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• Activation of Windows 10How Activation Works
• Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Reader DC Instructions
• Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Reader DC download
• Adobe Flash Player No Longer Supported
• ADSL
• ADSL Modem
• ADW Cleaner
• Adware Removal Tool
• Android
• Android Smart Phone I
• Android Smart Phone II
• Android - Samsung Manuals
• Any Audio Converter
• Anti-Virus
• Anti-Virus On-Line Virus Scan
• Anti-Virus Uninstall Tools
• Apache Open Office
• ASCII and Unicode
• ASCII Table
• ASCII Conversion Chart
• Audacity Sound File Editor I
• Audacity Sound File Editor II
• Audio File Formats Explained
• Audio Files - MP3 Volume Adjust
• Audio Files - MP3 Gain
• Audio File Converter - Switch

A - Other Places

• ABC Radio Live News
• Airport-codes LAX
• Aircraft Museum
• Almanac -Nautical
• Algebra Solver
• Alex Beach Live Web CAM
• Aljazeera
• American Practical Navigator
• Animated Knots
• Apollo Astronauts
• Apollo Moon Missions
• Archive - free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
• Astronomy Calendar of Events
• Audio Tone Generator (hearing test)
• Australian Army
• Australian Defense Magazine
• Australian Department of Defense
• Australian Navy News
• Australia Post

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• Background Pictures I
• Background Pictures II

Backup Programs

• - - Macrium Reflect
• - - Windows 10 File History
• - - Yadis

• Batteries on the Motherboard
• Battery Acid - How to Clean
• Binary Number System
• Bing Search Engine
• BIOS
• BIOS/UEFI
• BIOS/UEFI video
• Bits, Bytes, Megabytes
• Bits and Pieces
• Bleeping Computer
• Blue-Ray
• Bookmarks
• Broadband
• Build your Own Computer
• Bulk Rename Utility

Browsers

• - - Chrome
• - - Edge
• - - Firefox
• - - Safari
• - - Home Page Settings

B - Other Places

• Black Hole
• BOM - Weather Radar and Satellite
• Books from Amazon
• Books from Fishpond
• Books from Project Gutenberg
• Brigade Quartermaster Store
• Buderim Men's Shed

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• Caliber E-Book Reader and Converter
• CD/DVD Burner
• Character Map - € - £ - ¥ - ¢
• Chrome Web Browser
• Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts
• Chrome Web Store (Extensions)

Cleaning Tools

• - - CCleaner
• - - Glary Utilities 5
• - - Windows 10 Storage Sense

• Clipboard Windows 10
• Clipboard - Ditto
• Clone - How to Clone a Hard Drive using Macrium Reflect
• Cloud Computing
• Cloud Computing Dropbox
• Cloud Computing Google Drive
• Cloud Computing One Drive
• Compare Before you Purchase - Mobile Phone Plans

Computer Stores

• - - CPL Melbourne
• - - Harris Technology Melbourne
• - - Ink Station Sydney
• - - Jaycar Maroochydore
• - - MWAVE Sydney
• - - Megabuy Brisbane
• - - Office Works Maroochydore
• - - UMART Maroochydore
• - - Wagner Electronics Sydney

• Computer Virus
• Connectors - PC Connectors explained
• Controlled Folder Access - Windows Security
• CPU Central Processor Unit Explained
• CPU - Keeping it Cool
• CPU - Core Temp Program
• CPU Sockets - Intel CPU Sockets Explained
• CPU Sockets - AMD CPU Sockets Explained
• Cut, Copy and Paste
• Cut, Copy and Paste video

C - Other Places

• Calculator-Full Screen
• Calculator-Geometric shapes.
• Calculator-Scientific
• Calculator Tools I
• Calculator Tools II
• Celestial Navigation
• Constellations
• Conversions - Various Unit Conversions
• Computer Club Sunshine Coast
• Cooking Measurements - Standard Australian
• Cooking Measurement Charts
• Current Position of the Planets
• Currency Converter

