Thanks for the emails I received regarding the last column about “Secure P@55w0rdz“. Most of you commented on the spelling I used in that word. That is somewhat standard usage by geeks. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Apparently it caused a few of you to increase your passwords’ difficultly level which is a good thing. …
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 had quite a few emails after the screenshot column last week about the print screen key. Thanks for emailing me and please keep them coming! A couple of them inspired this column. Send them to me any time… they often make great columns. You will not usually see extremely specific questions answered here since…
Several weeks ago I commented about wireless mice. Since then I have received a surprising number of emails with regards to mice. The major one seems to be that some people think the blue light laser mice work great on glass and an equal number say they do not. Since I do not have one…
I have been written to by several of the "Double Click" readers as to why I have not mentioned Microsoft Windows 7 very often. The answer is that there are about 50 bazillion other geeks out there, who have written about it relentlessly since it rolled out to the public in October, 2009. I figured…
My mouse has no tail! No, I do not mean the little rodent variety, but the ones fitting comfortably under your hand that you poke and prod all the time at your computer. One of my readers/listeners, Jenny saw me in a local eatery the other day while I was working on something. I go…
One of the main things that I believe are of some benefit to your computer is to perform regular defrags on them. Some geeks believe that a defrag of your hard drive is never needed. If you are one of the people in my camp I have a couple of suggestions for you. First an…
Over the past nine years I have talked about different items related to backing up your personal files or data files on your computer. At that time I wrote about where to back up your files. Three years ago I talked about what files you should regularly backup. From both of those columns I only…
Free Antivirus Software: Avast! AVG Microsoft Security Essentials Commercial Antivirus Software: Norton McAfee NOD32 DO NOT install more than one of these programs on your system at the same time. If you wish to try another of these applications MAKE SURE you uninstall the other one first. That being said, Microsoft Security Essentials, which offers…
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