TechRec: 6 Ways To Customize the Windows 8 Start Screen – Reposted from howtogeek.com

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With the roll out of Windows 8.1 recently, Microsoft improved many of the Windows 8 annoyances but many new users still find themselves a little stymied by how to navigate and customize the start screen.  We thought howtogeek.com had some great tips on how to modify the Start screen to enhance usability and improve functionality.
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Remote Teams Enamored by Flavor of the Month Collaboration Tools? Manage Them All With Just One App

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One of the many challenges of managing remote teams is keeping up with the multitude of free or almost free online collaboration tools team members are using. Some project managers may try to impose a standardized set of applications for their teams but as new tools are released users tend to be attracted to using
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Protect Yourself from Ransomware | Don’t Become a Phish Tale

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The term Ransomware has now become part of our everyday lexicon with the proliferation of CryptoLocker, a particularly nasty malware variant that encrypts the contents of your computer and demands payment to unlock the files.  CryptoLocker is predominantly spreading via various email phishing campaigns, including some from legitimate businesses, or through phony Federal Express or
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10 Reasons to Avoid Using PST Files – Reposted from TechRepublic

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The following post was written by Brien Posey for TechRepublic. Our Client Solutions Managers often counsel our clients about the dangers of using Outlook’s PST files.  We thought Brien’s article was very informative and wanted to share it. The use of Outlook’s PST data files have the potential to cause serious problems from data loss
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TechRec: How to Recover Unsaved Word 2010 Documents

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We have all experienced that sinking feeling when we realize we didn’t hit “yes” to save when closing a Word document.  Now, with Office 2010 you can easily find and recover those unsaved files if, and this is a big if, you have the Autosave function enabled and the document you were working on had
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