It’s always good to have a boot disk handy. If you ever get into a situation where your computer simply won’t boot – and you haven’t followed our instructions and created a full image back up (and we know some of haven’t) – there’s no time like right now to make a boot CD/DVD or USB. to start… Read More »
Partitioning your hard drive is good thing to do, especially if you have a very large hard drive (500GB or more). Partitioning is really just dividing up your hard drive like a piece of pie. Imagine a great big cherry pie…yum! Now imagine you cut it into three big pieces. One of those pieces contains cherry pits and… Read More »
1. Did you know that attachments sent in formats that Google Documents can read can be opened directly in your browser when you’re using a Gmail address? They can. And the list includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, and RTF files. No additional software needed, Gmail can open them automatically. 2. When you receive or send attached image files… Read More »
Did you know you can install Windows 7 from a flash drive? Putting the Windows 7 installation on a USB flash drive has a couple of big advantages: A flash drive is more portable than a DVD, and Windows 7 will install much faster from a flash drive than it will from a DVD because the data transfer… Read More »
Who doesn’t like to mess around with publishing programs? They’re fun. You can make flyers, letterhead, posters, business cards, etc. with a publishing program. And even if you don’t have business – let’s say you’re retired; with a publishing program you can pretend you have a business. Let’s say your name is Floyd Merkle. And let’s say you… Read More »
What is Safe Mode Safe Mode is where you lay in a supply of beer, frozen pizza and chips, then lock yourself in your house, put 3/4″ plywood over all your Windows, bar all the doors, turn on the Leave it to Beaver marathon and eat, drink, and be merry. No one can get through your defenses. You’re… Read More »