http://www.syspanacea.com Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:10:53 GMT en-us http://www.syspanacea.com Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:44:22 GMT Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:44:22 GMT <b>Turn off Suggested Sites in IE8.</b><p>Suggested Sites is one of the new features introduced in Internet Explorer 8. To disable Suggested Site option, open <b>Internet Explorer, </b>goto <b>Tools > Internet Options, Advanced Tab</b> and uncheck <b>Enable Suggested Site </b>option under Browsing. Internet Explorer HelpnSupport@syspanacea.com (Help n Support) http://www.syspanacea.com Tue, 2 Feb 2010 15:34:51 GMT Tue, 2 Feb 2010 15:34:51 GMT <b>Remove and Prevent access to Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate buttons in Windows 7 using Group Policy.</b><p>Click on Start/Orb button, type in gpedit.msc and hit Enter. This will open Group Policy Editor. Navigate to <b>User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar</b>. From left pane look for <i>Remove and prevent access to the Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate commands </i>setting. Enable the policy. The setting goes into effect right away for all users of the machine. The button to turn off the computer if the user hits Ctrl+Alt+Del will be gone as well. This policy setting prevents users from performing the following commands from the Start menu or Windows Security screen: Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate. This policy setting does not prevent users from running Windows-based programs that perform these functions. If you enable this policy setting, the Power button and the Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate commands are removed from the Start menu. The Power button is also removed from the Windows Security screen, which appears when you press CTRL+ALT+DELETE. Windows 7 HelpnSupport@syspanacea.com (Help n Support) http://www.syspanacea.com Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:29:53 GMT Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:29:53 GMT <b>Rename the Guest Account in Windows.</b><p>To change the name of Guest account in Windows 7, Go to Start/Orb Button > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy. Under Local Security Policy go to <i>Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options and under Policy on the left side select Accounts: Rename guest account</i>. Change the name of the account according to your choice. Windows 7 HelpnSupport@syspanacea.com (Help n Support) http://www.syspanacea.com Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:50:03 GMT Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:50:03 GMT <b>Track the event when you shutdown Windows 7 using Group Policy.</b><p>Like Windows 2003 and Windows 2008, you can add Shutdown Event Tracker when you shutdown Windows 7 machine. Click on Start/Orb button, type in gpedit.msc and hit Enter. This will open Group Policy Editor. Navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System. From left pane look for <i>Display Shutdown Event Tracker</i> setting. Enable the policy. Next time when you shutdown machine, shut down dialog box will appear with Shutdown Event Tracker. Windows 7 HelpnSupport@syspanacea.com (Help n Support) http://www.syspanacea.com Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:49:32 GMT Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:49:32 GMT <b>Import an Access Database into Excel 2010.</b><p>In Office 2010, you can import MS Access database files in MS Excel. To import Access file, open a new Excel file, click on the Data tab > Get External Data click on From Access. Browse the location of the MS Access database file you want to import. It will prompt for selecting the database, in case you have several tables. Ms-Excel HelpnSupport@syspanacea.com (Help n Support) http://www.syspanacea.com Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:35:26 GMT Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:35:26 GMT <b>Hide the Dock in Mac using a shortcut</b>.<p>To hide the dock in Mac, press Alt+Cmd+D i.e. Option+Command+D combination. Press the same combination to get the dock back. Mac HelpnSupport@syspanacea.com (Help n Support) http://www.syspanacea.com Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:57:41 GMT Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:57:41 GMT <b>Use the GodMode in Windows 7.</b><p>Use the God Mode in Windows 7 to access most of the settings of Windows. To access Gode Mode, create a new folder and rename to <i>GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}</i>. Now double click to access most of your settings from single location.<br><i>You can rename the folder according to your choice but append the exact GUID value .{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} is important.</i> Windows 7 HelpnSupport@syspanacea.com (Help n Support) http://www.syspanacea.com Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:46:20 GMT Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:46:20 GMT <b>Cancel loading of files in Office 2010, if you open it by mistake.</b><p>In case, you open office application by mistake, you can close it during loading of files. When office application splash screen appears, click on Cancel button located at lower right side. This will close the application and you need not to wait the application to load and then close it.<br><i>[Kindly note, Microsoft Office 2010 tips are posted before its official release, this tip might change at the time of release]</i>. Ms-Word HelpnSupport@syspanacea.com (Help n Support) http://www.syspanacea.com Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:45:30 GMT Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:45:30 GMT <b>Create pdf files through Microsoft Office 2010.</b><p>Using Office 2010, you can now save your files in pdf format. Create/open your document. Goto backstage view and click on Save As button. A dialog box will appear, type the file name and select format as pdf. Click on Save button. Your document is now saved as pdf format.<br><i>[Kindly note, Microsoft Office 2010 tips are posted before its official release, this tip might change at the time of release]</i>. Ms-Word HelpnSupport@syspanacea.com (Help n Support) http://www.syspanacea.com Tue, 8 Dec 2009 13:37:26 GMT Tue, 8 Dec 2009 13:37:26 GMT <b>Save the captured screenshots at your favorite location.</b><p>Mac OS X keeps all the captured screenshots at desktop, by default but you can change it to your favorite location. From <i>Terminal</i>, execute the command <b>defaults write com.apple.screencapture location <i>/your location</i></b>. After execution run another command to refresh the changes<b>killall SystemUIServer</b>. Mac HelpnSupport@syspanacea.com (Help n Support)