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| Inverse Selections Have you ever needed to select *most* of the files in a folder using Windows Explorer? Maybe you're copying them to a floppy, moving them to new home, or doing some other type of exciting file management activity. In any case, it can be a hassle since most of us just select up to the first file we don't want, do whatever it was we were going to do with the files, then move on to the next section. Here's a better way! First, select the files you DON'T want. If there are multiple files that you don't want, hold down your Ctrl key as you select the files. I know, it sounds like I've finally lost it, but stick with me here. Next, go to the Edit menu and select " Invert Selection " from the menu. The files you selected previously are now deselected and everything else is selected. It's almost like magic, isn't it? Want another one? OK, take this: Go into the folder with the files you want, hit Ctrl+A (that will select the whole mess). Next, hold down your Ctrl key and click the files you don't want. That'll deselect 'em good. Note: If you're using Windows 7 you may not see a menu bar at the top of your explorer window. Press your ALT key to make it pop up. ~ Steve Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version --- Missing Volume Control Icon? Hey, Windows 7 users. Have you ever lost your volume icon? You go to change your volume by using the little icon that sits in the bottom right hand corner of your desktop (right next to your clock) and it's nowhere to be found? So aggravating! Well, If you're using Windows 7, the fix is easy! First, click the Start orb, and in the search box (which appears directly above), type System icons. This should populate a list. Click the one that says "Customize icons on the taskbar." In the next window, click Turn system icons on or off. Now, in this final window, make sure the dropdown box next to Volume is set for On. Click OK when you're finished, and your volume icon should be restored! Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version
Road Trips - From Business Trips to Family Vacations... GETTING LOST IS SO LAST DECADE! You Just Need a GPS Unit - And We've Got it! Getting Lost Can Be Dangerous - Don't End up in the 'Hood at Night! GET THIS BRAND NEW NEXTAR GPS AND KNOW THE ROAD AHEAD! Crystal Clear 4.3'' Touchscreen Display - Voice Command Directions! Comes with an SD Card Preloaded With an ENTIRE Map of America! Amazing GPS Even Plays MP3's and Displays JPEG Images! Fact: Retail for This Unit is $280 - That's INSANE! We've Got The Same Exact One For Just $69.99!
Getting Lost is SO Last Decade... I mean, there's just no excuse for it these days. No matter where you need to go in the world, if you have an address, you shouldn't have ANY problem getting there. This is the digital age, and relics like road maps are obsolete. Oh, and stopping to get directions from some toothless man at a secluded gas station? Forget about it! It's Time: You need a QUALITY GPS Unit, and we've got it! If you've been putting off getting yourself a GPS unit, now's the time to get one! We've got an outstanding deal on a top-of-the-line unit brought to you by Nextar - a trusted brand! Check it out! First Thing's First: It's SIMPLE to Use! Plug it into the cigarette lighter in your car, turn it on, and set your destination! You'll get voice commands for every singe turn! Seriously, if you have this GPS, it's IMPOSSIBLE to get lost! So let's say you're driving out of state. Push the Destination button, put in the state and address (or just the address if it's local), and hit "Go." That's it! You're now going to get turn by turn instructions spoken to you! So now that that's outta the way, let's talk details. Awesome, cutting edge details! Crystal Clear 4.3'' Touch Screen It's a thing of beauty, really. Once you have your unit mounted, you'll have absolutely no problems navigating the screen. It's a touch screen, so you control everything with your fingertips. Look down at your screen, and you'll see the road you're on, the direction you're going, even the distance you've travelled and how much further you have to go. It even has a built-in speed alert! And since it's a back-lit screen, it's clear as day...even in the dark! It's the safe, effective, fool-proof way to travel, and that's just the beginning! Would you believe me if I told you it talked? It Talks. You Listen. Keep Your Eyes on the Road! Every turn, every merge - it's spoken to you through crystal clear voice prompts! So don't worry about constantly looking at your unit for direction. This thing is like having the best passenger in the world: one that tells you the EXACT directions, no matter where you're going, and never argues. Comes With a Preloaded Digital Map of America! That's right - this package comes with an SD card that's been preloaded with a map of the ENTIRE USA and Puerto Rico! Travel ANYWHERE and never worry about getting lost again! Amazing GPS Unit Even Plays MP3's and Displays JPEG Images! Sweet! You can listen to your tunes on the go - just pop in an SD card that has your favorite music on it, kick back and rock out! The photo viewer is perfect for viewing your vacation pics too! Just pop your SD card outta your digital camera and into the GPS to get a slideshow of your pics on the MASSIVE 4.3'' touch screen - crystal clear quality! Talk about a GPS that really helps pass the time during a long trip! Awesome Package Deal! When you get this Nextar GPS unit, you're not just getting the GPS - you're getting an entire package deal! Check this out: One AMAZING Deal - Only for Today! This BRAND NEW Nextar Q4 4.3" Touchscreen Portable GPS Navigation System retails For $279.95! We're giving you 75% off the retail price - just $69.99 and US Shipping is free!! That's an incredible deal, and it's only good for today - don't wait! http://store.worldstart.com/product/5691 PS - Quantities on this one are extremely limited - so head to the store, before they're gone! Sick & Tired of Those Dark Rooms in Your Home? Don't Spend a Fortune on a Lighting System - Get the 5 LED Sensor Light! IT'S MOTION SENSORED - GET A FLOOD OF LED LIGHT WITH A TAP! It's 5 LED's Worth of Fully Functional Wireless Beauty! Tool and Hardware Free - Self Adhesive Hanging! 