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We thought it might be nice to go back to basic's and highlight some of the most useful keyboard shortcuts that you can use. For example if you want to highligt text most of us take our hand from the keyboard, highlight the text using the mouse, clicking copy from the file menu and then putting our hand back in place on the keyboard. How about cutting out some of those moves to save time like highlighting the text by holding down the shift key and using your arrow keys to highlight, then simply press the Ctrl + C and you just copied the text you want. By learning some keyboard shortcuts you can work smarter, increase your productivity and reduce repetitive strain. Here are our top ten keyboard  shortcuts that you will use every day.

Ctrl + Home or Ctrl + End

Move the cursor to the beginning or end of a sentence or document. This is much quicker than doing it any other way, it's quick and automatic, no searching.

Ctrl + P

This will print the page you are viewing whether it's a document in Microsoft Word or a page on the Internet.

Ctrl + S

While your working on a document or any other file for that matter, pressing Ctrl + S will save that file. You really should get in the habit of doing this frequently so if you lose power or you accidently close the program your working in you won't lose all of the work you put into that piece.

Ctrl + C

Copy any highlighted text in a document. You can quickly highligt text in your document by moving the cusor to the start of the text you want highlighted, hold down the Shift Key and while holding down this key press the arrow key in the direction you want to highlight.

Ctrl + V

Once you have copied the highlighted text you want you will want to paste it some where else, by pressing Ctrl + V it will paste the text or object into your target file.

Ctrl + F

No matter where you are, in a word document, a Excel sheet or on the internet, pressing Ctrl + F will open a find window that you can type in the text you are trying to find.

Ctrl + Z

By pressing this combination you can Undo any changes you just made, very handy for quick repair. If you just cut some text that you did not want cut, usiing this will bring it back one letter or charecter at a time.

Ctrl + Y

This will Redo the Undo. Pretty cool. So let's say you think you made a mistake by deleting something and you use the Ctrl + Z to bring back the deleted text but then you decide no you were right the first time, use Ctrl + Y and your back to where you were.

Alt + Tab and Alt + Esc

This will enable you to switch between open programs moving forward.

   Tip: Press Ctrl + Tab to switch between tabs in a program

   Tip: Adding the Shift Key to Alt + Tab or Ctrl + Tab will let you move backwards. Lets say you press Alt + Tab and pass the program you wanted just press Alt + Shift + Tab and you will move back to your program.

Page Up, Space Bar, and Page Down

Pressing either the page up or page down key will move the page your on up or down one page at a time.

If your browsing the Internet pressing the space bar will also move the page down one page at a time.

If you press Shift and the Space Bar it will make the page you are on go up one page at a time.

So there you have them, 10 great shortucuts that you learn in no time and make typing easier. If you really want to dig into all the cool shortcuts windows offers check out Windows offical site: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Keyboard-shortcuts

Have you ever been somewhere and wanted to show a family photo or retrieve a document, only to realize that the file is on a home computer? The more connected our devices become, the more they increase our desire to access our information anywhere. TeamViewer, the all-in-one software for remote access of your devise just may be the answer.

Creating a password for any online site is important but especially for sensitive informational sites like your banking or investment accounts. This task should be taken very seriously and time spent on creating secure passwords to prevent someone from hacking into your accounts. To many people out there are not doing this and using terrible passwords leaving themselfs open to a hacker breaching their accounts. Splashdata, a security software developer, recently released its annual top 25 list of the most common account passwords being used on the internet and I was floored when I seen what people are using. Everyone knows there are bad guys out there trying to hack into anyones account they can get into and do as much damage as they can not to mention empting your bank account. Even with this threat there are still people out there not taking this very seriously. Here is the list of the 25 worst passwords being used:

We've all been there, your trying to log onto a site you know you created a password for but just can't remember it. Now comes the process of trying to figure out where you wrote that damn password. Did I put it on a piece of paper and hide it in my wallet, did I jot it down on that list that I keep in my desk drawer, is it in the drawer at my home office or my business, no wait, I  know where it is, it's in the file I saved on my computer. When you've exchusted all of these possibilities and can't find your password you either have to give up going on the site you've been trying to go on or start all over again to reregistar. Of course the problem with rejoining and creating a new password is you are going to go through the same process again, writing down your new password on a piece of paper or saving it to your computer etc just to be lost again.

To securely set up your email account in Outlook 2010, begin by thinking about which type of email service you want to use. The 2 main options are POP3 (Post Office Protocol) or IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol), the differences being that one (IMAP) interacts with the server in real-time and all messages remain on the server and are synced immediately (or at set intervals) with your computer, the other (POP) downloads all of the messages to your computer and when something is changed on your computer, like being read or deleted, the changes are "pushed" back onto the server at set intervals.

30 years ago, computers were an after-thought in most people's minds. They were good for academic work and business applications, but the average person never dreamed that they would become such an important part of our everyday life. Fast forward to 2012 and computers are in nearly every electronic object we interact with. There are even refrigerators with computers in them! Using computers has become second nature to most people. Whether it's the computer on your desk that you check Facebook on or the computer in your car that tells you how fast you are going, nearly everyone uses a computer of some form or another every day.  On top of that, many users 30 years ago did not have an idea of the enviromental impact a single PC can have.

If you have been paying attention lately, you will have seen that Microsoft has released it's newest version of of it's flagship operating system, Windows 8.  What does this mean for the masses?  Well many new things are in store for anyone who makes the change over to the new version, ranging from new features to a new look and general mode of operation.  In order to help you along with this, the geeks over at PC World have assembled a Start up Guide for Windows 8, Check it out here, price for the guide is $2.99-3.99 depending on the format you want.

         Who hasn’t bought a brand new shiny computer and then comes up against the issue of having to transfer all of those files from the old machine to the new one? Many times people will make this process much more difficult than it needs to be, they spend hours needlessly copying files across folder by folder or tweaking the desktop so it looks and feels exactly the way it used to. Then they go through the process of adding all of their shortcuts to the menus. Well there’s a better way!