Archive for ‘Scott Johnson’

Just got this email

by Scott Johnson

From: Kenneth Tucker (cohesion7@gmail.com): Hello, How are you? I’m Kenneth Tucker, The Computer Analyst of John Holts Associate Minnesota, we need to know if you are capable of repairing computers in large volumes, the organisation distributed few computers to a missionary home in Lefkosa, Cyprus, and there objectives was to hold a free computer [...] Read more »

How to call a big company

by Scott Johnson

One thing is for sure about large corporations in the US: they really don’t want you to call them. That’s why you can’t usually find their phone numbers on their websites. They would much rather communicate by email or through website forms. Just try going to www.google.com and look around the site [...] Read more »

Convert a Word file to a PDF file

by Scott Johnson

Sometimes, you might have a situation in which you need to produce a document in PDF format. PDF stands for Portable Document File, and it was originally created by Adobe. A few years ago, the only way to create a PDF document was to use Adobe Acrobat, which was expensive (even now, the [...] Read more »

Find your Windows Product ID

by Scott Johnson

If you ever need to reinstall Windows, you may need to enter the Product ID code as part of the installation. If you don’t have the label, how do you find that set of letters and numbers that are required to get Windows installed? You can use the free software available here. [...] Read more »

Video Professor is a scam

by Scott Johnson

You have probably seen this guy’s ad on television and in print: As you can see, he is offering his course(s) to teach you how to use a PC – and it’s free! What could be a better deal than that? Well, it turns out that the Video Professor is a scam. [...] Read more »

Malwarebytes discount coupon code

by Scott Johnson

For those of you that have been delaying getting antispyware protection – which you need – here is a good opportunity. The program that I recommend is Malwarebytes. When someone comes to me with computer problems, this is one of the first tools I will use. Get it here. Malwarebytes full version [...] Read more »

Shopping season – coupon codes

by Scott Johnson

If you are planning to do some Christmas shopping this year, it makes sense to keep as much money in your pocket as possible. Never pay full retail price! To assist in that, check out the Retail Me Not website. There you will find all kinds of coupon codes for major retails such [...] Read more »

Happy Thanksgiving! Black Friday deals

by Scott Johnson

Where are all the best deals? Keep reading. If you are thinking about buying a new computer, now is the time. Manufacturers are cutting prices to record lows, and the technology is better than ever. Also, a new computer now will have Windows 7 – the newest Windows operating system which [...] Read more »

Sticky keys

by Scott Johnson

Have you ever used Sticky Keys? No, I’m not talking about when you spill soda on the keyboard. Do this: tap your Shift key 5 times in a row. That’s how you get the option to come up to turn on Sticky Keys. It’s a feature of Windows that not many [...] Read more »

Word 2007 scrolling tip

by Scott Johnson

If you have upgraded to Office 2007, you know that some changes were made. In fact, it takes a little time to get used to finding things in different places. Don’t give up! You’ll end up liking it better than the previous version. Here’s something that you may not know about [...] Read more »