100% WIRELESS - RUNS ON BATTERIES! MAKE ANY ROOM SHINE! Pick it - Stick it - Adjust it: The LED Lights Swivel to Cover ANY Angle!  Life Shouldn't Be So Dark... Aren't you tired of opening up your closet when you get up in the morning and using a flashlight to decide what to wear? Are you sick of stumbling around in your pantry, tool shed or garage, falling over various objects while trying to find just ONE thing? You'd LOVE to do something about it, but there's a problem: there's no wiring running through these areas, therefore NOWHERE to install a bulb or lamp! You're not alone...and we've got the PERFECT SOLUTION! 5 LED Lights. No Outlets. No Wiring. NO ASSEMBLY! The GENIUS FACTORY just put this thing out on the market, and it's going to make your life SO much better! Imagine being able to walk into that dark closet, hallway, pantry, garage or anywhere else you lack light...and being able to turn on 5 super bright LED lights with the tap of your hand! That's what this does! And it's unbelievably easy to use, too. There's no assembly required, no electricity, either. This runs on batteries that last FOREVER (due to the efficiency of LED bulbs). In fact, you don't even have to use tools to hang it. Check this thing out!  Swiveling LED Bulbs - Motion Sensored Tap Technology! Remember - this is 5 Swiveling LED bulbs we're talking about! It's bright and efficient sure, but did you catch that? The lights on this thing actually swivel - meaning you can angle and adjust the light to your liking, or shine light in a particular spot or area! Talk about convenience! Motion Sensor Madness! Forget about looking around in the dark for the switch. Don't worry about a pull chain. All you have to do to turn this thing on is tap it! There's a sensor inside the base that knows when you tap the light, and once you do...you'll be flooded with the power of 5 LED bulbs! Tool and Hardware Free Hanging - Pick it & Stick it!  Yep - the old pick and stick. That's the first thing you'll notice about this light. There's no need to drill it in. No need for tools and messes. Just stick the adhesive backing anywhere you need light, and it's hung! If there's ANY room in your home that doesn't have wiring and you need BRIGHT light, this is EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED! Works perfectly in your car, too! That's right, it's self adhesive, so you can stick it on the inside roof of your car for a FAR better light than that weak yellow overhead bulb. We spend a lot of time in the car, and this awesome feature shouldn't be overlooked! It's Also QUITE the Looker... It's an elegant looking light, as you can see. So if you'd like extra light in a common room like a kitchen or living room, you don't have to worry about an eye-sore! This light is sleek and slim, and there's no ugly chain hanging down. Couple that with the stylish liquid metallic color, and you're looking at a nice, fully functional piece of LED art! Seriously, hang 'em in the kitchen and people are gonna think they cost a fortune! And Speaking of Costing a Fortune - This Does NOT! Hey, this is Worldstart you're dealing with, not some big box store! Your price for this super versatile, super bright light? Just $12.97 with FREE US SHIPPING included! This amazing offer is ONLY good for today, so order now! http://store.worldstart.com/product/7838
Gloria from CA writes: I have a web site that I use daily and have to type the www address every time. Is there a way to give it an icon and pin it to the toolbar? Thanks! You can do this by creating a new shortcut on your desktop to the website address, then pin it to the task bar. It's really easy! Step 1) Right click on an empty area of your desktop and go down to New then left click create Shortcut. Step 2) Type into the "Type the location of the item:" box the full website address begining with http://www. For example if you want to go to worldstart.com type in: http://www.worldstart.com and press Next Step 3) Type in a name for the shortcut describing what it is in the "Type a name for this shortcut:" box and press Finish. Step 4) The next step is to pin your web browser to your task bar if it's not already there. Click Start > Programs > then go to your internet web browser icon, right click it and select Pin to Taskbar. (If you already have an internet browser icon always on your task bar (even when you close your web browser), you can skip this step. Step 5) Click and hold the mouse button on the shortcut you made to the website and drag it over to your internet browser icon on your task bar. Once it is over it, let go of the mouse button. Step 6) Now when you right click on internet explorer you should see your link at the top of the menu! You can add other pinned items to this the same way. The same instructions work with Firefox. You can also drag the shortcut on to your start menu to put it there or just leave it on your desktop and click the desktop icon to go right to the website. ~Tim Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version --- Dennis from MD writes: I recently purchased a 32GB USB Flash Drive. Using Windows 7′s computer button to view all system connections, I selected the new drive and requested its properties via a right-click. It indicated a capacity of 32,027,770,880 Bytes followed with 29.8GB. USB Flash Drives, along with