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How to Fix Slow Printing of PDF Files

James — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:41:18 +0000

By Glenn Lamb (Contributed)
I experienced a major problem with my HP Officejet Pro 8500 printer. When printing PDF files there was a long delay before the file would print. This is not acceptable for a top of the line inkjet printer.

I called HP tech support three times and was given several things to try with no improvement. A search of the internet showed that this is a common problem.

Some posts suggested that this could be a problem related to firewall or virus protection software. However disabling the firewall and antivirus software was no help. Other posts suggested reinstalling the printer or uninstalling other network printers. That didn’t help either. Upgrading to the newest version of “Adobe Reader” gave no improvement.

We have had several HP L7590′s at our auto insurance agency. The l7590 is the prior version of the HP Officejet Pro 8500, and none had this problem. So why would the new “improved” model be so much worse?

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I was about ready to give this printer away to someone that I don’t like, and buy a replacement printer of another brand. Finally I discovered the remedy! I downloaded a free version of “Foxit Reader” and selected that for my default PDF reader. Problem solved! As a bonus this free program also allows saving filled forms where the free version of Adobe does not.

So if you experience a delay in printing PDF files try the “Foxit Reader”. It is free and only takes two minutes to download. You get more features and much faster printing. I am going to make this my PDF reader on all my computers.

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Windows 7 Family Pack Returns

James — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:59:29 +0000

Starting October 3 in the U.S., Windows 7 Family Pack will be available for purchase at participating retailers and online at the Microsoft Store. Purchasing the Windows 7 Family Pack gives you three upgrade licenses of Windows 7 Home Premium for the low price of $149.99. To take advantage of Family Pack, you’ll need a PC running a genuine copy of either Windows Vista or Windows XP that is capable of running Windows 7. The Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor can tell you which features and editions of Windows 7 will run on your computer(s).

For those of you who don’t live in the U.S., Family Pack may be coming your way too. It goes on sale in Canada, UK, Germany, France, Australia and many other markets on or after Oct. 22 (Windows 7’s 1 year anniversary!)

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Tip: The Right-Click Trick

James — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:09:23 +0000

Well, it is not really a ‘trick’, but I am always amazed when I show the right-click mouse option to some and they never knew it existed.

What is the right-click and what can it do?

Well, it depends on what program you are currently in or where you are in Windows itself.

For example, right-click a blank area of your desktop and this is what you will likely see:

Now, right-click the Computer icon on your desktop (if you have it displayed) and you will see different options:

You get the idea now; the right-click menu can be a like a group of shortcuts related to the item clicked.

How about extending the options available? I have been using a great little freeware product called ‘Right-Click Extender’ which adds (or can add, it is up to you) quite a few options to the right click menu. It is now in version 2 and can be downloaded from The Windows Club site: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/right-click-context-menu-extender-for-windows-7-released

My two favourite options that Right-Click Extender adds is ‘Copy to…’ and ‘Move to…’ when you click on a file:

Right-Click Extender v2 adds many new options from the previous version. Right-Click Extender is designed for Windows 7, but should work with Windows Vista as well. While not designed for Windows XP some features will work with XP as well, but if you try it and you don’t find the feature added, this is due to certain features not being available for XP.

For more information and to download your copy of Right-Click Extender visit: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/right-click-context-menu-extender-for-windows-7-released

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Update to Uniblue’s RegistryBooster – new features!

James — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:57:20 +0000

Uniblue software has just announced that their RegistryBooster software has undergone some recent improvements and there are some new features that are of note.

Registered customers will now benefit from scheduled scans to find out – regularly – if they have registry errors on their PCs. Once a customer has purchased RegistryBooster then they will start to benefit from an automated weekly scheduled registry scan.

The scan happens in the background: Customers no longer need to open RegistryBooster to scan their computer – it will be done automatically. Once the scan is complete, users will see a notification at the bottom right corner of their screen with the number of errors found, and a prompt to fix the errors. The automatic scan is a feature than can be turned off, or can be set at intervals that suit the user. This new feature should improve the user experience because through this functionality we are encouraging our customers to check their PC on a regular basis and therefore, to enjoy a better PC overall.
Customers will get even more from ActiveProtection as we have added live update notifications to RegistryBooster, even if it’s not running. Users will be notified via a message on the bottom right of their screen if a product update is available.

