Category Archives: Windows Tips

Sammi wants to know what we recommend to stop Spam

Here are six tips you can use to help reduce the amount of spam you get. 1. Never respond to unsolicited email. One response or “hit” from thousands of emails is enough for spammers to justify the practice. In addition, a response lets the spammer know that your email address is active, which makes it more valuable and… Read More »

Microsoft Security Essentials- Is it good enough?

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 »

Updating drivers — look before you leap

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 »

Secure Servers

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 »

Get rid of all those duplicate files and photos

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 »