One of the most often asked questions is: “How do I open a ______ (fill in the blank) file?” different kinds of documents. By default, most browsers can’t open files like pdf, odp, doc, ppt, odt, rtf (and many others). So you have to download them and open them with Adobe Reader, Microsoft Office, Open Office, etc., With… Read More »
A lot of you have been upgrading to Windows 7 or have purchased a new computer with Windows 7 installed. And as always, with a new installation of Windows, there’s a default Windows setting that causes users a lot of problems or at least quite a few frustrations. For some reason, Microsoft hides certain files and folders. We’ve… Read More »
WinPatrol 2012 – Version 25 Windows XP through Windows 8 32-bit and 64-bit 864 KB download There’s a new WinPatrol. It’s the best ever. It has more features than before — and many of the new features are available to WinPatrol Free users. But before we get into the new features in WinPatrol 2012 Version 25… we have… Read More »
Every Windows 7 computer has Windows Mail (not to be confused with the clunky Windows Live Mail) installed on it. However, the program is disabled by some slick slight of hand by the folks at Microsoft who claimed they were worried about European anti-trust suits should they include an email program in Windows 7. It sounds like baloney… Read More »
One of the most common Windows annoyances is Windows Updates failing to install. While there is no easy fix for some of these problems — if you’re having a problem installing Net Framework 4 via Windows Updates, this recently release Microsoft tool may be just the ticket to fix your problem. Notice we said “may be”. No guarantees… Read More »
Jude’s Windows 7 computer won’t boot I have a Toshiba netbook with windows starter edition. Suddenly It stop booting up. The Toshiba screen comes up then I get an error message saying boot manager is missing. I can press F2 and it works to get settings but no restore option. Since there is no cd tray can I… Read More »