Brian Burgess
Contributing since April, 2007
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About Brian Burgess
Brian Burgess worked in IT for 10 years before pursuing his passion for writing. He's been a tech blogger and journalist for the past seven years, and can be found on his about me page or Google+
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Zoom In On Emails In Outlook 2007
Sometimes it is necessary to be able to zoom in on electronic documents for easier viewing.
Joining the Social Network Craze
Well, I figured I would join The Geek in the social network-sphere (is that a word?) .
"Auto-Hiding" the Ribbon in Office 2007
In a previous article I wrote about minimizing The Ribbon in Office 2007.
Microsoft Download Center Beta
While updating my work computer I came across a pop up that was welcoming to the Microsoft Download Center Beta.
XP: Make Disk Cleanup Run Faster
If you have an older PC which has not had regular maintenance, updates, etc.
Send Email Replies To Another Recipient In Outlook 2007
Have you ever wanted to make sure that a reply goes back to more than one email address? You might want to have somebody automatically reply to your home and personal address, or you might want to make sure your boss is included on replies instead of having to forward the messages to him.
Funny Only To A Geek
I have heard and seen many funny situations in my IT career but today was the best one I have heard in a long time.
WINAMP 10th Anniversary Edition
After a buddy of mine pestered me enough about Winamp I finally decided to take the 10th Anniversary Edition for a test run.
Show Two Time Zones in Your Outlook 2007 Calendar
How many times have you tried to schedule a meeting and gotten the time wrong because the other participants are in another time zone?
Manually Record Journal Entries in Outlook 2007
One of the more overlooked features in Outlook is the ability to use it as a journal. You can customize how the journal records information on contacts and it also has the ability to put the actions in a timeline view.
Quick Tip: Move Folders in Outlook
When you want to categorize all of your email messages in Outlook a lot of people use Folders to achieve this.
XP: Enable or Disable Hibernation
Should I turn off my computer every night? Is it better to have it Hibernate? Should I have set it to Standby? What is the best option for my computer? I get these questions all week when people are asking about their home PC's.
PC Security: Easily Protect Your Home Computer For Free
I get home PC security questions all the time.
Word 2007: Track The Date And Time A Document Is Modified
When you have a document up on your network that several users have access to, it is nice to know the time and date it is modified.
Save To PDF From Microsoft Office 2007 Applications
In continuing with my apparent PDF theme this week, I thought it would be good to point out a nice Add-In for Microsoft Office 2007 which allows you to save or email documents in PDF format.
Creating PDF (Portable Document Format) files - Part 1
There are several ways to create PDF files out there.
Quick Tip: Email Your Calendar in Outlook 2007
Have you ever wondered if you can share your Outlook calendar with somebody else? This is one of those tips that you never notice until somebody points it out to you, but it's extremely easy to do.