Synchronizing my laptop with my Windows Home Server, I had an error that I had never seen before: Recycle bin corrupted – cannot delete file or folder I found that I needed to create a new Recycle Bin that would work properly. The drive affected for me was the C: drive. This is how I [...]
Alternating Shaded Rows – Excel 2010
When I have an Excel spreadsheet with several rows of data, sometimes it’s nice to shade alternate rows. This is easier on the eyes when reading through several rows. You can buy third party software that will do this for you at the click of a button, but it’s very simple to apply this [...]
PogoPlug, a Hard Drive on Steroids?
PogoPlug – A Hard Drive on Steroids? Last month I was in Portland attending the International Virtual Assistants Association Conference. We were sharing our ideas with one another. I asked about whether anyone had heard of PogoPlug. It is a piece of hardware that connects to your router. It has four USB ports to which [...]
Word 2010 Line Spacing Annoyance
Have you found that the line spacing is more than it used to be in Word 2007? The problem is that the default padding for Word 2010 is 10. We recently had a discussion about this on our IVAA (International Virtual Assistants Association) forum. Go to the Page Layout Ribbon, then under the Paragraph group, [...]
Google Music beta
What will Google think of next? Google Music beta is a new cloud music service. The interface is amazingly similar to iTunes’ player. It’s available only by invitation at this time. Users will be able to upload up to 20,000 songs for free for now, but charges may apply later. Everything that can be played [...]

