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Check Your Google Calendar Via SMS

Gilberto J Perera — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:50:04 +0000

If you use Google Calendar as frequently as I do then you need to be familiar with all methods of retrieving your calendar information. Google Calendar provides users with various methods of viewing calendar information. One such method involves SMS or Short Message Service (text messages) which can be sent to a designated Google number [...] Related posts:

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Getting Around the Windows 7 Taskbar

Gilberto J Perera — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:39:19 +0000

Before we jump into the Windows taskbar how-to’s let’s review what the taskbar is and the components that make up this powerful desktop component. The following is part of a series of articles that will mirror an electronic book that I’m set to release in December of this year. The eBook’s main focus will be helping [...] Related posts:

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Declutter Your Windows Vista Taskbar by Grouping Similar Buttons

Gilberto J Perera — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:35:11 +0000

The how-to below is a email request from one of the readers of GilsMethod.com. The readers asks; Gil, when I have several word document windows open my OS/Computer tends to make them all one tab instead of separating them. how can I make them separate? Windows Vista has a setting that allows [...] Related posts:

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Fine Tune Your Images in Picasa

Gilberto J Perera — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:30:43 +0000

If you use Picasa to organize your pictures you may or may not be aware of the various options available to edit the photographs in your digital albums. Although simple to use in nature, some of the editing capabilities found in Picasa match that of photo editing packages that would normally carry a hefty price [...] Related posts:

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Windows Desktop Experience MVP Award for 2009

Gilberto J Perera — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:12:18 +0000

I am happy to announce the following from the Microsoft MVP Program; Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2009 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others. We appreciate your outstanding contributions in Windows Desktop Experience technical communities [...] Related posts:

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9 Basic Fixes to Jazz Up Your Pictures in Picasa

Gilberto J Perera — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:30:09 +0000

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Pin Up Application Shortcuts to the Start Menu in Windows 7 and Save Time

Gilberto J Perera — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:30:06 +0000

Pinning up programs to the Start Menu is synonymous with adding a shortcut to the Start Menu, a shortcut or pinned up application keeps you from having to locate a frequently used program or file in the Start Menu.. The following is part of a series of articles that will mirror an electronic book that I’m [...] Related posts:

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Use Windows Search to Locate Your Files and Applications

Gilberto J Perera — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:08:21 +0000

Since we began our first guide using the Start menu to access the Shut down, Log off, and other commands, it’s only right that we continue to explore the Start menu, how it works and what it can do for you. The following is part of a series of articles that will mirror an electronic book [...] Related posts:

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4 Ways to Add Pictures to Picasa

Gilberto J Perera — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:30:31 +0000

If you use Picasa to organize your pictures you may or may not be aware of the various options available to you to add your pictures to Picasa. Below I will walk you through four scenarios to teach you how you can add pictures to Picasa from your computer, your camera, and the web. If [...] Related posts:

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Get Around the Windows 7 Start Menu

Gilberto J Perera — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:30:29 +0000

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