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How To Enable Games In Windows 7 Professional

2011-02-25T06:14:52Z

Just received an email from our long-time supporting customer, to whom has just bought a new system from us and was wondering where is her favorite MineSweeper and Solitaire game in her new system.

Pre-installed with Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, her new system has almost all the games disabled by default, by Microsoft, of course. The reason is probably Microsoft’s way of telling users that this is a business system and not a gaming one!

Anyway, to turn on the default games back again, just follow the steps below and you can have fun while you work then (just wonder how to do both at the same time ??)

Go to Control Panel
Click on <<Programs and Features>> and then click on Turn Windows Features On/Off on the left panel.
A dialog box will be shown, as seen below:
Turn Windows Features On or Off
Tick the Games option to enable all games or select whichever you want by putting a tick next to the games.

Have fun!

Price Increase For .COM and .NET domains

2010-06-10T03:48:07Z

Please be informed that VeriSign, the domain registry for .COM and .NET, will increase the registry fees for these two domains by July 1st, 2010.

This price increase is global and the increment will be 7% for .COM domains and 10% for .NET domains. This increase will be passed on to domain registrars and unfortunately, to consumers like you. The price increase is for new registration and renewal of current holding domains of yours.

We understand your need for these domains and we understand that the price increment might be too sudden for you to take action with it, so, in order to smoother the price increase, we will NOT make any changes to our prices for the .COM and .NET domains until August 1st, 2010, and during this time, you still get to enjoy the same price for your new registration or renewal for the .COM and .NET domains.

Yes, we are absorbing the price increment for ONE whole month and as many domains as you need!

Do act now before we increase our price too and you can even purchase or renew for multiple years to lock in long-term savings. Don’t wait to pay more.

Great Deals with Microsoft License Purchases

2010-05-17T08:45:24Z

We are proud to announce our exclusive Microsoft OLP License promotion, starting with effect from today and ends on May 28th, 2010.

It is our 2-prong promotion with special discounts of up to 15% off for Microsoft OLP Licences and on top of it, you get to enjoy our purchase-with-purchase promotions, offering tremendous discounts for other computer peripherals! See our promotion details as follows:-

i) Business Productivity Solution Stack Discount Structure

Redeem for Microsoft Office 2010 training voucher with every purchase of Microsoft Office 2010 (max claim of 5 seats per customer) and get up to 15% discount for every Microsoft Windows Server applications.

Microsoft Office 2010

Open Business
(License Only)

Open Value
(License + SA)

Microsoft Office 2010

Redeem Microsoft Office 2010 training

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

	Open Business (License Only)	Open Value (License + SA)
Microsoft Windows Enterprise Server 2008 R2	15%	10%
Microsoft Windows Standard Server 2008 R2	10%	10%
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 CALs	15%	10%
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Remote Desktop Services CALs	15%	10%

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

	Open Business (License Only)	Open Value (License + SA)
Microsoft Exchange Enterprise Server 2010	Redeem Exchange 2010 Training and Earn to get deployment subsidy Contact us for more details	N.A.
Microsoft Exchange Standard Server 2010
Microsoft Exchange Enterprise CALs
Microsoft Exchange Standard CALs

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2

	Open Business (License Only)	Open Value (License + SA)
Microsoft SQL Enterprise Server 2008 R2	Redeem SQL Server 2008 R2 Training Contact us for more details	Redeem SQL Server 2008 R2 Training Contact us for more details
Microsoft SQL Standard Server 2008 R2
Microsoft SQL 2008 R2 CALs

ii) Purchase-With-Purchase Promotion

Buy the following products with exceptional pricing and great discounts when purchased together with your Microsoft Open License purchases.

