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How to Use a Jump Drive Like a Super Geek. So you fancy yourself the technical advisor out of your clique? Are you the person your friends and family call when anything technical is hurting their head? Maybe you just love free applications! If either or all three of these statements are true then The Tech Toolkit 2.0 is for you! I am talking everything here. They have the best free applications for everything including anti-virus, virus/spyware removal, password recovery and even DVD burning. Once you download the zip file from here you then extract those files to your memory stick. After launching Ketarin you will get a screen that looks like this: You can right click on any of the items and delete it. You add a new web application by hitting Add new application. Once your list is set up the way you want, click the Update Now button.

I hit Check for updates and download. I opened up my memory stick and saw a launcher application. When you expand all the categories there are a HELLAVA lot of applications here is the full list: Network Computing. Windows Application Store for Desktop and Web Apps. How Secure Is My Password? The Ultimate Dropbox Toolkit & Guide.

Dropbox, the app we all (at least many of us) know and love, has a plethora of advanced uses to make life so much easier in managing data between multiple computers and online. We’ve posted several roundups of tips and tricks for Dropbox and now we present our ultimate toolkit and guide. We’ve pulled all our tips and tricks together and added quite a few more. Additionally, share your Dropbox tips and tricks and we’ll update the list to share the fun with everyone. Dropbox? Not familiar with Dropbox? Let me start out by simply saying, Dropbox is awesome. Is Dropbox a web app? Dropbox is software that syncs your files online and across your computers. Dropbox Tour The secondary component of Dropbox is the web app. So what else can you do with Dropbox? Tips & Tricks Basic Tips List Advanced Tips List Basic Tips Invite Others to Get Free Space — [tips list] One of the easiest and most used tips is taking advantage of Dropbox’s referral system.

Invite Friends Local Area Network Sync — [tips list] Mac. 6 Tips on How to Print Faster. Smaller personal inkjet printers have come a long way since first appearing. Whereas the first printers may have had a capacity of 4-5 pages per minute (ppm), even the smaller, more inexpensive printers can have a capacity speed of 25-30 ppm. The capacity doesn’t mean you will regularly obtain such a quick printing speed; your printing speed should be close to the printer’s rated speed. If your printer is still printing at 4-5 ppm, there is a good chance a problem exists, either in memory, configuration or hardware. There are a few things you can do to speed up the processing time of your printer, as well as the printing speed itself.

Many of these methods are easy to accomplish, or require a minimal financial investment. 1. You may be surprised how well a document is printed in draft mode, or a smaller DPI. Try different settings and find the DPI setting you are happy with by running a test page or 2. 2. In an Office document, Select File > Print > Page Range > Pages. 3. 4. 5. 6.