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More helpful tips and advice… Tim Wakeling also writes a monthly newsletter of tips and advice for PC novices. You can read more and sign up for it for free at www.helpfulbooks.co.uk
Joined: 22nd July 2005
Articles: 12
URL: http://www.helpfulbooks.co.uk
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Less razor burn from electric razors

27th October 2009
I’ve said in lots of places that if you use an electric razor and suffer from razor burn, bumps or rash, my advice to you is to get a double edged safety razor. When I use an electric razor, the underside of my chin is covered in razor rash. But nowad...

7 unusual tips: Get a better shave, whether you use a cartridge or double edged razor

15th June 2009
There are some standard tips on shaving well: change the blade often enough, use smooth strokes and don’t drink too much of your favorite single malt first. But I’ve found a few tricks that people don’t seem to talk about – that still make big...

eBay - The Real Basics

20th March 2009
Techies like to call ebay an 'online marketplace'. To me it's more like a massive online auction. If you want to sell, say, a gramophone, you put in all the details, maybe set a reserve price and say how long you want the auction to go on for. You can als...

Windows 7 - What's all the fuss about?

25th February 2009
You might have heard that there's a new version of Windows in the pipeline. It's called (cleverly enough) Windows 7. Now it might seem like it's not very long since Vista came out. But Vista hasn't sold as well as Microsoft hoped, so they're bringing forw...

3 Surprising uses for Olive oil

23rd June 2008
Olive oil spread There are loads of olive oil spreads available in the shops, all promoting health benefits. And they are generally better for you than butter or margarine. But making your own is even better – it’s purer, cheaper and only takes 30 ...

Should you upgrade to Windows Vista? (for PC Novices)

18th April 2008
Lots has been said about Windows Vista – but it seems like everyone wants to talk about all the fancy little features that you’d hardly ever use. If you’re wondering whether you should splash out on upgrading to Windows Vista there are a few ques...

How to run old software

07th December 2006
I sometimes get asked “Will programs from older versions of Windows run on new versions?” Usually the answer is yes, they’ll be fine. Most Windows 95 or 98 programs urn on XP as normal. And most Windows 3 or 3.1 programs will run on 95 o...

Using Undo & Redo

07th December 2006
These are two little tricks that can make using a PC so much easier. Undo In most programs (including Microsoft Word, Excel, graphics programs, Open Office, Wordpad) there’s a feature called “undo”. As the name suggests, it “un-does” the last...

What you should know about Internet Explorer 7

07th December 2006
First off, if you don’t have Windows XP, sorry. This new version of Internet Explorer won’t work on earlier versions of Windows. IE 7 will be standard with the next version of Windows, coming out in January, so you might want to read this anyway to ...

Changing the size of text on screen

27th September 2005
My Mum and Dad came to visit last week and as always they'd saved up some PC questions for me (they also brought some French crepes so I didn't mind too much!) One thing Dad asked about was how you change the size of text on the screen. He knows how to ...

Upgrading Your PC for non-experts

02nd August 2005
Intro One of the big advantages of PCs over earlier types of computers is that they're upgradable. If you get to the point where you need a faster computer, more storage space or whatever, you don't have to buy a new PC. You can upgrade it by buying ju...

Learning Computers for Seniors

22nd July 2005
It can often seem like kids nowadays pop into the world already able to use a PC. But there's no reason why you can't learn as well. It doesn't have to be as hard as it can look if you go about it the right way. You can learn how to use a PC howe...
 
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