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• DART - Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset
• DEBUT - Screen Recorder
• Digital Blasphemy Desktop Wallpaper
• Digital Media File Formats Explained
• Disk Partition
• Display Port
• Ditto - Clipboard

Downloading

• - - How to Download Safely
• - - How to Download Video and Audio Files explained
• - - Downloading Music (MP3) from Youtube using 4K
• - - 4K YouTube Video Downloader Website
• - - Download pictures from your telephone
• - - Download pictures from your camera
• - - Download Windows 10 Media Creation Tool

• Drivers - How to Update and how not to update
• Dropbox - Cloud Storage
• Duck Duck Go - Search Engine
• Dummies
• DVDsRipping
• DVD Ripping Tools - WIN X DVD Ripper

D - Other Places

• Distance Calculator using place names
• Distance Calculator using Lat and Long

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• EaseUS TODO Backup Program
• EaseUS Partition Master Setup
• Edge -Browser
• Email
• Error Occurred While Attempting to Create..
• Error 404
• Ethernet
• Everything Search
• ExFat File System

E - Other Places

• Earthquake Warning Australia
• Earthquake - Tsunami Warning Centre Pacific
• Earthquake - Tsunami Warning Centre Australia
• Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Electromagnetic Fields (EMF)

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• Facebook
• Facebook - Dangers of using Facebook
• Facebook Risks
• Favorites
• Filehippo - Software Download Site
• Firefox Web Browser
• Firefox Add-Ons
• Firefox 82 Shortcuts
• Flight Radar 24
• Fonts and Typing Special Characters: - € - £ - ¥ - ¢
• Foxit PDF Reader

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F - Other Places

• Financial Calculators
• Financial Formulas and Calculators

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• GIMP - Free Photo Edit Program
• Glary Utilities 5 Cleanup Utility
• Glossary I - Computer Tech Terms
• Glossary II
• GMAIL
• God Mode Master List of all Windows 10 Settings
• Google Chrome Web Browser
• Google Earth
• Google Search Engine
• Google Drive Cloud Storage
• Google - How to Check How Much Storage you have left
• Google Tips and Tricks
• Google Search Hidden Features
• GPU - Graphics Processor Unit (GPU) Explained
• GPU aka: Video Cards
• Group Policy
• Group Policy, How to open

G - Other Places

• Geography Game
• Geology and Earth Science
• Good Life Centre
• GPS Explained

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• Hacking
• Handbrake Video Converter
• Hard Drives
• Hard Drive Storage Explained
• HD Video Converter
• Hexadecimal
• Hexadecimal to Decimal Converter
• Hoax Slayer - Email Hoaxes
• Home Page
• Host Papa Web Host
• How To Geek

HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language):

• - - HTML - What is it?
• - - CSS - What is it?
• - - Java Script - What is it?
• - - Tutorial
• - - Color Picker
• - - Character Set
• - - Visual Studio Code Editor
• - - Markup Validation Service

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• Image Editor; Free Online
• iMazing - Transfer files between Windows and ipad, iphone
• Ink Station
• Internet Connections
• IOBIT Uninstaller
• IOBIT Unlocker
• IP Address - TCP/IP
• IrfanView Graphic viewer
• Install Windows 10
• ISO Files
• ISO TO USB
• Is It Down?
• iTunes

I - Other Places

• International Space Station

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• What is Java Script?

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• Keyboard and Shortcuts
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Key Finder

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• LAN - Local Area Network
• Laptop Service Manuals
• Laptop Batteries
• Libre Office Calc Guide
• Libre Office Writer Guide
• Libre Office
• Lifewire Tech Site

Linux

• What is Linux
• How to Install Linux
• How to Upgrade from Windows to Linux
• Linux Cook Book
• Linux For Dummies
• Linux commands
• Linux commands You Should Know
• Using the Terminal I
• Using the Terminal II
• What is Ubuntu?
• Download Ubuntu
• Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference
• Ubuntu Desk Top Guide

