How many times have you had a Microsoft Office app crash or lock up your system? The worst culprits seem to be Outlook and Access for me. I know it sounds like a lot, but let me show you how easy this is to run. When you are ready click Run Diagnostics. While the Diagnostics run you will see the status bars as each tests completes. When it’s complete hit Continue....

Here is how your Word document screen looks without the Ribbon… much cleaner! The Ribbon will automatically hide once you move your mouse away from it. You might notice the small toolbar below the Ribbon, which is known as the Quick Access Toolbar.

Do you wish the IE7 Menu bar was located where it was in IE6? Here is how to quickly create a registry fix to move it back to the top. After you install IE7 you have to make the menu bar appear. Right click an empty spot on the tool bar and place a checkmark next to Menu Bar. It will also show up temporarily if you hold down the Alt key....

You should note that this will disable all balloon notifications, so proceed with caution. punch Start \ Run and throw in in regedit Now we will navigate to this path in your registry. Change this to EnableBalloonTips. Next double opt for new registry entry you created. In the Value Data field set it to 0 (zero). ensure Hexadecimal is selected under Base. Finally power cycle your system and enjoy the clean boot up with no balloons popping up at you....

Microsoft Access is used within many businesses to store and access information. you might also create a simple report easily using the Report Wizard. Open your Access Database and hit Reports located under the Objects field on the left hand side. On the top toolbar tap on the New button to start a new report. In this instance I want to create a report about Tech_Company’s Customers. After you have the correct data selected click OK....

In the corporate environment, Excel is king. To convert it, start by opening up your Access Report in Print Preview mode. verify you have the Print Preview Toolbar showing. Your Report will now be in Excel for you to change and analyze the data.

The problem is that Firefox’s default search box doesn’t default to it. Update:Thanks toGina @ Lifehacker, you might get the plugin goodness without having to manually modify anything. My technique still works, but it’s probably easier to use Gina’s plugin. Thanks toLifehackerfor pointing me to this one.

How else can you see the actual SQL code generated by Wordpress or phpBB? The first thing we’ll need to do is turn on logging of queries in MySQL. Find and open your MySQL configuration file, usually /etc/mysql/my.cnf on Ubuntu. tail -f /var/log/mysql/mysql.log Now run your app. You’ll see the database queries start flying by in your terminal window. Wordpress, on the other hand, is very inefficient.

Adding your Gmail account to Outlook 2007 couldn’t be easier. First we need to double-check your gmail account is set up to enable POP (Post Office Protocol). In Gmail just go to mail tweaks and choose the Forwarding and POP tab. select one of the options to enable POP. Update: Note the drop-down that says what to do when mail is accessed with POP3. yo do NOT change this to “Delete”....

Open Word 2003 and punch Tools \ Letters and Mailings \ Mail Merge… In the Mail Merge menu on the right under Select document punch in, select Labels. Then click Next: Starting document. From step 2 hit Label options… Here I am using Avery 4013 on a Dot Matrix printer. If you have oddball labels you’re free to always choose custom configs as well. (Creating a data source will be covered in another how to)....

Since the steps are the same we will use Word as the example. press the Microsoft Office Button then press Word Options. Now if you open Access, Word, Excel, or PowerPoint the color will be changed also. But what about Outlook?

Every Geek uses Gmail… it’s pretty much required. at the beginning of the file like this: .open_mailto.sh. You’ll have to change the path in the preferences, of course. To test it out… I clicked the contact link on my page… and it immediately opened in Gmail. Seems like Gmail’s login redirector won’t kick off the send mail page. But then again… why aren’t you logged into Gmail? Update: Changed to point to a script so that the mailto: tag would be removed....

More information on PAR or Parchive files can be found at Wikipedia, of course:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parchive