Mar 16, 2009 | Adobe, security, software
If your computer has Adobe Acrobat 9 or Acrobat Reader 9, you should have already installed an update to version 9.1, issued last week. Open the program and click on Help / About to check the version, or click on Help / Check for Updates to see if you’re up to date....
Mar 11, 2009 | backup, OneCare, software
Previously:BACKUPS – INTRODUCTIONBACKUPS – DATA vs. DRIVE IMAGEBACKUPS – EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES I’ll mention a few ways that you can make a backup copy of your important files, but this is necessarily just an overview. Remember, the important things are: (1) you have a...
Mar 2, 2009 | IE, software
If you click the wheel of your mouse on a link in IE7, the link will open in a new tab. (Click down like it’s a middle button, don’t just rotate the wheel.) Did you know that? I didn’t know that. I thought I knew a lot of cool IE7 tab tricks, but I had to learn that...
Feb 26, 2009 | IE, software
Here’s a couple of tricks that might be worth learning! When you click on a link in Internet Explorer, it’s not always easy to know what to expect – you might leave the page you’re on and go to the new page, but you might also open another copy of Internet Explorer in...
Feb 25, 2009 | hardware, HP, printers, software
It seems we’re constantly buying printers to replace the ones that break before their time. A quick word of advice if you buy an HP printer: don’t put that installation CD in the drive! The chances are good that you’ll wind up with hundreds of megabytes of bloated...
Feb 23, 2009 | IE, Microsoft, software
When I got back from vacation, I got a quick lesson from Microsoft about how we get unwanted programs that slow down our computers, and how our computers are changed behind our back. It’s nothing underhanded or evil, just a reminder that we have to read every screen...
