Category Archives: Hints and Tips

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Multi Monitor / Display and Taskbar Shortcuts

Here are a few shortcuts which you may find handle in day to day work. Win + Spacebar Aero desktop peek, just like that small rectangle at the right bottom corner next to the time display. Win + Left Arrow … Continue reading

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Snow’s back – are you ready to work from home?

As an IT Support Company in Aberdeen we had a large number of calls for help with accessing IT systems from home from people unable to travel safely into their place of work. Working from home in this bad weather … Continue reading

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How to create a VPN connection from your PC to the office

This is a request that we have had quite a few times over the last few days so I thought I might as well post it here for all to see. (Note that below should be sufficient to create a … Continue reading

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Winter weather and working from home

Mark recently posted about working from home, with the current cold snap this is an excellent option for lots of people, instead of getting stuck in snow or traffic, and keeps work productivity up. See his post here – http://www.simblox-tech.co.uk/working-from-home/ … Continue reading

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Quickly lock your Windows system and other keyboard shortcuts

Most business PC’s are set to automatically lock the screen after a few minutes such as when the screen saver activates. You can also lock the screen by going to Ctrl-Alt-Delete and selecting lock screen but what about when you … Continue reading

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Set Outlook to highlight emails sent directly to you

Your inbox shows you all of the email you have received and it is likely that a number of messages have you cc’d in them rather than a message directed only to you. It you need to know which emails … Continue reading

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Working from home

Whilst you can send and receive emails easily using Microsoft Outlook anywhere without having to create a VPN connection back to your office the same cannot be said for accessing files. Generally this is done via a VPN and you … Continue reading

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Create PDF Files

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Add week numbers to your Outlook calendar

Add weeknumbers to the Outlook Calendar Continue reading

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