Rita is concerned about Microsoft Security Essentials This is taken from one of the newsletters I receive and I was wondering if you were still advocating using Security Essentials or had changed to some other anti-virus. I know you no longer tell people to use Avast and I wondered why. I find no problems with the free version… Read More »
Barb wants to know about updating drivers I was wondering if a program called Driver Detective is recommended by you. I try to follow your suggestions to keep my computer healthy and working well. Thank you in advance for your advice. Our answer Hi Barb. We used to recommend a couple of different driver updating programs, but we… Read More »
What does a secure server mean to you? Web browser: “How do I know you’re who you say you are, Mr. Big Bank? You have any ID?” Mr. Big Bank: “As a matter of fact, I do, young fella. Here is my security certificate, you’ll notice that it matches the one that was issued to me by VeriSign.”… Read More »
Alan wants to delete duplicate files and photos How do I remove duplicate files/photos? Our answer Unless you’re a masochist and want to spend a decade removing duplicate files one by one, you need to use a duplicate file finder program to remove duplicate files and photos. And there are dozens of duplicate file finders out there. Many… Read More »
Send To Toys Adds many useful “Send to” locations to your right-click menu Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 32bit and 64bit 1.9MB download Each week it gets more and more difficult to find freeware programs we think are worthy of being chosen as our freeware pick. This week we made a accidental discovery by reading a… Read More »
Which should you choose if upgrading or buying a new computer, 32-bit or 64-bit? Probably most always a 64 bit system; it can handle more RAM (memory) and most all programs are available for 64 bit. A program that won’t run on windows 8 64bit probably won’t run on windows 8 32 bit anyway. Most programs will run… Read More »