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How to: Enable Facebook connector to work directly within Outlook.

TechTips.co.za — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:15:27 +0000

The Microsoft Outlook Social Connector Provider for Facebook allows you to connect your Facebook account to the Outlook Social Connector and obtain information about your friends and colleagues. You can see status updates and recently posted items from your Facebook contacts. You can also use Outlook Social Connector to display a quick view of related [...]

How to: Steps to prevent you FACEBOOK account from being hacked!

TechTips.co.za — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:22:43 +0000

Recently, there has been a lot of fuss over facebook & twitter accounts getting hacked. I just thought of pointing out some important points to be kept in mind while dealing with this situation.90% of such incidents occur due to carelessness of people who tend to click on suspicious/unknown links. Well I don’t blame them [...]

How to: set up BlackBerry Internet E-mail via your BlackBerry

TechTips.co.za — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:14:27 +0000

To set up BlackBerry Internet E-mail via your BlackBerry®, perform the following steps: Verify that your BlackBerry handheld is connected to the wireless network and is displaying uppercase GPRS in the top right corner. If your device is not displaying uppercase GPRS, go to BlackBerry Internet E-Mail Management and Troubleshooting. From the BlackBerry handheld Home [...]

Fix: Blackberry Enterprise Server – http error 413 request entity too large

TechTips.co.za — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:15:31 +0000

To Resolve “HTTP error 413 request entity too large” is received when attempting to browse to a web page using the BlackBerry Browser For BlackBerry Enterprise Server version 4.1 Simply follow these steps. 1. Open BlackBerry Manager. 2. On the left pane, click MDS-CS service. 3. On the right pane, click Edit Properties. 4. In the [...]

Phishing Scams: How Phishing Scams Work

TechTips.co.za — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:14:14 +0000

Phishing scams are just another attempt to get valuable information. Scammers send a mass email to every address they can find. Typically the message will appear to come from a bank or financial institution. The email states that you should update your information for one reason or another, and they usually provide a link that [...]

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 Installation

TechTips.co.za — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:14:21 +0000

Microsoft Hyper-V Server (HVS) 2008 is a hypervisor solution that is based on Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V. Unlike Windows Server 2008 which supports the installation of many different roles, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 is standalone virtualization software that does not support any additional roles. The installation of Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 will be very [...]

Windows 7: Search the Internet from Start Menu

TechTips.co.za — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:14:59 +0000

Search the Internet from Start Menu:The start menu search box is convenient way to search through PC – but you can also use this search box to perform double duty by making to search the internet from well within the Start menu search. To enable this log on with an administrator account and perform this: [...]

Windows 7: How to Enable hidden themes.

TechTips.co.za — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:11:39 +0000

Windows 7 by default has only few themes available for customization. People who are not satisfied with these in build themes can get few more themes for Windows 7 which are actually hidden. These themes are available for certain regional countries such as Australia, Canada, Great Britain, United States and South Africa. These themes can [...]

Windows 7: Set up or change automatic backup settings

TechTips.co.za — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:10:54 +0000

Backups help ensure that your files aren’t permanently lost or damaged. With automatic backups, you don’t have to remember to back up your files. You can change your automatic backup settings (such as how often you back up, the type of storage you use, or the types of files you back up) whenever you want. [...]

How to Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 on iPhone 4S and iPad 2 (A5) – Windows

TechTips.co.za — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:48:57 +0000

Simple step by step to jailbreak your A5 devices like the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 running iOS 5.0.1 using Absinthe, a tool created by the Chronic Dev Team with the help of pod2g. Ok 3 things before you jailbreak your Ipad 2. Compatible iOS device (iPhone 4S or iPad 2) Device updated to latest firmware which is iOS [...]

How to Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 on iPhone 4S and iPad 2 (A5) – Mac

TechTips.co.za — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:35:56 +0000