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Powerpoint Tip Slideshow in a Window (Video)

Ever try to record a screencast of a Powerpoint presentation? If you have you may have noticed like I did that you cannot easily run the presentation slideshow within a window small enough for a practical screencast. After doing some research I discovered that there are some not so well documented features for Powerpoint 2007/2010 that will allow you to run your presentation in a window. This would be particularly useful if you were doing some kind of mashup.

Using the proper Importance Flag with Email

I received an Email Friday from a friend, I receive a lot of Email so sometimes I don't get a chance to review non critical business Email until I have some free time. This morning while responding from the message I realized that part of the message involved a timely issue for Friday evening. The title did not indicate it and the message was flagged normally. This incident was a reminder to me of the usefulness and etiquette of the Importance options with Email correspondence. Here is my interp...

Speakeasy Business Voice Enchancements

Managed Solutions is a Speakeasy VOIP Certified partner, and we provide these services to many of our customers. Speakeasy notified us today of some significant improvements going into effect in May. We are pleased to announce starting May 5th customers will have the ability to make the following changes to their Business Voice account: o Edit a user’s - Phone number - Extension - Directory name - User name o Reset - User’s voice mail pass code - User’s voice web portal passwo...

Why you should not bypass Java and other Updates

A very common complaint by end users involves "automatic updates" and some people go to great lengths to avoid them. We published this quick tip about when and how to run them to minimize the impact. There are several programs that you should think twice before bypassing or ignoring the update: Windows Critical Updates Adobe Acrobat Flash Viewer Oracle/Sun Java The last item on this list is the primary purpose for this post, check out this bulletin from March 2009 related to Oracle ...

Saving 80% on Wages and Payroll Taxes for New Hires

Re-post from Joe's Personal Blog: An incredible opportunity exists for businesses to hire new employees and get a large percentage of their wages and payroll taxes paid for through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Here are some important points about the program: It applies to any business and job seeker anywhere in the US. Some localities have resources that screen the job seekers to qualify their eligibility. Businesses that receive federal funding do not qualify f...

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Solving the problem with large attachments (Video) Drop.io

Our partner Drop.io has recently created a functional beta of a plugin that allows you to share file(s) up to 100mb (for free) or greater (with paid subscription) simply via Microsoft Outlook. In this video we demonstrate where to get the plugin and how to use it. We are an affiliate of drop.io and if you would like a paid subscription you can use the featured product links in the right hand navigation menu on our website or by clicking here.

Windows 7 is Ready for Business

It has been a long time since we’ve recommended an initial release of a Microsoft Operating system for business use but we’ve reached that plateau again with Windows 7. We are encouraging our clients to implement Windows 7 when replacing existing systems. There are of course always exceptions to this recommendation, the most important being resource intensive older software applications such as design and cad software. They need to be evaluated for compatibility prior to making the shift. Your b...

Quick Tip Email Sorting

Use the "from" and "subject" fields to sort Emails while you are cleaning up your inbox. You should find it easier to get through your back log of messages by addressing issues with certain individual(s)... or certain subjects all at once. Quite often the most recent Email of a certain subject contains all the prior information and the older ones can be deleted.

When the Solution is Worse than the Problem

There are few things more frustrating than very slow computer performance. You are typing away, or trying to anyway and the text is not even displaying properly on the screen it's skipping and catching up like an inchworm. You immediately start to wonder, did I get a virus? So you do the universal solution, you reboot your computer only after a short while it comes back again. This story has played out in many a local Peet's Coffee, an office, living room or dorm room. One common culprit is inde...