The Shed

It’s not easy to locate important files to backup in Windows 7. Files that need to be backed up are stored in individual ‘user’ folders and also in the Program Data folder. Copy and Paste doesn’t work for the ‘Users’ folder, some files are copied over but not the important ones. For me, the backup […]

Sometimes I want to find an old comment I made on Facebook It’s quite simple really. Login to your Facebook profile page. Click on ‘Activity Log’ which is on the bottom right of your header image, beside ‘Update info’ and the Settings Icon Click on ‘Comments’ in the leftsidebar Use the year and date on […]

Solutions for Audio Books and CD’s not playing in order. Sometimes audio book files won’t play in order on an MP3 player because they are not numbered at the front of each mp3 filename, OR Audio files have embedded information that we can’t easily see and the MP3 player may be using one of these […]

I have now found out how to make the chapters of an audio book play in order, in sequence, in my Sansa Fuze and this probably works for several other brands of MP3 players. When I load an audio book into my Sansa Fuze, the chapters don’t always appear together, sometimes they are scattered among […]

Dropbox gives users 2Gb of free online storage. You have a Dropbox folder on your PC and anything you put in it is automatically copied to your Dropbox online account. You can access your account from any computer and browse or copy the files,  logging in with the standard Username and Password system which is […]

I upgraded to windows 7 Premium and Stereo Mix was completely missing.If you have problems trying to record audio from your PC, HERE’S THE SOLUTION Stereo Mix is used to transfer audio that the PC is playing to recording software such as Audacity, so that you can record what you’re hearing. I spent several days […]

Changing the order that accounts are displayed in Outlook is not as simple as other email browsers. Outlook puts the Main account at the top and other accounts below that are listed Alphabetically. So if you want to change the order of the accounts in Outlook,  just add a letter of the alphabet in front […]

If you want to move an account up or down the order in Windows Live Mail, this is what you do – If the account is expanded, click the tiny arrow beside the account name to un-expand it, then right click on the account name and choose ‘move up or down’ – simple!! Share

Simple answer– change the file extension from .vob to .mpeg  Full answer – You don’t need any software to convert DVD files so that you can edit them. There are two folders on a DVD  – AUDIO_TS & VIDEO_TS Inside the VIDEO_TS folder there are .ifo .bup & .vob files. The actual video and sound […]

If your printer won’t print after several cleaning cycles, and you have plenty of ink in the cartridge, then either your print head or the cartridge is clogged – here’s the solution. I have been refilling ink cartridges for over 12 years. Refilling ink cartridges myself, with good quality ink, has saved me heaps of […]