Due to the changes to RegisistryBooster, PowerSuite has been updated accordingly. There will be more updates coming to our other software in coming weeks, so keep any eye out for more improvements.

One other thing to note is the number of languages RegistryBooster is available in: 17!

Recent language additions:

Greek
Turkish
Finnish
Brazilian Portuguese
Polish

Click here to run a Free Registry scan with RegistryBooster 2010.

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The Love-Hate Relationship Of Office 2010

James — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:07:26 +0000

It’s a love/hate relationship. When Office 2007 came out, you either loved it or hated it. With Office 2010 out now, your hate may soften to accepting the product, and your love will just deepen.

The dismay in Office 2007 centered on the look and feel of the product. The introduction of a new Ribbon, which replaced the standard toolbar in Office 2003, had users grumbling. One was the familiar look that prior Office products held. You could upgrade and the transition was easy.

In Office 2007, Microsoft made a giant leap into the new and unknown, leaving many PC users baffled. The new Ribbon housed a fixed arrangement of command buttons and icons, organized commands as a set of tabs, each grouping relevant commands. The look and feel of the old standby was gone.

Designed to make the features of the application more discoverable and accessible, the Ribbon was either loved or hated. Many gave it a short term shot and went back to using Office 2003.

With Office 2010, Microsoft designed a superior product. Microsoft listened to all the challenges and complaints of users and created a perfect blend. Office 2010 is the best of Office 2003 and Office 2007.

New Features

Those who endured will enjoy a new customizable Ribbon (Users could not customize the Office 2007 Ribbon) so you can organize it according to your needs. A modified Ribbon is now available in all Office applications, and it now includes the “File” option and a new feature called “Backstage View,” giving easy access to task-centered functions such as printing and sharing.

Get excited! Backstage view incorporates the most commonly used actions in one place (no more dialog boxes with tabs). And there’s more! You get the usual open, save and print, and you also get several templates for new documents, print layouts and ways to share your work, all without dialog boxes and tabs, everything is much more easily accessible.

Additional features include:

A Paste preview which lets you switch between paste options so you can make sure that your work will be formatted correctly
Role orientation tailored to employees in “roles” such as research and development professionals, sales persons, and human resources
A built-in screen capture tool for easy internet copy and paste
A background removal tool for editing photos and clip art within a document
SmartArt templates and author permissions so you can create wonderful documents even though you’re not an artist
New text and image editing effects; making it easy to be the pro
Live collaboration functions; great for the office
New animations in PowerPoint 2010; insert videos directly into PowerPoint
A Social Connector that allows users to write emails while keeping track of their family, friends, and colleagues by viewing status updates and past communication history with the individual

Web Apps

For those who are just buying into the idea of “Cloud Computing,” Microsoft now offers a free web-based version of its Office productivity suite, known as Office Web Apps, which started shortly before Office 2010 was released. Office Web Apps include online versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint and OneNote. This allows sharing and collaboration of documents and files. It also features user interfaces similar to the desktop version. Office Web Apps were released to Windows Live Skydrive for consumers and SharePoint Workspace for corporations last month. If you are without Office, you may have to download a Trial version or buy Office before using Web Apps.

Which Edition Is Right For You

The home editions:

Home and Student 2010 include Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.

Office Home and Business 2010 adds Outlook to the core apps.

The business editions:

Standard 2010 adds Outlook and Publisher to the core apps.

Professional 2010 adds Outlook, Publisher, and Access.

Professional Plus 2010 includes Outlook, Publisher, Access, SharePoint Workspace, Communicate, and InfoPath.

What are the system requirements?

Office 2010 runs on Windows XP (SP3 required), Windows Vista with SP1 or later (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit or 64-bit) with MSXML 6.0 installed, Windows Server 2008 (32-bit or 64-bit), and Windows Server 2008 R2. You’ll need at least 3 GB of hard disk space.

So there you have it-the love/hate relationship with Microsoft Office 2010. My opinion, I love it. I’ve been using Office 2007 for three years and found the move to Office 2010 easy. If you hated Office 2007 and went back to Office 2003, give Office 2010 a chance. If you loved Office 2007 you’ll be totally infatuated with Office 2010.

Next month I will delve into the Office suite applications.

Part one of a three-part series

By Cary Warner (Contributed)

Cary Warner is VP of Marketing for Aperio, Information Technology Administrators. He can be reached at 916-568-6830, cwarner@aperio.cc or http://www.aperio.cc

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