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Passwords in Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer asks you if you want to save passwords on webpages; which can be handy, but also dangerous – especially on banking sites. More about that below.

But let’s assume that you decided at some point to not save a password on a non-critical webpage, but now you want to – and Internet Explorer isn’t asking you any more…what to do?
Just go to logicalexpressions.com and follow the instructions and you are ready to go again.

Now, how secure are the stored passwords? Have a look at labnol.org to see – and download some software from there if you need to recover some of your Internet Explorer passwords.

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Remove Microsoft Outlook Duplicates

When working in Outlook, and especially when syncing with mobile devices, it can happen that you have duplicate items created. 10 items isn’t a problem, but 100 or more can get tedious to clean manually.
There is software available to help you sort through the duplicates quickly. I have listed four of them below. They range in price from $15 to $30 and differ slightly in operational modes and user interface. They all have trial/demo versions though so you can get a feel for which one you like best.
But don’t forget – always make a backup of yout Outlook .PST file before running any of these programs.

anti-dupe.com
nomoredupes.com
outlook.duplicate-remover.com
duplicatekiller.4team.biz

 Update: I just heard about a free program that may work for you: http://www.vaita.com/ODIR.asp

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Tracking Word Document Changes After Changes Have Been Made

If you work with the Track Changes function in Word, you know that you can’t track the changes if it is not turned on – or can you? If you still have a copy of the original document, you can:

With the edited document open, choose Tools -> Track Changes -> Compare Documents. In the Choose a File dialog box that appears, navigate to the original unedited document and click Open. A new document will appear with every change made between the two documents highlighted or, in Print Layout view, commented. All you have to do now is work on that new document and choose Tools -> Track Changes -> Highlight Changes and be sure that you’ve enabled the Track Changes While Editing option so that any changes you make from now on are also tracked.

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Open Network Connections In Windows Vista

If you want to open the network connection list in Vista, it is quite a bit more complicated than it is in XP, where you could just right click Network Connections and click Properties.
In Vista you can go through several clicks in the Control Panel – or you can just type ncpa.cpl in the search field on the Start menu. Press the Enter key and the network connections list appears.
You can also take this one step further and create a shortcut to the network connections list.

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Create A New Folder In Windows Explorer With The Keyboard Only

A little something for when it’s just too much work to reach for the mouse:

Instead of clicking the File menu, pointing to New, etc or right-clicking into the file pane, you can often just press the F+W+F keys while holding down the ALT key and a new folder is created on most systems.
On some you can try to use F+W while pressing ALT and then hit the Enter key.

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The Unstoppable File Copier

Roadkil’s Unstoppable Copier recovers files from disks with physical damage. It allows you to copy files from disks with problems such as bad sectors, scratches or that just give errors when reading data. The program will attempt to recover every readable piece of a file and put the pieces together. Using this method, most types of files can be made useable even if some parts were not recoverable in the end.

You can download it at http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=29

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Buying Office 2007 Cheaper

If you are thinking of buying Office 2007 for a computer that didn’t have it before, you may think you are stuck buying it at full price. You are not.

You can save some money by buying for example “Microsoft Works 9.0” and then the “Microsoft Office 2007 Upgrade” which is combined often much cheaper than the same suite without upgrade.

You may also qualify for the upgrade price with older Microsoft software you already own. Office 2007 can be upgraded from “Microsoft Works 6.0-10; Microsoft Works Suite 2000-2006 or Later; Any 2000-2007 Microsoft Office Program or Suite and Any Microsoft Office XP Suite.” according to the information on the Microsoft website.

Just make sure to compare the Office suite versions so you buy the one with the programs you want. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/suites/FX101635841033.aspx
Oh – and the same way you can save on many single components like Word 2007 if you don’t need the full suite.

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Move Objects In PowerPoint 2007

Select the object that you want to move.
Press an arrow/cursor key to move the object a large step.
Press and hold the CTRL key while you press the arrow/cursor key to move the object a small step

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Repeat Table Headings In Word 2007

When you create a table that spreads across multiple pages, table headings do not appear on each page.
You can have Word display table headings on each page when in Print Layout view.
Select the heading row or rows, including the first row of the table.
Under Table Tools, on the Layout tab, within the Data group, click Repeat Header Rows.

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Sort Data In A Word 2007 Table

Move the pointer over the table until the table move handle appears.
Click the table move handle to select the table.
Under Table Tools, on the Layout tab, within the Data group, click Sort.
Select the options that you want from the Sort dialog box.