This column was brought about by a group of us geeks discussing the current Windows operating systems. Of course, this included the Windows Registry and the way applications are now installed on a Windows based computer. Basically there was a consensus that we would like to do away with the registry and the way applications…
Last time we looked at a couple of browser tricks. The column was well received so today we’ll look at a few more. For quite a long while now you have not needed to type www. or .com in most web addresses/URLs. If you type only the main domain name, dnronline in your browser’s address…
I have a couple of tricks for your browsers today. These questions came in emails from Ivan and a couple of other readers recently. Today we will look at some of them. Please remember to send me your questions because I like to write about some of them from time-to-time. First, Ivan asked about putting…
I receive questions every now-and-then about listening to music online. Questions like whether you can listen on a computer or a phone, free or paid music, rock or classical, etc. There are many, many streaming music options out there so you can listen to your favorite group or genre of music. Some of the more…
I recently received an email from Bev which at first seemed very strange. She said, "Recently, when I select a portion of text to change it such as bold it, delete it, etc. — the selection won’t hold." At first I thought it was just in Word and figured that possibly her Word documents were…
As I stated last week, I annually provide links to all of the sites we have visited throughout the previous year at DoubleClicks.info. Remember, if the site addresses are too long to type I have shortened them with bit.ly. Here they are in their order of appearance with short descriptions of each. Google Calendar –…
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year since we last talked. I wanted to say, "Thanks!" to all of you readers who support the "Double Click" column by reading and writing. It is very much appreciated. Please keep it up. I always enjoy hearing from you. So it is that…
I have mentioned the importance of backing up your important electronic files before. It really is important if you intend to use those files in the future. Whether it is your previous tax returns, (done on your computer or the scanned version of your paper copies) emails or documents of any type you need to…
This Christmas season I hope you have seen some websites’ URLs that start with "https://" instead of "http://." That is if you shop online, do banking online, etc. Here is a short lesson on what they mean. The basic one, "http" stands for "Hyper Text Transfer Protocol" which is the main prefix for most websites. …
So my wife and I are getting ready to leave on a weekend trip and I am doing my regular job as "Pack Mule." I begin hauling all the bags out to the car and realize I am carrying two computer cases for two people. I comment to my wife about how interesting it is…
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