ere is a question for you: Did you create a recovery disk set as you were prompted to do when you got your computer? If you did, congratulations, you are computer savvy. If you didn’t, be grateful that the factory settings, which include the operating system, are hidden in a protected section of the hard disk that you cannot delete. … Read More
Viruses, spyware, worms, trojans, adware… yikes! (1) Start taking steps to protect your private information...
here is no point in repeating definitions of viruses and other malware here. I’ve taken a paragraph from wikipedia.org that explains about what nastiness can infect your computer. And I would definitely recommend that you take the time to read what Microsoft has to say on the subject. A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself[1] and … Read More
Essential keyboard shortcuts Use your keyboard like a pro...
wrote about some essential keyboard shortcuts in an earlier post, but perhaps it’s time for a refresher and some additions. Some of these shortcuts won’t apply if your computer is configured to open files with one click of your mouse. What would we do without UNDO? [Ctrl] + [z] = UNDO the mistake you just made. In a program that … Read More
Google search tricks Nifty time savers...
y default search engine is Google. I don’t think any other online search can touch them. They have some very cool fast searches that show the result on top the result page in an instant. Enter the word time into the search field
I spilled water onto my notebook computer Don't panic, learn what to do!
esterday knocked an open bottle of water and managed to grab it before the whole thing spilled into my NEW VAIO notebook computer. But a good splash landed on parts of the keyboard anyway. The computer was running. I grabbed a paper towel and tried to sop up some of the water very gently from the keys, powered down, unplugged … Read More