From some of the email we’ve been getting, it seems there is a lot of confusion about external hard drives and backing up computers. So we wanted to give all of you some helpful hints you can use when creating backups. First, we recommend you keep good image-based backups. But whatever type of backups you keep, you need… Read More »
There’s a change taking place on the Internet – and it has nothing to do with the exodus to the Cloud. It is darker and more sinister than that. As those of us using the Internet become smarter, as security software becomes increasingly more sophisticated, as more and more of us take the time to learn about the… Read More »
Ted wants to know about Bullguard I have a friend who owns a computer repair shop near me, and I’ve always trusted his advice (not as much as yours though). He said that he didn’t think very highly of Microsoft Security Essentials – he doesn’t think very highly of Microsoft in general. He recommended Bullguard Internet Security. So… Read More »
Darla tries to help an old friend Dear TC & EB, I have been helping an elderly man with problems he is having with his computer. He has Windows XP with not much RAM. He purchased the computer from a Computer Shop nearby. Of course he doesn’t have a rescue disk etc. I am going to make a… Read More »
Two things we always harp about: strong passwords and mirror-image backups. You’re sick of hearing about those two things, but someday you’ll thank us. You’ll thank us when your friend’s Hotmail account is hacked because she was using a password like 12345 – and your account is safe because you listened to us and yours was 99%2Ld4e6Z$4 .… Read More »
You have Windows Media Player (WMP). Yes you do! But then you have to download something else to play Quicktime, and something else to play 3GP files, then something else to play RealMedia files, then something else to play some other kind of file. Oh yes, you might be able find “codecs” for Windows Media Player, but you… Read More »