Transfer your 35mm Slides and 35mm Film Negatives to your PC. For those of use that are old enough to use cameras before the “big switch” to digital you’ve no doubt got loads of memories stored away on 35mm Slides and 35mm negatives. Its not unusual for these to languish in boxes in cupboards or under the stairs gathering dust. The promise of course is that “one day” the 35mm slides will come out and be shown at a family gathering on the “big screen” but in reality the slides and negatives tend to stay put because its all just too much trouble, too time consuming and invariably the 35mm slide projector and screen tend to get stored in the loft or garage and its a whole world of pain trying to find and recover them.
Its the same with 35 negatives – once neatly stored with the photographs they relate to but typically over time “stuffed” in a box never to see the light of day again. Read the rest of this entry »
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Here are 3 really easy things you can do to speed up your PC:
Step 1 – To speed up general performance
- Right click on the My Computer icon on ether your desktop or start menu
- Go to Properties » Advanced » Performance (Settings) » Visual Effects » Custom
- Leave only the following ticked:
- Show translucent selection rectangle
- Smooth edges of screen fonts
- Use common tasks in folders
- Use drop shadows for icons labels on the desktop
- Use visual styles on windows and buttons
- (Reverse if you wish to have these visual effects turned on again; also only do this to the visual effects you wish to have turned off)
- Restart your computer
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