Tired of your clock on Windows 7 automatically changing. Windows Vista connects to a time server online called time.windows.com. This way if your system clock loses a few seconds (or worse), Windows can periodically adjust it as necessary, helping prevent problems with backups and other issues.
While many people like the automatic sync, others may have…
Thomas Fox
We all know how overwhelming remembering all of our passwords can be.
Especially if you're like myself, and have a dozen or so online accounts, with numerous user names and several passwords.
Keeping passwords stored on your computer as documents, or the dreaded sticky note reminders we find on our monitors, desks, and several other places we…
You have to do your updates.
No matter what operating system your computer is running, you want it to be safe.
As I have been doing the preventive maintenance on our clients systems, I was struck by the fact that a couple of computers were still running Windows 2000.
As workstations, they still function, although slow, but they…
Ask any computer technician around, and s/he will tell you that your hard drive is one if not the single most piece of hardware to fail on your computer. Hard drive failures are never good, especially when users' do not have a backup of their data. Many users are now turning to a new solution…
Looking for a local free internet spot to use. Everyone knows you can easily find a WIFI spot in the mall or at McDonald's but who wants to pay for them. Yeah some local area spots like coffee shops make them free but not every town has a coffee. Software called WEFI makes it possible…
Not sure which search engine you like. Yeah, Bing is better in some areas compared to Google but Google is better in others. Well know you can have the best of both worlds. BINGLE... Bingle displays google in one half of your browser window and the other half is Bing.
Boy has it been hot!
A client just bought their first laptop, and I have been worried about them not understanding how easy it is for one to overheat. Part of the problem is a lack of air flow: Cool air is pulled in through the sides or at the bottom of the machine and it is then pushed out the back.
If…
Google has now announced in the latest Chrome dev channel release 4.0.201.1 they are going to add bookmark synchronization without needing any special add-ons. This feature needs to be activated though and then you will also need to have a gmail account. This feature works very well if you use multiple computers and want your…
So I’m sure at one point or another we have all heard the words archiving relating to email, but a surprisingly high number of users’ are not even educated on this. A number of computer users’ abroad use mail clients such as Outlook, OE, Lotus Notes, Thunderbird, Eudora, and yes even Apple Mail to sync…
As you can probably tell by now, wireless is everywhere. In most public places you see WIFI. But please be aware, the dangers of WiFi are out there.
The research I have seen shows that free wireless public networks located in airports and other public places are ripe for exploitation by hackers. You innocently launch a…
Optical drives (CDROM / DVD players, recorders) have changed so much, and so quickly, I get asked what is compatible with what?. Well the best way to answer this is to let you know they have progressed from the read-only days of the CD-ROM, through the burner days with CD-R, the rewritable days of CD-RW and…
Are you wondering why it is important to install those annoying updates that popup in the corner of your desktop.
These are called update notifications and are from Microsoft telling you your computer is out dated and needs to be updated.
It is very important to keep Windows updated. Microsoft releases patches all the time. Not all…