TIM and Tim’s Top Tips by Tim Lambie & Tim Jones


Windows Live Mail has had an update which has made it’s appearance change markedly. It now has much more of an “Office” feel to it, with tabs andmenus following the “New” 2010 Office style. It is something you will have to get used to I am afraid, but at least Office 2010 looks better than 2007.


There are a lot of claims made about routers particularly how fast and how far they operate. Mostly there is no need for a “fast” router unless you are passing lots of data between the computers in your house. If you are not, then a 54g router is all you need. If extra range is what you require,then in our experience, the claims made by manufacturers are exaggerated.There are other options and we can tell you all about them.


“startup helper” is a program that allows you to schedule which items you want to start and in


what sequence and even delay them for a set period. This is very useful if your wireless card does not start for a long time and you have a network drive that wants to connect for example.


Have you filled up your mini-mac or getting close to it? It is likely that the music and photos are taking up the most space and the contents of these folders can be moved to an external drive if you have one. We can do the transfer if you want us to, but there is lots of information out there about how to. This will prolong its life significantly if it applies to you.


Watch out for second hand laptops - again. They are expensive for what they are, they generally come with outdated software installed and rarely even have the latest service pack. We have also seen them not properly set up and in need of work


or money spent on them to make them worth owning. We believe second hand laptops or PCs are a false economy, unless of course you really cannot afford anything else.


NOW IN OUR 7TH


YEAR 28


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