Have you ever wanted to set up your computer to reboot at certain time so it was fresh and ready to go whenever you’re ready? We found a great little (One Megabyte) program that works on Windows XP and newer versions of Windows that lets you shutdown or restart Windows – on a schedule you set. It also… Read More »
Two things we always harp about: strong passwords and mirror-image backups. You’re sick of hearing about those two things, but someday you’ll thank us. You’ll thank us when your friend’s Hotmail account is hacked because she was using a password like 12345 – and your account is safe because you listened to us and yours was 99%2Ld4e6Z$4 .… Read More »
You have Windows Media Player (WMP). Yes you do! But then you have to download something else to play Quicktime, and something else to play 3GP files, then something else to play RealMedia files, then something else to play some other kind of file. Oh yes, you might be able find “codecs” for Windows Media Player, but you… Read More »
It’s always good to have a boot disk handy. If you ever get into a situation where your computer simply won’t boot – and you haven’t followed our instructions and created a full image back up (and we know some of haven’t) – there’s no time like right now to make a boot CD/DVD or USB. to start… Read More »
Does it really matter? No. Will it make your computer faster or run better? No. What good is it? None. But it’s fun, and sometimes you just need to do stuff because you can. Maybe you want to put a picture of your wife or husband on your logon screen. No? What about a picture of Rufus –… Read More »
Scintillating scenes, surrealistic sunsets, majestic, mauve mourning doves flying freely over freshly frosted fields and nose-numbing nihilistic, wind-driven snow swirling over Siberian savannahs are only a few of the tens of thousands of photos you’ll see if you visit this beautifully-done free stock photo site.(Sorry about the adjectives, but I’m trying to get a job writing for Groupon.… Read More »