Category Archives: Windows Tips

Wake Up Before It’s Too Late

I just got another good  lashing from EB. She wants to make certain I’m still awake. It’s 9:04PM Eastern Time. I am chained to the desk, my back covered with the stripes of flagellation. I’ve been beaten raw because the newsletter is not done. I say, “But I’m trying to make this the best newsletter in the world!… Read More »

I have a bad feeling about this

This article was posted on Reganwald’s Posterous blog under a creative commons license which allows you to share, copy, modify this article and use it in any manner you like. We found this article interesting and well written – and we wanted to share it with all of you. We’d like to thank the author for publishing this… Read More »

A Letter to the Editor

Thoughts about a Letter to the Editor of USA Today How priorities get skewed by misinformation about “online tracking” We’ve always thought that people allow themselves to be concerned with the insignificant, while disregarding the important. I recently read a letter to the editor in USA Today (USA Today – January 31, 2012). I don’t know what to… Read More »

Another Way to Boot Into Safe Mode

Sharon wants to know of another way to book into Safe Mode Hi guys. I love your newsletters. In the past couple weeks I’ve had to boot into safe mode. Pressing the F8 key either holding it down or tapping the F8 key when my computer is booting doesn’t always work for me. Sometimes I have to do… Read More »

Drive Image Backups Made Easy

Marty wants to know if we have an alternate free image-based backup tool Hi. Love your newsletters! I have been following your recommendations for years. You’ve been recommending Paragon Backup and Recovery free for awhile. It may be a great program but it’s too complicated for this old man lol. Is there another backup program that makes image… Read More »

And just how fast is YOUR browser?

EB and I argue all the time about Internet Explorer. I say it’s junk; she says it’s great. It’s a matter of personal taste. Or is it? Does your browser make a difference? As with all things on the Internet, misinformation abounds. There’s only one sure way of testing how fast a browser is — that is by… Read More »