I received many questions after last week’s column about being hacked regarding passwords. Some were about how to create good passwords and others like, “How do I remember my 194 accounts’ passwords?” First, when creating passwords avoid the obvious. Currently some of the top passwords in use in the US are qwerty, asdfgh, 12345678, your…
I recently received a distressing email from Barbara, Broadway, VA, about being hacked. Her email started like this, "Yesterday I got up, turned on my computer, and found that my Gmail had been hacked…" Once they had her email address it allowed them to gain control of her Facebook account too. Her passwords were not…
Last week we talked about the top online email programs. Today I will discuss the top two I have heard about from readers and others in the area. Although, Yahoo! Mail was listed as number one around the world, those I have heard from put Gmail and Windows Live Mail as their favorites. Mine is…
I get a lot of questions about online email programs. I hear: Which one is safest? Which one is best? Which one has the better features? Etcetera, etcetera. I have to say that I believe a lot of those questions can best be answered by each individual. You may have to try out several if…
Your computer continues to start up slower than you remember it doing when you bought it. You may have already run Disk Cleanup, Error-checking and Defragmentation but things still frustrate you about its operation. Wouldn’t it be nice to have some "anti-frustration" software on your side? It may just be here now! Soluto created by…
Thanks for the emails regarding the previous Firefox Add-ons I have written about over the last couple of columns. Also, I’m glad to hear that several of you saved a lot of money using the "Invisible Hand" add-on I mentioned. Tim wrote to say he saved almost $100 on a purchase he made using that…
I received many emails asking me more about Firefox Add-ons after last week’s column. So today we are going to look at a few more. Keep those emails coming since I want to write about what interests you! If you have any questions about basic Firefox Add-ons you need to read last week’s column about…
I get many questions about Firefox Add-ons and have not written about them for the past several years. So today I will discuss two of my favorite Add-ons. Add-ons "add" more features to this great browser and if you haven’t used FF you should download it and try it out at mozilla.com. Add-ons can get…
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…
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