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Houston, TX.June 2010
In This Issue
How To Keep Your Computer Running Great!
Sneak Peek at Microsoft Office 2010
iTunes Fake E-mail Virus Alert!
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Please enjoy this month's newsletter, this month we explain How To Keep Your Computer Running Great!, a Sneak Peek at Microsoft Office 2010, and the iTunes Fake E-mail Virus Alert!
 
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How To Keep Your Computer Running Great!

 
     Some of our clients that have been recently visited may have seen us clicking away at lightning speed cleaning up your computers using programs like cCleaner, Malwarebytes, and Disk Defragmenter.  Well I thought I would take a little more time to explain what we have been doing to help cleanup and keep your computers running faster.  First of all Windows has its own program called Disk Cleanup  which works pretty well for the most part, but we have found using a couple 3rd party programs and Microsoft's built in Disk Defragmenter to work even better. 
 
 
CCleaner
CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history.
 
 
Malwarebytes
Malwarebytes is a freeware tool that can identify and remove malicious software from your computer. When your computer becomes infected, Malwarebytes can provide the needed assistance to remove the infection and restore the machine back to optimum performance. Malwarebytes is not meant to replace any exiting anti-virus software but to be used in conjunction with your exiting anti-virus program.
 
Disk Defragmentor
Disk Defragmentor is a Microsoft built in program that rearranges fragmented files so your hard drive can work more efficiently.  Fragmentation is something that happens over time on your computer and makes your hard disk do extra work that can slow down your computer. 
 
 
The above mentioned order is the optimal sequence to run these programs.  You should at least run this once a month if not weekly. 
 
 
Sneak Peek at Microsoft Office 2010 
 

MS Office 2010 

     Microsoft® Office 2010 offers rich and powerful new ways to deliver your best work at the office, home, or school. Grab your audience's attention and inspire them with your ideas visually. Create results with people at the same time and stay connected to your files across the town or around the world. With Office 2010, you're in control of getting things done and delivering amazing results according to your schedule. See it in action and read what others are saying.

1. Express your ideas more visually

Office 2010 opens up a world of design options to help you give life to your ideas. The new and improved picture formatting tools such as color saturation and artistic effects let you transform your document visuals into a work of art. Combined with a wide range of new prebuilt Office themes and SmartArt graphic layouts, Office 2010 gives you more ways to make your ideas stick.

2. Accomplish more when working together

 

Brainstorm ideas, provide better version control, and meet deadlines faster when you work in groups. The co-authoring experience for Word 2010, PowerPoint 2010, Excel Web App and OneNote shared notebooks let you work on a file with several people at once - even from different locations.

 

3. Enjoy the familiar Office experience from more locations and more devices
With Office 2010, you can get things done more easily, from more locations and more devices. Using a smart phone or virtually any computer with an Internet connection, you can work when and where you want to work.

 

4. Create powerful data insights and visuals
Track and highlight important trends with new data analysis and visualization features in Excel 2010. The new Spark lines feature delivers a clear and compact visual representation of your data with small charts within worksheet cells. Filter and segment your PivotTable data in multiple layers using Slicers to spend more time analyzing and less time formatting.

 

5. Deliver compelling presentations
Captivate your audience with personalized videos in your presentation. Insert and customize videos directly in PowerPoint 2010-trim, add fades and effects, or bookmark key points in the video to call attention to selected scenes. Videos you insert are now embedded by default, relieving you from managing and sending additional video files.

 

6. Manage large volumes of e-mail with ease
With Outlook 2010 you can compress your long e-mail threads into a few conversations that can be categorized, filed, ignored, or cleaned up. The new Quick Steps feature let you perform multi-command tasks, such as reply and delete an e-mail in a single click, saving you time and inbox space.

 

7. Store and track all your ideas and notes in one place
Get the ultimate digital notebook for tracking, organizing, and sharing your text, picture, video and audio notes with OneNote 2010. New features such as version tracking, automatic highlighting, and Linked Notes give you more control over your notes so you're always on top of where your ideas came from and the latest changes when working in teams.

 

8. Get your message out instantly
Broadcast your PowerPoint presentation to a remote audience, whether or not they have PowerPoint installed. The new Broadcast Slide Show feature allows you to share your presentation through a Web browser quickly without additional set up.

 

9. Get things done faster and easier
Microsoft Office Backstage™ view replaces the traditional File menu to give you a centralized space for all of your file management tasks, such as the ability to save, share, print, and publish. The enhanced Ribbon across Office 2010 applications lets you access commands quickly and customize tabs to personalize the experience to your work style.

 

10.  Access work across devices and platforms
Enjoy the freedom of using Office 2010 from more locations on more devices. When you use Office 2010, you're getting the familiar and intuitive Office experience across PCs, Smart phones, and Web browsers on the go.

iTunes E-mail Virus Alert!
By Tom Limon 
  
Beware of FAKE iTunes e-mails thanking you for buying an iTunes Gift Certificate! The attachment is a zip file containing a virus.
 
See the screen capture below....
  
iTunes Virus Alert     
 
Thank You 
                     
Tom Limon
(713) 345-0144