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How to load the Boot Menu on a Windows computer

If you want to try out a Linux Distro, or reinstall Windows on to your computer. You will need to use the Boot Menu, in order to force your PC to boot to a drive other than the main drive of your computer. So in this video we show you how to load the…

How to turn off the Startup screen in MS PowerPoint

By default when you start Microsoft PowerPoint, you will be presented with a startup screen. While the aim of the startup screen is to help you get started with creating or editing a Presentation. It can be distracting and unnecessary. So in this…

Synology Router | Quality of Service (Traffic Control)

Quality of Service (QoS) or as its sometimes called Traffic Control. Is a way that you can monitor prioritise and control the internet bandwidth being used by devices connected to a router. So in this video we take a look at what settings and options…

Microsoft Excel | the SUM function

The SUM function is probably one of the first functions you learn to use in Microsoft Excel. As it basically allows you to quickly add numbers together. So while you probably already know how to use the SUM function. For completeness let’s take…

What’s in my tech toolkit | Victorinox Swiss Army 1 ALOX

While we have a Victorinox Cyber Tool M Swiss Army knife in our tech tool kit. As this is an expensive tool, we like to try and protect the blades, by using a cheaper knife for things like opening boxes, scoring, cutting or prying. So for general…

MS Office | The alternative way to remove the mini toolbar from Word, Excel or PowerPoint

As Microsoft Office has evolved, new features have been introduced that you may not find to be all that useful. For us one such feature is the mini toolbar. Which is a secondary menu that will appear if you perform a right click with your mouse…

Synology BeeStation | using BeePhotos

One of the main reasons for owning a BeeStation, is to have a personal cloud that you can use to store your photographs and family videos. So we’re going to take a look at how you setup and use the BeePhotos web portal and smartphone app. Note:…

MS Excel | combine data with the TEXTJOIN function

While the CONCATENATE and CONCAT functions are both widely used in order to join data into series. For example joining a first and last name, in order to get someone’s full name. You might be better served using TEXTJOIN as this function is…

Whats in my tech toolkit | various iFixit prying and opening tools

In order to open most modern electronic devices, you will need specialist tools that will help you to open something without damaging it. So in our tech tool kit we like to keep an array of prying and opening instruments. Note: While the tools we…

Enable a ruler and formatting marks in Microsoft Word

When collaborating with others, or having to format a document in Microsoft Word. We like to leave two functions permanently enabled. The ruler which is an obvious visual aid that will help with positioning various objects on a page. And formatting…
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