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Maintenance plans are available. Keep your PC running efficiently and help to extend its life with a quarterly visit from a technician!

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Daily Tip (MAC): Want to change an icon to something more to your liking? First, find the icon you want. Then click on it, and hit Command+C to copy it. Click on the icon you want to change, and use Command+I to launch the folder info. Click on the old icon in the folder and use Command+V to paste the new icon.

Daily Tip: Microsoft gets up-to-date by allowing you to write your blog posts and then publish them from Word. You can create a post by clicking on the Office button > New and selecting "New blog post." Word will ask you to provide your blog administrative information—after you enter it, it will allow you to send posts simply by clicking the Publish icon at the top left-hand corner.

Daily Tip: If you want to display a Gadget on your desktop instead of the Sidebar, right-click the Gadget, select "Detach from Sidebar," and just drag the Gadget where you want it on your screen. To reattach it, right-click it again and select "Attach to Sidebar."

Daily Tip: The new Windows Defender antispyware program not only protects your system from rogue applications, but it can also help you prune your slate of programs that load at startup, which can affect performance. Open Windows Defender (from the taskbar or Start > All Programs), then click Tools > Software Explorer. Highlight the name of each program you don't want running at startup, then click Disable > Yes.

Daily Tip: First, Word could check your spelling, and then your grammar; now it can even critique your writing style. If you're concerned about things like wordiness and improper use of the passive voice, have Word 2007 check for them. Click the Office button > Word Options > Proofing. Under Writing Style, select Grammar & Style from the dropdown.

Daily Tip: If you're using a notebook PC, you can specify how Vista reacts when you shut its lid. Click Start > Control Panel, then click on Mobile PC. Under Power Options, click on "Change what closing the lid does." Next to "When I close the lid:" specify the resulting action when you shut your notebook. You can choose different options for when it's plugged in and when it's using battery power.

Daily Tip: It's always a good idea to lock your PC if strangers are nearby and you step away for a few minutes. Just press Windows key+L to lock your PC. Alternatively, you can set your screensaver (via the Screensaver tab in Display Settings under Control Panel) to require a password if it's deactivated by checking the box in "Settings" that says "On resume, password protect."

Daily Tip: It's hard to believe, but as you add programs to your PC, Windows XP doesn't automatically alphabetize the list of apps it shows when you select All Programs from the Start menu. But you can tell XP to sort them alphabetically by simply right-clicking on a program or folder name in the All Programs list and selecting Sort by Name in the pop-up menu.

Daily Tip: Want Internet Explorer to open two or more tabs when you start it up? Go to Tools > Internet Options, then type as many addresses as you want (on individual lines) in the "Home page" field.

Daily Tip: Windows Key+M is the shortcut to keep in mind when you are at work doing anything but working—it allows you to minimize all of your open windows, leaving just the desktop exposed. To restore the windows, hit Windows key+Shift+M. This is a handy shortcut to have around the next time your boss is wandering through the office.

Daily Tip (for Windows Vista): In the Accessories folder on the Start menu, you'll find Vista's Snipping Tool, which lets you capture just the part of the screen you want. Start it up, click and drag the mouse to outline the area you want to preserve, and release the mouse button. After you've snipped, you can draw on the image with a pen tool, highlight or erase certain portions, or save it to a file.

Daily Tip: If you're trying to eliminate every extraneous mouse click, you can shut down your computer with an icon on the desktop. Right-click on your desktop, click "New," and then click "Shortcut." In the "Type the location of the item" field, type "shutdown -s -t 00" to give you a way to shut down the computer immediately. (Change the -s to -r to create a reboot shortcut instead.)