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For the last couple of weeks I have told you about some interesting Google tricks you can do, some helpful, others fun. Your interest in emails has shown me that you would like a couple more of their tricks, so here we go. Remember always start on the main Google.com page for these to work. …
Melanie emailed me recently and said that something had broken on her computer. In the past when she opened a photograph in her computer it opened in Windows Photo Viewer. Suddenly it started opening in Microsoft Internet Explorer. What is up with that? Melanie has a file association problem. When something on your computer changes…
Although I have been and still am a fan of the Avast! antivirus application (avast.com) I recently stumbled onto something interesting. I have always used the free version of Avast and it has worked quite well. Since it is free you do get popups occasionally suggesting you try to better clean up your computer. If…
Two last Windows 10 tips today. When you upgrade your operating system (OS) it has a setting to roll back to your previous version of Windows. So if you did not like W10 you can roll back to your former Windows 7 or 8 operating system. I personally have only known a couple of people…
Several years ago, I wrote about an application for Windows users, called “Ninite,” (ninite.com). If you are getting a new computer for Christmas, birthday, whatever you need to use this application. It is currently available for both Windows and Linux computers. If you visit the Ninite, you can choose programs you want installed on your…
I wrote an article regarding Podcasts back in 2006. At that time, I received many questions for details. I hope that you are enjoying some podcasts by now. For those of you that have not tried them yet here is a refresher or for those that have asked about it again, here we go. A…
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