So you have just gotten your brand new Windows computer and want to clean up your old one and give it away. That is a nice thing to do for someone who may need a computer but isn’t able to afford a new one. But you are concerned about your personal information on that old…
Several weeks ago I got an interesting email from Pat in Port Republic, about something I thought may affect many of my readers. It also affects all Windows users at some time or another. Pat essentially said that, "…in an attempt to speed-up my computer I ran the Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter programs." So…
I get quite a few emails about where the best places online to buy tech "stuff" are. For instance, portable hard drives, thumb drives, and memory sticks seem to be some of the most popular right now. I always suggest shopping in your local "brick and mortar" shops. It really does help the local economy…
Last week we covered the first three items in Excel’s “Formula Auditing” tools: Tracing Precedents, Dependents, Remove Arrows and Show Formulas in Excel’s “Formula Auditing” tools. Today we will wrap up the last three features. I am sure you have never seen an “Error” popup box in Excel. That’s not true, unless you are an…
At the end of last year I wrote a column with regard to Microsoft’s spreadsheet program Excel. Due to the email response, (which to me at least was unexpected) it has now turned into three columns. I guess there are more of you Excel users out there than I thought. I have continued to get…
Last week I mentioned that Family Safety is one of the applications you get if you choose to install Windows Live Essentials (WLE). Here is a very short description of all the apps which come with a full installation of WLE. If any of them sound appealing try it, if not ignore them. First go…
For the past two weeks we have looked at ways to protect your kids on the internet. Last week I said that today we would look at “Family Safety” which is a part of Windows Live Essentials. So buckle up and hold on. To install and set up an account for Family Safety on your…
Last time I told you about OpenDNS.com where you can set up ways to restrict website access from your home computers. Microsoft also adds a similar feature in Windows Vista and 7, titled, "Parental Controls." "Parental Controls" are useful to help manage how and when your children use a computer. You can set up games…
I get emails from people quite often wondering how they can go about protecting people (especially kids & teens) from the darker side of the internet. I did write about this several years ago but from the number of changes in the e-world, software and number of emails I get; I feel it is time…
Several weeks ago I mentioned a application when talking about Ubuntu called, VirtualBox. I had a couple of people writing asking if there was a program like VirtualBox they could use to run Ubuntu, Windows XP or another operating system on their Windows 7 computer. Guess what? There is and it is called, "VirtualBox", (virtualbox.org)…
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