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…
Several weeks ago I was technologically surprised by a non-geek. Over the phone, a good friend of mine and I were discussing a problem with his home PC. For some strange reason he could not get a particular Microsoft Excel formula to work properly. At work I use an application that must first be installed…
OK, you look at the title above and your figure, "Ron has started writing drunk!" But no, I have not started writing columns while I am drunk or on painkillers. Previously I wrote about passwords and had several of you write me asking about coming up with letter/symbol substitutions. If you look closely at the…
I receive questions quite often about passwords. I have a quick, wise guy answer; make them really difficult but easy. OK, I left a couple of words out of that statement. It should have said “really difficult for someone else to guess but easy for you to remember.” We need passwords for networks on our…
Windows 8 is out and according to Microsoft it is, "Vibrant and beautiful." Well the colors are very nice and it is faster. It will work with a computer that previously ran Windows 7 and even run better and faster with less hardware requirements which is unusual for a new Operating System. It also boots…
So the other day a couple of my coworkers and I went out to eat. While we were eating a background song came on that they had never heard. Of course, they were much younger than I am, so I figured they were not even a thought when the song came out sometime in the…
My wife and I have a friend, Brittany and one day she and my wife were talking. Brittany said that she had a broken computer. Well, then my wife proceeded to tell Brittany what I do for a living, hobby, etc. Now at this point I have to say Brittany does not read the Daily…
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