer that I would be willing to pay $895 or more to get back in the event of a loss? If there is then you should do two things: Backup on a budget (Low or no cost) Upload your image...

Product and Partner Policy

I think it is very important to disclose relationships and policies to people who rely on you for information, in this case readers of this website and our clients. On this website we promote products and services from partners and affiliates of Managed Solutions. In some cases there are monetary rewards for these efforts. While we do not directly warrant these products we do have some strict guidelines for partnering with a company: It must be a product we use ourselves or would be willing ...

Windows 7 Very Easy System Restore

Windows 7 provides an unprecedented feature as far as windows operating systems go, it offers you a very simple to use System Restore function. The typical scenario is you install some new bit of software and within hours or days you notice issues with stability or performance of your computer. You now have a very easy way to go back and restore the system to the previous state. When you perform this step the utility will also report to you which drivers and programs will be affected by the proc...

Windows 7 Create a System Repair Disk

When you purchase your new Windows 7 Computer you should add to your checklist to create a system repair disk. Once created this disk can be used to save you a lot of headaches and time later should your computer have any issues booting up. This disk once created can be stored in a safe place and hopefully you won't need it.

Windows 7 Burning ISO Files With Ease

One of the things that Windows users have long hungered for is out of the box features like support for burning .iso images to CD/DVD media. Microsoft has really put a lot of effort to bringing more features like the ISO burner to Windows 7. This is a brief demonstration video that will show you how easy it is to access this functionality with your Windows 7 equipped computer:

Office 2010 Beta is Public

Microsoft made a couple of big announcements today, first that the 2010 Beta is available and anyone can participate. The second big announcement was the Social Media Connector included in Office 2010. If you're interested in learning more check out this article on Microsoft's MSDN blog. If you'd like to skip the article and jump to the goods go download the beta from Microsoft's 2010 site.