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Why you need a Linux live CD at Lifehacker–I agree and suggest Ubuntu.

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Thinking of mind mapping? Here’s a straight forward how-to. (via Lifehacker)
While you’re at it you might want to check out the free mind mapping software, FreeMind.

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From today’s Langa Letter: How To Save an Hour (Or More) On XP Installs. Fred details how to prepare a new XP install CD to include the Windows XP SP2 so you never need to install the update after an install of XP again.

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I’ve recently had the privilege of setting up a brand new, speedy notebook. A notebook computer is my computing tool of choice. In the transition from my old machine I began having difficulty on my new machine getting my email program to respond to email addresses when clicked in a web page. Windows XP had [...]

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It seems everyone has a digital camera or is getting digital files from the film they shoot these days. I’m often asked by friends and family, “How do I resize pictures for the Internet or to send to family by email?”
There are many ways to answer this question depending on what software you’re using but [...]

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Picasa, now part of Google, is a very nice, free digital photo organizer for sharing, printing and making photo albums with your digital photos.
Grab it here: download page

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PDFCreator, released under GPL is a very good, free PDF creation utility that’s as easy to use as printing. No unwanted advertisements embedded in your PDF or pop-up advertisements like some of the other “free” PDF creation utilities out there.

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Knoppix - Instant Gratification

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This article seemed to help solve my difficulties with this particular Outlook 2000 problem. I used Regedit to delete the QuickFindMRU registry key.

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Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 197180 shares the following command line switches for Outlook 2000. These may be helpful if your Outlook is acting strange.

Command-Line switch
Purpose

   /CleanFreeBusy
Cleans and regenerates free/busy information.

   /Cleanfinders
Removes saved searches from the Exchange Server store.

   /CleanReminders
Cleans and regenerates reminders.

   /CleanViews
Restores default views.

   /CheckClient
Prompt for default manager of e-mail, news, and contacts

   /Recycle
Starts [...]

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I find the Clipboard toolbar poping up in Outlook, Word and other Office programs really annoying. Annoyances.org offers this tip on turning off the clipboard toolbar in Office 2000 and Office XP
Turn off the Clipboard Toolbar in Office 2000 and Office XP
If you copy something to the clipboard twice in any part of Microsoft Office [...]

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Powerpoint hints, tips and resources at powerpointbackgrounds.com for all versions of Powerpoint.

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