Linda and the continuing saga of junk mail (or why “block sender” never works) I use windows live as my email and I was very proud that I only had two or three junk emails a month but a couple of weeks ago instead of deleting the junk then looked under sweep and saw block sender so I… Read More »
Darlene has problems with Internet Explorer 9 on Windows 7 I am using Windows 7, 64 bit, Home edition on a Toshiba laptop that will be one year old tomorrow. I have updated to IE 9 and it is driving me nuts! Every time I close a tab, I get an error message opening in the center of… Read More »
Windows hides things in places you cannot see. Most of you know, by now, when you delete a file in Windows, the file isn’t really deleted. The space that it occupied is freed and Windows will use the space the file once occupied for something else since it’s now marked “free” as far a Windows is concerned. Even… Read More »
If you are anything like us, you install a lot of software – and uninstall a lot too. Some programs add menu items to your shell context menu (your right-click menu). Many times, in fact most times, when you uninstall a program that has added items to your right-click menu, the items on the context menu remain. This… Read More »
We are surprised to see the number of Vista and Windows 7 users who aren’t using the search bar at the bottom of the start menu productively. It’s really a great feature. 1. Instead of scrolling through your long list of programs, just type the program’s name in the search bar. It will appear at the top of… Read More »
We were struck by nostalgia last night. I was going through some old programs and came upon one that EB and I used to refer to as “the toilet-flusher” program. If you download, install and run it, you’ll see why. Otherwise, you’ll just have to imagine whatever you will. I promised EB that I was going to stop… Read More »