Category Archives: Windows Tips

What is a secure server?

First: HTTPS:// HTTP:// . Do you see the difference? Of course, one has an S at the end, the other does not. The S stands for secure. All you have to remember is: it stands for your security. SSL or Secure Sockets Layer was first established by Netscape and is the web standard for exchanging sensitive information between… Read More »

Clean Boots

Susan wants to know how all about clean boots Can you please explain what a clean boot is and why someone would want to do a clean boot? One of my friends is reading a bunch of computer books and she was trying to explain to me about doing a clean boot but she wasn’t making any sense.… Read More »

All about social media

Social Media is a euphemism for interactive Websites where anti-social people can socialize anonymously. Social Media are sites like Twitter and Facebook where people don’t have to bathe to have coffee and crumpets together. You can sit in your undies, unwashed, and still have more friends than you can count. Don’t worry. Facebook and Twitter have counters who… Read More »

Another great free office program

Yes. It says SoftMaker Office 2008. You’re thinking “Hey dude and dudette, this think is like a brontosaur – it’s three years old!” Yeah, we know it’s 2011. We have calendars. If this were a wine magazine and we were writing about Chateau Bordeaux, vintage 2008, you’d be hollering at us because it’s not old enough. So you’re… Read More »