Time Check, Part 2

Last week my article about changing your computer’s battery generated some emails that surprised me.  It was not about replacing batteries but it was about the time on people’s computers. They were asking how to set the time for their computers.  You know, the time in the lower right corner of your taskbar. First, I…

Time Check

Your computer is working great, but the little clock in the right side of my taskbar gains and looses time every time I start my computer.  What is going on? Most likely your battery is going dead.  Yes, your super-duper electronic marvel has a battery in it.  How do you think it keeps/kept accurate time…

Icon Do It!

Before I get into today’s discussion I wanted to mention the Bit.ly column from last week.  If you missed last week’s column you will have to buy last week’s paper or go to DoubleClicks.info to check it out.  The link that I mentioned about County Codes, bit.ly/a7Vmpo, was visited by 41 readers.  Thanks for looking!…

Just a Little Bit

Thanks for the many questions this week that all dealt with the same thing.  Many readers wanted to know about all the references I have given out over the past several weeks.  Most everyone wanted to know what the ‘bit.ly’ links were since they accessed different sites. First, allow me to give a short explanation…