hard drives and other types of computer storage, are measured in bytes. The problem is that the definition of a megabyte/gigabyte isn't really the same between computers and storage manufactures. A computer says a kilobyte is 1024 bytes and a megabyte is 1024 kilobytes. So one megabyte (one million bytes) is actually 1,048,576 bytes. To get to 32 gigabytes you have to multiply 1024 (bytes) x 1024 (kilobytes) x 1024 (megabytes) x 32 (gigabytes) which gives you 34,359,738,268 bytes of information. However, computer hard drive and storage makers had the clever idea that a gigabyte is defined as a "billion" bytes, so why do they need to give you extra bytes you didn't pay for just because someone who made the PC decided 1024 bytes are in a kilobyte? So industry practice is to label things in even numbers, even though computers will see less space as measured in GB. You do get 32,000,000,000 bytes when you buy 32GB, but your PC isn't counting the same way everyone else would! ~Tim Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version Do you have a question for us? Ask it here!
Android 4.0 Home Screen Browser Shortcuts There are many logical reasons for browser shortcuts; convenience, efficiency, etc. or, in my case–somewhat less logically–annoyance. Due to a sensitivity (paranoia?) to permissions required by Android apps, I decided that the most recent Facebook for Android app finally asked for one too many annoying and meddlesome permissions, when it required the ability to record audio and take pictures and videos. Read the rest here! (Want these tips in their entirety? Sign up for Premium!) --- When is Big Too Big? The New Samsung Galaxy SIII Phone You know the phrase "Bigger is Better"? Well, after many years (and a lot of broken buttons on pants) most fast food companies have realized that bigger isn't always better – although some major phone manufactures haven't caught on yet. Samsung recently announced the Samsung Galaxy SIII, a brand new 4.8″ screen Android 4.0 smartphone with the latest in technology. Featuring a 1280×720 pixel 4.8″ super AMOLED screen, a brand new quad-core 1.4 ghz processor, 1 GB of LPDDR2 ram,16, 32 or 64GB of built-in storage and 4G LTE on compatible networks. It's a beast on the specification charts, and will debut at the end of May in Europe and later on in the USA. There are issues, though. Read here! (Want these tips in their entirety? Sign up for Premium!) MS OneNote: Transferring Your Notes to Another MS Program There are times when we need our OneNote notes transferred to MS Word, PowerPoint or Excel. Maybe we're sending them to someone who doesn't have OneNote or maybe we need to incorporate them into a document. Whatever the reason, we've got information in OneNote and we want it in a different format… the question is how do we accomplish our goal? Get some answers here! (Want these tips in their entirety? Sign up for Premium!) --- Pamela from Illinois asks: My Dell computer, running Windows XP, cannot read CDs. When I put one in, I get the hourglass and nothing else. What could be wrong? The first question; was it a commercial CD or a copied disc? Sometimes copies of CDs are not finalized correctly, and they won't play in anything other than the machine in which they were burned. The second question; is it a CD or an unmarked DVD? Not all computers have the capability to play DVDs. Most of the newer models can play almost any type of disc, but older Dells aren't able to play certain discs. Make sure it's a CD you are putting in the computer. Get a fix here, XP Users! (Want these tips in their entirety? Sign up for Premium!) For stories, jokes, quotes and cartoons every day, sign up for our Just for Grins newsletter. This Web site is a really fun application! What you see is a map of the U.S.A. and what you're going to do is put in zip codes. Let's check it out! For example, type in my zip code: 43610 It will show you exactly where my zip code is on the map. Then if you click the Z key or click on the word Zoom, it will zoom in on that location. In the zoomed in mode, the other dots represent the zip codes near by. If you hold down the Shift key and type in more numbers, it will change the location. So, let's try 44052. That's the zip code I grew up in. The image of the map itself is all the dots of the zip codes. Isn't it interesting that it still keeps the shape of the country?! I like to put in random numbers and see where I end up. I found out where 72560, 81501 and 12345 were! Check this Web site out and remember to have fun with it! ~ Amanda Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version --- Since I learned to knit last summer, I've been obsessed with the craft. I love anything and everything knitting related, but the idea of mixing science (specifically in this case physics) with knitting makes me geek out! What I'm bringing you today is a video narrated by the astronaut Don Pettit from the International Space Station explaining how the physics in space work with a knitting needle and water. The video is just under six minutes long, and describes how satellites orbit and how the aurora borealis works. It is absolutely fascinating! What are you waiting for? Go check it out! You have to see it to believe it! http://exp.lore.com/post/19951296320/international-space-station-astronaut-don-pettit ~Amanda Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version Do you have a cool, non-commercial site that you want to share?Send it to Amanda at amanda@worldstart.com Trying to Transfer Files from One PC to Another? Stubborn PC Holding Your Important Files Hostage? Need a Miracle? A Ransom Payment? A Sledgehammer? NOPE - ALL YOU NEED IS THE TARGUS TRANSFER CABLE! Ridiculously EASY to Use! Just Connect Each End of the Cable to Each PC... AND DRAG AND DROP YOUR FILES - THAT'S IT!
