Tech Tips

Home Technology Solutions of Marin provides ongoing free support for our clients in understanding current technology issues and trends via our HTS Tech Tips Support Blog. This site includes a wide range of posts (articles with comments) on current technology topics, common tech questions, issues, solutions and news items that our clients have found relevant and helpful.

• "Netbook Computer Primer"
  In a computer world driven by smaller, lighter, stronger, faster, and easier, Netbook computers have made quite a splash. Netbooks are the latest version of...
• "30 Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts"
  Firefox is the second most popular web browser in the world and it continues to gain popularity and market share. With this rapid growth many users, especially new users, are not aware that...
• "10 Downsides of An Aging Computer"
  An increasingly common question is how long to stick with an aging computer? Frequently it becomes a question of continuing to use an older computer that "sort of" meets your needs, or upgrading to a new computer with...
• "Top 5 Tips on How to Talk to Tech Support"
  Sooner or later everyone must call tech support. Kind of like death and taxes. You may be able to put it off for a while, but eventually it's your turn. While most of us have ...
• "Twitter, Facebook, Blogs and Other Social Media"
  There has been quite a bit of buzz in the media recently about the world of social media. Have you’ve been feeling that even though you have some technology awareness you still can’t quite get a handle on...
• "Digital Photography Review | An excellent photography resource"
  Summer is a great time for digital photography and capturing images of vacations, trips and outdoor events. When you have photography questions check out Digital Photography Review, one of the very best informational web sites for photographers of all skill levels. ...
• "Windows 7 - Initial Installations and Impressions"
  The public beta release of Windows 7, Microsoft's follow up to Windows Vista, has been out for a few weeks now and I recently began testing...
• "5 Steps for Speeding Up Windows Vista"
  There are a number of ways to improve the performance of computers running Vista. Here are five things that...
• "Free PDF Creator Add-in for Microsoft Office 2007"
  While a free Adobe Acrobat Reader has been available for years for reading documents in PDF form, people who wanted to convert Microsoft Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) into PDF form needed...
• "8 Easy, Often Forgotten, Windows Keyboard Shortcuts"
  In a world geared towards dragging-and-dropping and using a mouse to control most computer functions, it is easy to forget some basic Windows keyboard shortcuts...
• BlackBerry Storm Smartphone - Two Months After Launch, An Update
  The clamor has died down, the dust has settled, and real people (not just reviewers) are actually using...
• 7 Google Tips to Increase Your Searching Productivity
  Here are seven tips for getting more out of your Google searching...
• Microsoft Outlook Email Clean Up Tips
  Housecleaning isn't always fun, but most people feel much better after it is done. An often overlooked cleaning task with Microsoft Outlook is...