Managed Solutions

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.

Quick Tip MrFixit for Windows Update Issues

Have you ever encountered errors with Windows Update or had it just stop prompting you all-together? This might be the solution to your problem. Either way it is a web page at Microsoft that will provide the right tool depending on what Operating system you are running. To run the utility navigate to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058 and click on the Microsoft Fix It icon or link: You will have one option that can be selected, only use this option if the first attempt without it che...

Anatomy of a Phishing Email

I encountered a great opportunity this evening, the opportunity to share an inside look of a Phishing Email. What is Phishing? "In the field of computer security, phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication." - Wikipedia What I noticed was an Email purportedly from Bank of America telling me that there was an "Accoun...

How to do a Manual upgrade to WordPress 3 Beta

Last night I learned about the Beta of the new Word Press Version 3 Beta 1. Being a bit adventurous I tested upgrading a couple of blog sites to the new version to check it out. I was not able to find a simple path to do it without using an ftp client so I thought it would be useful to record a screencast of the procedure. Here it is: If you know of an easier way, please share it via comments.

Blocking Farmville on Facebook (Video)

We received a question on our Facebook page about blocking Farmville. Here is a short video on how to do this:

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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.

Disable that annoying IE8 Warning Message (Video)

Recently you may have noticed a new repetitive security warning in Internet Explorer 8. The feature is to protect internet users from non secure content while browsing a secure site. Some secure sites link content, images and advertisements that are not delivered securely. This could have ramifications if someone thought they were on a secure site and entered in sensitive data that was not encrypted. The truth is the warnings are so prolific that they almost defeat the purpose they intended. To ...

Eset Howto Videos and Documentation

ESET Documentation These are some useful resources we received as a NOD32 reseller so we thought we'd share them with our readers and clients. ESET Software Installation Videos ESET NOD32 Antivirus Activating and Installing ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 This tutorial will take you through the steps to quickly install ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 using 'Typical' installation choices. Click here to review the optimal settings for viewing this tutorial. Activation et Installation d’...

Droid Must Have Task Manager Application

The first application you should download is one of the Task Manager apps. These applications allow you to kill extra programs that you do not want running or failed applications that might have hung or crashed. I've only seen the latter once but it was nice to be able to stop it without resetting my phone. The kill function is very responsive, similar to a Unix type environment.