L - Other Places

• Latitude and Longitude Finder
• Lightning Tracker

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• M.2 Slot
• M.2 Solid State Hard Drives (SSD) - M.2 / NVME / SATA Explained
• Macrium Reflect - How to Clone a Hard Drive using Macrium Reflect
• Macrium Reflect
• Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder
• Major Geeks Software Download Site
• Malware
• Malwarebytes
• Malwarebytes - Instructions
• Media Creation Tool Instructions
• Media Creation Tool
• Memory RAM - YouTube Video
• Memory RAM - HowToGeek
• Memory explained
• Memory RAM Limitations explained
• Memory and Storage Converter

Microsoft - ↑Index↑

• - - Microsoft Home
• - - Microsoft 365 - Name change from Office 365
• - - Microsoft Account / Local User Account
• - - How to create a New Microsoft Account
• - - Enable Hidden Administrator Account
• - - How to change the email address on your Microsoft Account
• - - How to completely delete your Microsoft Account
• - - Microsoft User Account Fails Logon
• - - Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset
• - - Microsoft Knowledge Base
• - - Microsoft Office
• - - Microsoft Office Tutorial
• - - Microsoft Office 365 Instruction Manual
• - - Microsoft Office 2019 Instruction Manual
• - - Microsoft Photo Gallery
• - - Microsoft One Drive Cloud Computing
• - - Microsoft Word; how to reset to Default Values

• MiniToll Partition Wizard
• Modem/Router
• Modems and Routers
• Modems
• Motherboards I
• Motherboards II
• Mouse Pointers - Windows 10
• Mouse Pointers - Windows 7 or Windows 8
• MSN - Search Engine
• MWAVE - Computer Store

Music Programs

• - - Audacity Sound File Editor
• - - Audio Formats Explained
• Audio Files - MP3 Volume Adjust
• - - MP3 Gain
• - - MP3-Switch Audio File Converter
• - - MP3 Tag
• - - VLC Media Player
• - - Windows Media Player
• - - 4K - Downloading Music (MP3)
• - - Music Video Jukebox

M - Other Places

• Map Reading for Kids
• Maritime Safety Information
• Maritime Shipping News
• Math is Fun
• Math is Fun - Solving Triangles
• Metric Conversions
• Military Manuals
• Mobile Phone Networks 5G and Millimeter Wave Bands
• Mobile Phone Networks
• Moon - Motion of the Moon
• Moon - Why does it Rise 50 Minutes later each night?

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• NBN Web Site
• Setting up NBN
• NBN Fiber to the Premises
• Netflix
• Network
• Ninite - Software Download Site
• Norton Removal Tool
• Notepad++
• Notepad On Line
• NTFS File System
• Number Systems (Binary, Decimal, Hex)
• NVME Drives

N - Other Places

• Navigation Charts
• News - ABC TV
• News - Al Jazeera
• News - BBC
• News - CNN
• News.com.au
• News - Reuters
• NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology - Time

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• OBS Studio
• OCR (on-line)
• Simple OCR
• Office 365 Instruction Manual
• On-Line Virus Scan
• OneDrive on Windows 10 beginner's guide
• One Drive Cloud Computing
• One Drive Error Notice - When you try to Restore Default Location of Documents.
• Documents Linked to One Drive - How to Unlink
• Open Office
• Optical Disk formats explained
• Outlook

O - Other Places

• Old Farmers Almanac

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• Pandora - Recover deleted files
• Password Reset
• Partitions; What is a Partition?
• Partition Manager Paragon
• Partition Wizard MiniToll
• Partition Master EaseUS

PDF:

• - - What is a PDF?
• - - Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Instructions
• - - Adobe Acrobat Reader DC download
• - - Foxit PDF Reader
• - - I Love PDF Website
• - - Win2PDF Website
• - - How to Download PDFs Instead of previewing them in your Browser

• Performance Graphs, Windows 10
• Phishing
• Portable Applications I
• Portable Applications II
• Power Supply (Computer)
• Print Screen and Snipping Tool
• Print Friendly and PDF
• Printers
• Printers, Installing and Uninstalling
• Process Explorer
• Product Key Finder
• Product Keys
• Program Files(X86)

