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	<title>Andy Rathbone</title>
	<link>http://www.andyrathbone.com</link>
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		<title>Favorite Windows Key shortcuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Almost everybody knows at least one Windows Key shortcut: Simply press the Windows Key () and the Start menu opens, ready for you to launch a program with a click of the mouse.
Yet, Windows comes with about 30 other Windows Key shortcuts, where you hold down the Windows Key and press a single letter or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andyrathbone.com/2010/03/10/favorite-windows-key-shortcuts/</link>
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		<title>How to block Farmville spam on Facebook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: I like keeping track of my friends&#8217; activities on Facebook, but I don&#8217;t really care to read about their accomplishments in FarmVille. Do I have to unfriend my FarmVille-obsessed friends to stop their FarmVille messages?
A: One of many Facebook games, FarmVille draws millions of people together to be virtual farmers, letting them grow vegetables [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andyrathbone.com/2010/03/08/how-to-block-farmville-spam-on-facebook/</link>
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		<title>The missing Contacts list in Outlook Express</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: The Contacts area is missing from Outlook Express. The Contacts list is so helpful when composing my emails;  I just click the address in the Contacts folder, and it appears in the e-mail&#8217;s &#8220;To&#8221; line. Help!
A: Many Windows programs let you customize their layout, showing only the portions you find useful and hiding the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andyrathbone.com/2010/03/05/the-missing-contacts-list-in-outlook-express/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s this &#8220;View Source&#8221; gibberish?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: Page 158 in Windows Vista for Dummies  shows Internet Explorer&#8217;s Page button. When I press the Page button and choose View Source from the menu, an enormous amount of gibberish appears. Why can&#8217;t I delete that?
A: When you open Internet Explorer, click the Page button, and choose View Source from the drop-down menu, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andyrathbone.com/2010/03/03/whats-this-view-source-gibberish/</link>
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		<title>Internet Explorer won&#8217;t let me send pages or links by e-mail!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: On Internet Explorer 8&#8217;s Page menu, the &#8220;Send Page by E-mail&#8221; and &#8220;Send Link by E-mail&#8221; options are both &#8220;grayed out,&#8221; and I can&#8217;t choose them. I normally  log on to a Web site to send and receive my e-mail.
A: Windows 7 lacks an e-mail program, which causes more than a few problems. Microsoft [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andyrathbone.com/2010/03/01/internet-explorer-wont-let-me-send-pages-or-links-by-e-mail/</link>
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		<title>Why do the names of my music files keep changing?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: I keep my song files in a single folder, listed in alphabetical order. I play them with Media Player 11, which came with Windows 7.
Some music files have the same title, but performed by different artists. To avoid duplicate file names, I added the name of the artist or group in parentheses, like In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andyrathbone.com/2010/02/23/why-do-the-names-of-my-music-files-keep-changing/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the difference between a System Image and a regular backup in Windows 7?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: I want to mirror my hard drive on an external hard drive. On page 237 of Windows 7 For Dummies, your book says &#8220;the  [Backup and Restore] program also creates a system image &#8211; an exact copy of the drive Windows 7 lives on.&#8221; Is this what I want?
A: Windows 7&#8217;s Backup and Restore [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andyrathbone.com/2010/02/19/system-image-vs-regular-backup-in-windows-7/</link>
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		<title>How do I retrieve what I&#8217;ve saved when I press Ctrl+S?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: I have a real dummy question. If I press Ctrl+S, how do I retrieve the material that I saved?
A: Holding down the Ctrl key and pressing the letter &#8220;s&#8221; is one of many Windows shortcut keys. Shortcut keys are time savers, letting you keep your fingers on the keyboard while working, rather than knocking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andyrathbone.com/2010/02/17/how-do-i-retrieve-what-ive-saved-when-i-press-ctrls/</link>
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		<title>Why do icons for other users&#8217; programs appear on my desktop and Start menu?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: Every time my children download and install a program, that program&#8217;s icon appears on my desktop, as well as their own desktop. Their icons appear my Start menu, too. How can I prevent this from happening?
A: Your kids are probably installing programs that automatically install themselves for all account holders of the PC to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andyrathbone.com/2010/02/16/why-do-icons-for-other-users-programs-appear-on-my-desktop-and-start-menu/</link>
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		<title>Windows has blocked some startup programs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: In Windows Vista, I&#8217;m now seeing a small window appearing at the screen&#8217;s bottom-right corner saying, &#8220;Windows has blocked some startup programs.&#8221;
 How do I get rid of this message?
A: You&#8217;re seeing yet another annoying Windows Vista feature. When you try to run some programs, Vista&#8217;s User Account Control (UAC) normally steps in, asking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andyrathbone.com/2010/02/10/windows-has-blocked-some-startup-programs/</link>
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