Product	Microsoft Orders Above S$2,500	Microsoft Orders Above S$6,000	Microsoft Orders Above S$9,500
HTC HD2	S$620.00	S$500.00	S$380.00
Canon Multi-Function Laser Printer (MF4320d)	S$229.00	S$109.00	S$1.00
Samsung Netbook N150 (black)	S$365.00	S$245.00	S$125.00
LG 21.5″ LCD TV Monitor (w/built-in TV Tuner)	S$246.00	S$126.00	S$9.00

Terms & Conditions

This product purchase-with-purchase promotion is valid till May 28th, 2010
This offer is only applicable for Microsoft License purchased under Microsoft Open Business and Open Value programs
Limited to 1 claim per customer per qualifying PO value Tier
Minimum purchase of S$2,500 on Microsoft Open/ Open Value licenses
Not applicable for Microsoft academic and charity license purchases
Purchases under this promotion are not returnable and not exchangeable
We reserve the right to terminate this pr0motion or amend the “Terms & Conditions” at any time without prior notice
The “Free Microsoft Office 2010 Training Workshop” is limited to 5 seats claim per customer only.
- customers to claim directly through the Training Centre with a copy of our invoice
- Workshop session would commence from June 4th, 2010.

We Have Moved

2010-05-14T08:21:55Z

Please be informed that we have moved to a new office location with effect from today.

Our new office address is now at:-

10 Ubi Crescent, #06-72 (opp. #06-70)
Ubi TechPark (Lobby D)
Singapore 408564

Please update your contact records. Thank you.

Malicious Worm Hiding In PDF File Send In Spam Mails

2010-04-30T07:15:19Z

We’ve detected a spam attack today that spreads as an email and tricks our customer into opening a malicious PDF file, which in tandem with an embedded VBScript may penetrate a victim’s computer and drop a so-called WORM and rootkit components.

The WORM component spreads through computer devices that are detected by infected systems and will automatically execute an autorun.inf file as soon as a user activates an infected device. In addition, the malware deploys a stealth technique by using a rootkit component to prevent itself from being discovered.

The main payload of this attack is an URL to establish a connection to a malicious website that may enable cyber-criminals to gather information and to further compromise an infected system.

If you have receive such an email, please delete the mail without opening the attachment. If you suspect your system is already infected or you have already open the attachment and not sure whether your system is infected, please contact us so that we can schedule our technician to check your system.

Symantec End-of-Life, End-of-Availability and End-of-Support Announcement

2010-04-08T04:02:17Z

Please be informed that Symantec Corporation announces the End of Availability (EOA), End of Life (EOL), and End of Standard Support (EOSS) for Symantec AntiVirus 10.X and Symantec Client Security 3.X. This post details the key dates that are of importance to you.

End of Life: As of January 4, 2010, Symantec Corporation will begin to End of Life (“EOL”) the product(s) identified in this notification, including any Maintenance Packs and/or patches for each version, in all released languages.

End of Availability: End of Availability will be January 4, 2011. At this time no additional product licenses will be available for purchase.

Standard Support: Provided the customer maintains a current maintenance contract for the products, Symantec will provide Standard Support for issues at all severity levels until July 4, 2012.

End of Support Life: As of July 4, 2012, Symantec will cease providing any and all levels of Standard Support for all versions of Symantec AntiVirus 10.X and Symantec Client Security 3.X.

Symantec Product	Version	End of Life Clock Begins	End of Standard Support	End of Support Life
Symantec AntiVirus	10.x	January 4, 2010	July 4, 2012	July 4, 2012
Symantec Client Security	3.x	January 4, 2010	July 4, 2012	July 4, 2012

* The End of Standard Support will also be the End of Support Life for the products identified in this notification. Partial Support will not be made available for Symantec AntiVirus 10.X or Symantec Client Security 3.X.

Additional resources

For more information regarding Content Updates or the services provided in Standard Support or Partial Support, please refer to the Symantec Enterprise Technical Support Policy at the link below or contact your Symantec Account Manager:

http://pacificlanworks.com/contact-us

To receive timely notification on updates and the support lifecycle for your Symantec product, please sign up at the following link to receive Symantec Technical Support News Bulletins:

http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/support/news_bulletins/

We also recommend that you periodically check Symantec’s website for End of Life and End of Support Life information for your specific Licensed Software:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/all_products.jsp

How to get more information

We are committed to helping our customers achieve success with their Symantec solutions. If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact us.

Thank you for using Symantec products and services.

More Funds Cater To Business For Families Grant

2010-04-07T06:58:27Z

The Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports has set aside another S$2 million for the Business For Families Grant, where these additional funds would be useful for businesses that wish to attract families.

