Category Archives: Windows Tips
Unsubscribe from any Newsletter – the easy way!
Unsubscribe the Easy Way All computer users, all browsers How many newsletters do you get you wish you didn’t? And how many times do you have to unsubscribe from a newsletter until you are finally unsubscribed? I reference Land’s End. I once bought something from that site and stupidly agreed to subscribe to their newsletter. After trying to… Read More »
Comcast’s Poor Customer Service: Every Call Is a Sales Call
Comcast Confessions: when every call is a sales call When AOL executive and Comcast customer Ryan Block recently tried to cancel his internet service, he ended up in a near-yelling match with a customer service representative who spent 18 minutes trying to talk him out of it. Rep: I’m just trying to figure out here what it is about Comcast… Read More »
How to Boot Into Windows Safe Mode — and Why You Might Need to
If you’re having problems with your computer and you suspect you’re infected with malware (a virus, Trojan, rogue, spyware, etc.) booting into Safe Mode is a good first step. Safe Mode is available in all versions of Windows and is a special mode of Windows were only the bare minimum of services load and minimal processes run. Most… Read More »
Microsoft wants you to forget Windows 8
Microsoft wants you to forget Windows 8 Look to Vista for how Redmond will treat Windows 8 as it moves on to the next bright, shiny OS As talk of the next Windows begins to build and some details of what most are calling for now either Windows 9 or Threshold come into focus, it’s worthwhile to take… Read More »
Ét Tû Bruté
Ét Tû Bruté: How to make those special characters you love(?) Don’t you wish you could write stuff like Et tu Brute like the title of this article – with all the fancy accent marks and so forth. YES! EB! I know you can find them in the Character Map but who wants to hunt through that thing?Són… Read More »