P - Other Places

• Periodic Table of Elements
• Phonetic Alphabet
• Planets of our Solar System
• Postal Codes Australia
• Postal Codes United States - Zip Codes
• Postal Codes World Wide

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• QR Codes
• QR Codes - Threats and Malware
• Quad Directory
• Quad Core Processor
• QWERTY

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• RAM - YouTube Video
• RAM - HowToGeek
• Ransomware - Explained
• Ransomware - How to protect your PC from attack
• Rapid Tables (Unicode)
• Reactivate Windows after a hardware change
• Recorder, OBS Studio
• Recuva - Recover Deleted Files
• Registry I
• Registry II
• Registry Cleaner
• Repair Manuals for just about everything
• Restore Point Windows 10
• Revo Uninstaller
• Ring Tones
• Rootkits Explained
• Routers and Modems
• Router/Modem Setup: Telstra NBN
• Router/Modem Setup: DLink
• Router/Modem Setup: Linksys
• Router/Modem Setup: Netcomm
• Modem/Router
• Runs Slow - Fix a slow running PC
• Run Commands

R - Other Places

• Radio Garden
• Road Closures Sunshine Coast
• RPN Calculator

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• Safari
• Safe Mode - F8 key to start Windows in Safe Mode
• Safe Mode - How to Boot into
• Safe Mode to Fix Your Windows
• Samsung Tablet manuals
• Scam Watch
• Screen Recorder DEBUT
• Screen Recorder OBS Studio
• Screenshots
• SD Cards
• SD Card Format

Search Engines:

• - - Bing
• - - Duck Duck Go
• - - Google
• - - MSN
• - - StartPage - A new Search Engine
• - - Yahoo
• - - Yippy

• Secure Boot UEFI - How to Disable
• Security Check/Tips:
• Settings in Windows 10
• Settings - God Mode
• Shut Down Button - make your own
• Skype
• SNAPDROP - Transfer Files between different operating systems.
• SNAPDROP web site.
• Snipping Tool
• Social Media

Software Download Sites:

• - - Filehippo
• - - Major Geeks
• - - Ninite

• Solid State Hard Drives (SSD) - M.2 / NVME / SATA Explained
• Solid State NVME Drives
• Sound File Editor Audacity
• Speakers-How to Test-
• Speccy - System Info
• Special Characters: - € - £ - ¥ - ¢
• SpyBot Search and Destroy
• Start Menu
• Start Up Folder
• Streaming Video and Audio site
• Super Anti Spy Ware
• Super User Computer Geeks
• Switch - Audio File Converter
• System Restore - Windows 10

Security Bulletins

S - Other Places

• Size Comparisons - Astronomy
• Solar Calculator
• Space Weather
• Speed of Light Distance Calculator
• Sunshine Coast Computer Club
• Sunshine Coast Snake Catcher

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• Tabbed Browsing
• Take Ownership of Files
• Take Ownership of Files using IOBIT Unlocker
• Task Manager
• Tech Terms I
• Tech Terms II
• Telstra: BigPond Settings POP3 and SMTP.
• Telstra: What do the lights mean on the Modem?
• Thunderbird
• Thunderbolt
• Tutorials - Windows 10
• Twitter I
• Twitter II

TCP/IP

• - - TCP/IP - What is an IP Address?
• - - TCP/IP - Ports Explained
• - - TCP/IP - How to use PING
• - - TCP/IP - test my Internet connection?
• - - TCP/IP - How to use TRACERT
• - - TCP/IP - How to use NETSTAT to view open Ports
• - - TCP/IP - Resetting

T - Other Places

• Tide TablesAustralia Tide Times
• Tide TablesAustralia Tide Tables (PDF) from the BOM
• Time - NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Time - Exact Time for any Time Zone
• Time and Navigation History
• Time Zones
• Time Zones In Australia
• Traffic Cameras QLD
• Trans Link QLD
• Triangles - Finding Missing Sides and Angles
• Earthquake - Tsunami Warning Centre Pacific
• Tsunami Warning Centre Australia
• Tutorials - Covers a Wide Range of subjects.