No Drivers - No Networks - Plug & Play to the MAX!
Transfering files is a PAIN. You could literally spend DAYS trying to get the files you want transferred from one computer to another. We're talking countless hours burning CD's, emailing files to yourself...or worse: trying to use a stupid ethernet cable to sync the two PC's together. This DAUNTING task is nearly impossible, and by the end of it you'll be ready to destroy that dumb old computer! Seriously, whether you just got yourself a new PC or your friend is over with their PC and you're trying to swap/share files...if you don't have the right hardware, you're in for a HUGE fight. Why? Your Old Computer Has ALL Your Files...And it's NOT Giving Them Up Without a FIGHT!  Your old PC, jealous soul that it is, has ALL of your old files - and it's not giving them up easily! Have you ANY idea how much of a frustrating, time consuming hassle this can be? Yeah...it's TERRIBLE!Of course, you don't have to have a new PC to experience this problem. Maybe you just have two computers in the house, and you need to transfer things from one to the other. Or maybe your friend is over with his laptop, and you need to get photos, media, or anything else from his PC to yours...good luck with that! You need a simple solution. And we've got it - A cable to unify the masses!  You NEED the Targus Transfer Cable - Almost TOO Easy to Use! Like a knight in shining armor, this slick little cable makes the entire process FAST and EFFORTLESS! You'll be SHOCKED by the speed, STUNNED by the simplicity, and THRILLED by the results!  If you can plug one end of a cable into a USB port, and the other end into the other computer's USB port, guess what? You're ALREADY AN EXPERT! Once you've got the two computers connected to one another, a window pops up and lets you drag and drop your files from one PC to the other - THAT'S IT! ZERO COMPATIBILITY ISSUES: This cable supports everything from Win98 to Win7 with ZERO PROBLEMS! "Fast?" NO. "Greased Lightning?" YES! Powered by USB 2.0, you'll be transferring files at 480Mbps! That's LIGHTNING FAST, and you won't believe how quickly you'll be up and running! The best part is, you can keep this cable and use it any time, any where, between whatever PC's you so choose! So whether you're buying a new computer, or simply want to transfer files from one to another, you're all set with this brilliant cable! Transfer EVERYTHING!  ALL of Your Documents - Every Last One! ALL of Your Photos - From the Great ones to the Embarassing ones! Your ENTIRE Music Collection - NEVER go Without Your Tunes! Movies...and ANYTHING else - you name it, Targus will Transfer it! You Won't BELIEVE the Deal! http://store.worldstart.com/product/7285 A word of warning though - this was a VERY limited quantity buyout, so once these are gone, we can't get more. Don't get left out in the cold - GRAB this deal today or pay $14.97 soon (if there's any left)!
May Wallpaper! Check it out - our May wallpaper is ready to go! Also, we've been choosing only horizontal images for the wallpaper, but I get SO MANY requests for some of the vertical shots to be wallpaper, I just had to go ahead and do it. So, give it a try and let me know what you think by posting on the blog entry for this idea (Click Here) As always, all the desktop wallpaper below is 100% free.
It can all be found here: http://www.backcountrygallery.com/wallpaper/ Enjoy! ~Steve
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WorldStart Tech Tips 2012-05-18 
Setting it up takes mere minutes. There are six basic entries on the main menu: Destination, History, Nearest Points of Interest, Set as Home, Save to Favorite, and Settings. It's straight forward and TOTALLY user friendly. 
You know, it'd be one thing if you constantly had to keep looking at it to know where to turn next. That might be a little bit dangerous. 
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