One of the great advantages of having a laptop computer is the portability. You can just pick it up and take it anywhere, and these days you can find a wifi signal in lots of public places. However, there is a downside with that portability benefit – laptops are easily stolen. One minute you are [...] Read more »
You have probably heard about the malicious software programs that suddenly pop up a window and tell you that you have 97 severe threats on your computer and you need to take action to get rid of them. You close the window, and it just opens up again a few seconds later. Sometimes lots of [...] Read more »
The procedure for setting a System Restore point is definitely something with which you should be familiar. It may come in very handy some day. What is System Restore? Interestingly, when you use the System Restore feature built into Windows, it does not actually restore your whole system. What it does is this: it [...] Read more »
Back when the internet was still a new novelty, there was one company that was pretty much the standard to use when you wanted to go online – America Online. They made it so easy – you could hardly walk through a Wal-Mart without tripping over a free America Online disc. One quick installation, and [...] Read more »
If you got a new laptop for Christmas, probably the last thing on your mind is to let a very young child play with it. Who knows what could happen? But you need not fear – some creative minds have come up with a way to let your little one be entertained by your expensive [...] Read more »
Internet Explorer tends to collect things over time that can cause it to run more slowly. You may have heard of these things – they are called Add-ons, Plug-ins and toolbars. Some can be beneficial, but many are just more annoying clutter that you don’t really need. How do these things get on your [...] Read more »
For some people, the only backup they have for their important pictures of family and friends is the fact that they have uploaded them to Facebook. Not the best backup plan, but better than nothing. However, if your computer dies, you will be faced with the task of downloading all of those pictures from Facebook [...] Read more »
If you are still using Windows XP on your primary computer, it’s time to start thinking about making a change. Don’t get me wrong – I was a big fan of Windows XP. It was stable, reliable, and pretty easy to work with for even a novice computer user. But times change, and Windows [...] Read more »
One of the services I offer is personal computer instruction – one-on-one computer tutoring on whatever you want to learn (I can even do this remotely if you are not in the Tampa Bay area). Recently I was with a client, and she said that someone told her that when using her computer, always remember [...] Read more »
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