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canon tx1 A caller made us aware of a problem with most digital camera designs. She has a friend who is missing his right hand. Most digital cameras have the shutter release on the right side.

Is there a solution?

Yes. There are a small number of upright digital cameras on the market.

This is a picture of the new Canon TX1. While this camera is a little pricey, there are cameras with similar designs made by Panasonic, Sany and Aiptec.

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12
May 07

Can’t open IE7 in Vista – navcancl error

Larry called in today with a problem of not being able to open IE7 after doing a Windows update with Windows Vista (yet another reason to have Firefox installed on any system). Turns out the problem is with the "phishing filter". Click this link for a solution to the navcancl error in Vista.

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28
Apr 07

Changing tab settings in Internet Explorer 7

To open links in new tabs and many tab tricks try the following.

1. Open Internet Explorer

2. Click on TOOLS button at the far left and choose Internet Options

3. Click on the General tab (it is probably already open)

4. Click on the Settings button under the Tabs heading

Here you can make all sorts of fun and exciting changes.

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28
Apr 07

Properly Uninstall Norton Products

How to get rid of Norton Antivirus:

1. Go to Start – Control Panel (Start – Settings – Control Panel)
2. Open Add/Remove Programs
3. Now you will want to remove the following items:

Anything that says "Norton" or "Symantec" in the title.

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4. Restart your computer when prompted to do so Install AVG, Avast, or another non-Norton or non-McAfee antivirus

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10
Mar 07

Save a laptop from liquid damage

WikiHow posted a great article on how to save a laptop from a liquid spill.

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3
Mar 07

IPCONFIG and NETSTAT Options

Ipconfig Switches

Switch	Effect
/all	Produces a detailed configuration report for all interfaces.
/flushdns	Removes all entries from the DNS name cache.
/registerdns	Refreshes all DHCP leases and reregisters DNS names
/displaydns	Displays the contents of the DNS resolver cache.
/release < adapter >	Releases the IP address for a specified interface.
/renew < adapter >	Renews the IP address for a specified interface.
/showclassid < adapter >	Displays all the DHCP class IDs allowed for the adapter specified.
/setclassid < adapter > < classID to set >	Changes the DHCP class ID for the adapter specified.
/?	Displays this list.

I will continue to look for Netstat switches.

To run either of these utilities, start by opening a Windows Prompt window by clicking Start –> Run and type: cmd in the box and press Enter on keyboard or click OK

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24
Feb 07

Can’t read forwarded message attachments in Outlook

One of our callers today, Jeff, couldn't get forwarded emails to open if they were attachments. We believe this method may work to rectify the situation:

Use the following steps to use the Clear Cache button in Outlook:
1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Other tab.
2. Click Advanced Options.
3. In the Advanced Options box, click Custom Forms.
4. In the Custom Forms box, click Manage Forms.
5. In the Forms Manager box, click Clear Cache.