Have you ever had an application that is not running well and you look in Task Manager and find that there are 7 or 8 instances running? You can, if you want, right-click each one – one at a time – and choose “End process” or “End process tree” and then click off the Windows warning about making… Read More »
Joe’s Firefox has been hijacked by Ask.com My firefox browser has been Taken over by something called ASK I cannot remove ASK in the control panel. HELP. Our answer Hi Joe. Ask is part of the FunWebProducts family of scumware. This scumbag family consists of such things as SmileyCentral, Webfetti, MyWay, iWon, Ask, and about fifteen other spyware/adware… Read More »
Here is a neat way to cycle through and open windows in your Task Bar using your Windows Key: Hold the Windows Key down and click the number that corresponds with the window you want to open, and it will open! Let me explain by example! Lets say you have 5 programs showing in yourTask Bar to include… Read More »
We wanted to pass this on to you from Microsoft — this article originally appeared in Microsoft security newsletter. Since so many of our subscribers have written to us concerned about phones calls they received from people claiming to be from Microsoft — it’s especially important that we pass this information along to you — don’t ever trust… Read More »
Some of the toughest Windows problems to solve are Windows Updates that fail to install. And if you’ve been using Windows Vista or Windows 7 very long, you’ve probably had problems with one or more Windows Updates. Microsoft is aware of this problem (don’t believe us? Microsoft offers a variety of “Fix its” for various Windows Update errors,… Read More »
1. Click your mouse wheel to close a browser tab. You can do it, yes you can. Most of us use the mouse wheel to scroll pages and other common mouse wheel stuff. But if you press down on your mouse wheel you’ll notice it depresses just bit. Well, did you know that just a bit is enough… Read More »