Do you use the Internet every day? Do you surf the web, or just go to specific web sites that you already know? Do you check out web sites that someone’s recommended to you? Or, do you skip all the web stuff and just do emails, mainly with family and friends? If you answered yes [...]

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Occasionally when I’m installing a new program, or updating an existing program, I run into a special issue. Yes, that’s probably the right term for it — when my security software does exactly what it’s supposed to do — and blocks the software installation or upgrade/update. Such was the case this week with the surprise [...]

I recently updated from NOD32 version 2.7 to the latest v3.0. I found that Eset has dramatically simplified the structure of the NOD32 controls. They had been criticized in the past as creating a great product for advanced PC users. The new version has a simplified “Standard Mode” that is much easier to use. The [...]

I recently made some boot changes to a notebook computer that resulted in a remarkable increase in the boot speed. The notebook was running Windows XP Home. It was a small, light Sony — one of the 12-inch monitor models. Tech Humor With notebooks, you can get small, light, fast and cheap. Pick any two… [...]

I write my weekly online and email newsletters. Then, occasionally I get around to converting some of the newsletter articles into web pages. Google and the other search engines like web pages more than they like online newsletters — the newsletters get indexed fairly quickly, but then get dropped as "old" pretty quickly, too. Here [...]

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You’ve seen the problem. The program you use every day, or maybe one you use occasionally, isn’t doing what it should. Perhaps the program can’t load one of its data files, so it doesn’t actually start. Perhaps it won’t do the task you told it to do – even if it worked yesterday. Perhaps the [...]

In every issue of my weekly online computer tips newsletter, I have my current security software recommendations. In that article, I write about the programs that I choose for antivirus, antispyware/antiadware, firewall and antispam. I also include a paragraph in the article on using a cable / DSL router. But, I guess I haven’t had [...]

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