Carrie wants to know what the “NUM LOCK” key is for One thing I’ve always wanted to know is what the key called “Num Lock” key is for. I press it and nothing happens. Can you tell me and other dummies like me what this key is useful for? Thanks, Carrie. Our Answer Hi Carrie, you’re not a… Read More »
There’s a place in your computer life for using file to file backup — but not instead of full drive image backups. But for things like photos, music, documents and videos, keeping a quickly accessible backup folder is a good idea. But if you’ve ever tried copying, say 14GB of data from one place to another in Windows,… Read More »
SoftPedia was once a great place to go for bug-free freeware. The other day I (TC) was working on someone’s computer wearing my Cloudeight Direct hat, when I determined that the customer could benefit from a freeware program. I wasn’t sure of the developer’s Web site URL so I google the name of the program and ended up… Read More »
Jack wants us to explain firewalls So many other sites claim we need something better than Windows firewall but you say we don’t. If I have a firewall do I still need antivirus and antispyware? I’m not a new to computers but sometimes all this ballyhoo gets too difficult for me to sort out.. I love Fridays because… Read More »
Macrium Reflect An easy-to-use Drive Image backup program Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 32-bit and 64-bit 31.7MB download I must say first off that the name Macrium Reflect does not do much for me. It sounds like something I need to take a pill to get rid of – or something which might, if it gets… Read More »
System File Checker, or SFC, is one of the best features of Windows, and also one of the least used. And that’s too bad. Many computer problems can be solved by running it, and yet very few people ever use it. The System File Checker utility (SFC), has been available since Windows 98. It’s used to scan for… Read More »