Did you know: You can snap a picture of your computer monitor

It’s called a screen capture and it’s a free feature in Windows. Whenever you want to take a picture of something happening on your monitor, just press the PrintScreeen button on your keyboard.

Did you know: You can get national and cultural holidays noted in your Outlook calendar?

Especially made for the office calendar administrator, you can have notes placed in your calendar for national and cultural holidays.

Did you know: You can navigate the Internet Explorer 7 tabs?

Here are some quick hot-keys that you can use to quickly navigate around in IE7: Ctrl-T = Open a new tab Ctrl-Tab = Go to the next tab to the right Ctrl-Shift-Tab = Go to the next tab to the left Ctrl-Click = Open a link in a new tab Ctrl-E = Brings you to... Read more »

Did you know: Spam can get through to your email even if you have spam protection?

Recently there has been a huge increase in the amount of spam, or unwanted email advertisements, going to spam protection. Even the best spam protection cannot block 100% of these.

Did you know: Summer’s coming – and the temperature can kill your hard drive

With higher temperatures, your computer has to work harder than ever to operate normally.

Did you know: Microsoft Word has a lot of Shortcut keys!

These are just a few: Ctrl + A = Select All Ctrl + B = Bold highlighted selection Ctrl + C = Copy selection Ctrl + V = Paste the copied items Ctrl + P = Print Ctrl + I = Italics Ctrl + U = Underline Ctrl + Z = Undo Ctrl + Y... Read more »

Windows 7 Tips

by Mike Shinn Remote Engineer mshinn@ciosolutions.com

Social Networking: Can a Regionally Focused Business get a Return

If you are like us, then you are a regional business that is trying to determine what the true opportunity surrounding social networking is. If you are like us everyone is reminding us of this opportunity, your employees, your friends, your vendors and even the messages that make it past your spam filter.

Juniper vs Cisco: A Partner Perspective

We became a Juniper Networks Partner when they purchased Netscreen about 5 years ago. Typically we see partner programs go downhill when a big company eats a smaller one.

Microsoft’s Vision: A Partner Perspective from WPC09

Microsoft is entering a new era of competition. Cloud based apps, like those from Google and Zoho, seem to have the momentum or at least the hype on their side. Combine this with the failure that was Vista and the other viable operating system choices in the market such as Mac or Ubuntu. It all… Read more »