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• Ubuntu Linux
• UEFI/BIOS
• UEFI/BIOS Set Up Guide
• UEFI - How to Disable Secure Boot
• UMART - Computer Store
• ASCII and Unicode
• Unicode 13 In Depth
• Unicode Character Table
• Unicode Character Chart complete list in PDF
• Unicode Input Tool
• Uninstallers for anti virus programs
• Unistallers II for anti virus programs

USB

• - - USB
• - - Thunderbolt
• - - How to BOOT from USB Drive
• - - How to Optimize USB Storage
• - - Safely Remove USB
• - - Detect and Test for FAKE USB Flash Drives
• - - USB Connectors
• - - USB Device Not Detected
• - - USB Port Not Working

U - Other Places

• U.S. Navy News - World Wide
• U.S Navy Submarine Museum
• U.S. Navy News
• U3A Sunshine Coast

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• Vera Crypt - Encrypt Drives
• Video Cards
• Video Cards - GPU - Graphics Processor Unit (GPU) Explained
• Virtual Memory
• VPN - Virtual Private Network - What is it?
• VPN - Is it Private?
• Visual Studio Code HTML Editor
• Voice over Internet VOIP

Virus:

• - - Virus - What is a Virus?
• - - Does Your Computer have a Virus?
• - - Virus Scan On-Line
• - - Virus - How to Remove
• - - Virus Uninstallers for anti virus programs
• - - Virus Uninstallers II - for anti virus programs

Video programs

• - - HD Video Converter
• - - Handbrake Video Converter
• - - VLC Media Player
• - - Digital Media File Formats Explained
• - - Video File Formats Explained
• - - Video program OBS Studio
• - - How to Download Video and Audio Files explained
• - - 4K YouTube Video Downloader

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• Wallpaper Digitalblasphemy
• Wallpaper Unsplash
• Web Design - HTML Tutorials W3Schools
• Web Mail explained
• WIFI explained
• WIFI Password
• WIFI Key Finder Magical Jelly Bean
• WIFI - Connected to WIFI but No Internet.
• Win2PDF - PDF Creator
• WIKI How - How to Website
• WISE Program uninstaller
• Word; how to reset to Default Values
• Word On-Line
• Word Pad

Windows 10: - ↑Index↑

• - - Installation of Windows 10 - Media Creation Tool Instructions
• - - Media Creation Tool Download
• - - Activation of Windows 10How Activation Works
• - - Windows 10 License use
• - - Windows 10 License Transfer
• - - System Restore
• - - How to Factory Reset Windows 10 from the Command Prompt
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• - - Windows 10 Release Information
• - - How to Check if your PC has the Latest Version
• - - Windows 10 Update History
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• - - Desktop Basic Configuration
• - - File Explorer - Manage your files
• - - How to Quickly Find Specific System Settings
• - - Performance Graphs
• - - Security Secrets Hidden Features
• - - Media Player
• - - Clipboard
• - - Storage Sense; Backup Application
• - - Tutorials
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• - - Microsoft.com
• - - Windows Club
• - - News from Bleeping Computer
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• - - Updates:
• - - Update Release Information
• - - Update Guide
• - - How to Fix Updates
• - - How to Update Hardware Drivers
• - - Update Fails to Install
• - - Optional Quality Updates
• - - Updates Lessons Learned

W - Other Places

• Wavelength Calculator
• Weight on other worlds
• World Atlas

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• X86 Program Files
• X86 X64 What is the difference?
• Yadis Back Up Program
• Yahoo - Search Engine
• Yippy - Search Engine
• YouTube
• Youtube - How to Download Video and Audio Files explained
• Zip Files - What are they?
• ZORIN Linux OS

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• 32 Bit vs 64 Bit Explained - Microsoft
• 32 Bit vs 64 Bit Explained - PCWorld
• 4K - How to Download Video and Audio Files explained
• 4K YouTube Video Downloader
• 4K - Downloading Music from Youtube using 4k
• 5G - Mobil Phone Networks Millimeter Wave Bands
• 5G
• 5G Frequency Bands
• 7-ZIP

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This Page Last Updated 17 June 2021