Karen and the Best Buy saga In January I purchased an ASUS laptop. I installed SUPERAntiSpyware and MS Office 2007. Late March I started having problems opening PDF files. When I tried to open the Adobe program I got a “fatal internal error” message. When I tried to uninstall and reinstall Adobe I got a “**APPDATA** file missing”… Read More »
System File Checker, or SFC, is one of the best features of Windows; it is also one of the least used. And that’s too bad. Many computer problems can be easily solved by running it, yet very few people use it. To be honest, we often forget about it too. It just so happens that this week we… Read More »
If you’re using a home wireless network, you really should consider securing it with WPA2 security. There are many videos on the web showing anyone can make a high-gain Wifi antenna with a Pringles can, a copper wire, and a couple of nuts and bolts and use this contraption to access wireless Internet signals from 1/4 to 1/2… Read More »
Jim asks about tracking cookies I recently switched from IE8 to Firefox. When I run SUPERAntiSpyware, it finds about 200 tracking cookies each day. They all seem to be related to Firefox. I never encountered this in IE8. You have previously educated me not to be worried about cookies, but are tracking cookies different? I remove them, but… Read More »
Where common sense fails, absurdity sails What “can” you do about the problem with Internet Explorer 9’s SmartScreen filter? Your best choice is never to trust it. As always, your best choice is using common sense and information you can verify – and not a flawed, provably lacking and almost risible “safe surfing” program like Internet Explorer’s SmartScreen.… Read More »
Windows Key + Tab = Aero [press Tab to cycle between Windows] Windows Key + E = Windows Explorer is launched (works in earlier versions of Windows too). Windows Key + R = Run Command is launched. Windows Key + F = Search (works in previous Windows versions too) Windows Key + X = Mobility Center Windows Key… Read More »