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Entries for November, 2007

Phishing - general advice to help you stay safe online

“Phishing Scams” are a way for cyber criminals to steal confidential information and even your identity.  Scammers send out thousands of emails pretending to be credit card companies, banks (including paypal), online auction sites (like ebay) and other organisations.
Phishing scams normally contain a serious incentive or technical reason why you need to visit their site, [...]

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Microsoft Office 2007 Pro - Cheap for Uni Students

At Brandstar we often get asked about deals on Microsoft Office for students and recently we have come across an almost unbelievable offer! Microsoft are offering university students Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate for under £40! Not bad eh? We believe this offer will run until April 2008, but would suggest you take advantage [...]

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How to clear the recent documents in Office 2007

In Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft have disabled the function of being able to clear or edit the ‘recent documents list’. However, Brandstar have discovered a way to do this! All you need to do is follow the instructions below. You will need to have some knowledge of computers to do this.1. [...]

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Windows XP on the Go Slow

Many clients are contacting us at the moment about their computers going slow, and often this is due to lack of memory that was installed when the machine was bought.  But there are some steps that you can take to ensure smooth running of your machine.
I came across this excellent article on the Microsoft site [...]

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Brandstar Technical Resource Area

At Brandstar we like to provide follow up resources for our clients as well as on site support and a range of these resources will be made available online.
These resource documents will be aimed at our clients and their needs, however can be used to assist anyone who wishes to use them.
As I write there [...]

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iGoogle, make the most of Google!

Good Morning!
As you can imagine, here at Brandstar we spend a fair amount of time in front of our computers! If you are anything like us you will want quick access to sites and information you regularly visit! Enter iGoogle!
Formally known as Google Personalized Homepage but was renamed iGoogle at the end of April [...]

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Mozilla Firefox instead of Internet Explorer

There are a number of different Web Browsers available depending on which operating system you are running all have their good points and bad points. My favourite of all the ones I have tried (which is most of them) across multiple platforms is Mozilla Firefox.
Across the opensource community there is a wide dislike of Microsoft [...]

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AVG Internet Security

Ask any client of Brandstar and they will tell you that we highly recommend AVG AntiVirus tools and have done for some time.
Recently at Brandstar we have been testing AVG’s Internet Security Package, mainly its Anti Spam capabilities because the most common irritation our clients are having is with the constant rise in Spam Emails [...]

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Work Experience Students at Brandstar UK!

This last week at Brandstar we have had two work experience students from one of the local collages here working with us and observing various aspects of our work as well as visiting client sites with us.
At Brandstar we beleive it is important to invest in young people so rather than just letting these [...]

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