“It signals the Government’s ongoing committment to help businesses create a pro-family environment for Singapore and reaffirms the Government’s goal in making Singapore the best place for families and children,” said Mrs Mildred Tan, Co-chair of Business For Families Council (BFC).

Businesses can apply for funding support to help defray costs incurred in infrastructure, traning and business consultancy to make their business more family-friendly. Since introduced in 2007, 30 buinesses have received funding support under the grant.

This scheme was actually enhanced in January 2010 to allow firms to claim up to 70% instead of 50%, of the costs incurred in adopting family-friendly measures for customers.

Car Times human resource manager Agnes Cheng said the local car dealership plans to use the grant to make showrooms safer for children and more comfortable for the elderly, who sometimes accompany their customers.

For more information regarding the grant, please visit Business for Families Grant website.

How To Prevent Excel From Turning Fractions Into Dates

2010-03-09T10:30:16Z

If you do not apply a fraction format to a cell before you enter a fraction into it, Excel will convert the fraction into a date. For example, if you enter 1/50 into a cell, Excel immediately converts it to Jan-50. If you then try to reformat the same cell to a fraction, Excel converts it to 18264, the internal number that represents Jan-50. In that case, if you want Excel to recognize your cell entries as fractions, you must apply the appropriate fraction format to the cell before you enter the data.

For example, say you are importing a column of data from an Access database table that contains fractions such as 1/50, 2/70, and 30/65. You will need to format the column of cells containing the data to an appropriate fraction format before importing. Follow these steps:

Select the column that will contain the fractional data.
Right-click the selection.
Select Format Cells.
In the Number tab, under Category, select Fraction.
Under Type, select Up To Two Digits (21/25), then click OK.

Now, when you import the data to that column, Excel will format each entry as a fraction. Keep in mind that if the data contained fractions such as 30/750, you would select Up To Three Digits (312/943) in Step 5. If you wanted to display your data as fractions over 100 (for example, 30/65 displayed as 46/100), you would select As Hundreds (30/100) in Step 5.

Alternately, if you won’t be using the fractions in calculations, you can prevent Excel from changing your entries to dates by applying the Text format to the cell before you enter the data. In that case, in Step 4 select Text under the Category list, and then click OK.

How To Use Charts To Display Data On Access 2007 Forms

2010-03-06T16:38:19Z

Access 2007 makes it easy to build a graph control for your form that will display calculated data–and often better than with a text form control. For example, say your employee database includes two tables: one with employee data and one with data about hours worked during 2007. The database also contains a November Hours Worked query that includes the Last Name, First Name, and Employee ID fields from the Employee Data table, and the Week Ending and Hours Worked fields for November from the 2007 Hours Worked table. You create a form based on the query that includes all of the fields. To add a chart to the form that graphs the total hours worked for each employee for the month of November, follow these steps:

Open the form in Design view.
In the Design tab under Forms Design tools, click the Insert Chart tool in the Controls group.
Click and drag in a blank area of the form to create the chart.
Click the Queries button under View and then select the November Hours Worked query and then click Next.
Double-click the Last Name and Hours Worked fields.
Click Next four times.
Enter Total Hours Worked In November for the chart title.
Click the No, Don’t Display Legend button and then click Finish.

As you click through each employee’s record, the Graph control will display a bar chart for the employee, showing the total hours they worked in November 2007.

How To Use WordArt Formatting In Excel 2007 Charts

2010-03-03T06:15:30Z

Excel 2007 lets you apply the same Text Fill, Text Outline, and Text Effects formats available for your WordArt objects to chart text. For example, you can use WordArt formatting to create an eye-catching title for your chart.

Follow these steps:

Select the chart title.
Click the Format tab under Chart Tools.
In the WordArt Styles group, click Quick Styles and then select Gradient Fill, Accent 4, Reflection from the list.
Click the Text Fill button and select Green.
Click the Text Outline button.
Point to Weight and click the 2-1/4 line.
Click the Text Effects button.
Click Full Reflection, 8 Pt. from the list.

In addition to the Text Fill, Text Outline, and Text Effects buttons, you can access more WordArt options by clicking the Word Art Styles button to launch the Format Text Effects dialog box.