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Java Issues

OK this is really annoying the crap out of me. At work I have a new computer but for some reason Java script wont work in Firefox (its fine in IE). I've downloaded it and I've installed it, checked all the boxes and still nothing.

All I see is this message:

Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player.

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Geek Gifts

In today's mail I received my ThinkGeek catalog. Actually my kids got it before I did and well they want 3/4 of the items inside of it. I finally snagged it back and I must say they have some great stuff. If you don't happen to get the catalog you can check them out online at thinkgeek.com

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iGoogle Gmail problem

Alrighty, so most techie people know that iGoogle is wonderful to have. It lets you put bookmarks,your search bar, quotes of the day, Wired news, etc all in one place. Gmail also shows up in your iGoogle. Now, I've never had a problem before today, but my inbox won't show up on iGoogle, and if I click the link from there, it won't bring up gmail. Now, I can go to the address bar and type "gmail.com" and have it come up fine...

Anyone else having trouble with iGoogle/gmail?

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How To Re-Gain Hard Drive Space After Installing Windows 7

So you installed Windows 7 and you noticed that it took up a ton of room and now your left with little hard drive room. Well don't panic it really didn't. When you did your custom install what Windows 7 does is basically backs up that drive and puts it in a folder. Why does it do that well for those who might have forgotten to grab their saved items in their documents they can still get to them. Now if you have made sure that you have everything (you backed up your document, pictures....) then you can go in and delete that back up folder and re-gain your space.

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Shortcuts For Windows 7

With Windows 7 comes lots of great new features. Kudos to Microsoft for really thinking them out because they knocked it out of the ball park. So with all the new features comes new keyboard shortcuts to quick launch the shortcuts. Here is a guide to the shortcuts on a keyboard:

  • Win+Home: Clear all but the active window.
  • Win+Space: All windows become transparent so you can see through to the desktop.
  • Win+Up arrow: Maximize the active window.
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gmail questions -calendar and signature

i have a gmail account and i am trying to get my calendar to show. keeps saying failed to load. anyone else have this problem? ive never used it before
also, there is an emoticon i want to use in my outgoing signature. i tried copy and pasting it. no luck. anyone know of a way to do it?

thanks in advance!

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Easy Steps To Become A Computer Expert

WOW who knew it was this easy Wink

Click HERE if you would like to print this out!

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How To Do A Disk Cleanup And Defragment in Windows

Note: For Windows 7 instructions see the comments below. It's generally the same, so you can follow the main article with just a couple of small changes.

 

Since I'm in the process of cleaning up some space on my computer I though I would do a little tutorial on how to do a disk cleanup and defrag your computer while in Vista. It really is quite easy and it can help speed along your computer.

 

Disk Cleanup

1. Click Start

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Increase Your Security With Anti Wi-Fi Paint

Although anit wi-fi paint isn't really a new concept the University of Tokyo had come out with a new much more powerful one. Here is a paint that when painted on your walls absorb frequencies transmitting at 100GHz. Basically no signal will get out of your house. So if you live in a area that you fear someone could be hacking your signal and maybe downloading something not so good from it then this might be the perfect answer for you.

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Lost my Google search bar in firefox

i seem to have lost my google search bar that is usually in the right hand corner in Firefox along with the refresh, go back, etc. icons. can anyone tell me how to restore these? thanks!

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