When we think of security software, we usually think of antivirus, firewall, antispyware and antispam software. But, what other kind of software is security software? Backup software, of course. We need to make backup copies of our important data. That data may be financial, such as your checkbook in Quicken, or your spreadsheet tracking your [...]

Subscriber Terry Millburg wrote recently with a queestion about sending email with Outlook Express. I have an issue with Outlook Express in XP Home on a dell. Do you have any recommendations on a unit that can receive but not send in Outlook Express? I have tried the usual, uninstall & reinstall the OE from [...]

Longtime subscriber Clif of the Clif Notes Newsletter wrote about my Windows 7 installation experience articles in last week’s online issue: Hi Terry, Thanks for the preview of the hassle to come when I move my laptop to win7 from the RC. Hopefully the drivers I have backed up will work. I’m hoping the driver [...]

Recently, one of my subscribers wanted to know about a free program to let him fill in PDF forms. I made a quick check and realized that the free PDF reader Foxit Reader would do this. While Foxit Reader also has a Pro Pack available to add additional functions, the free version does almost everything [...]

I received a question from Adam, a Terry’s Computer Tips web site visitor recently, who was having problems with two of his computers: Hey Terry, just read your XP SP3 woes, got another one two for you. i have a small home network running with shared internet connection. When SP3 came out both computers immidiately [...]

Reader Bev Lammert has written me about an alternative anti-spam program that she’s picked: Hi, I just read my newsletter of which I love but had to comment on your Anti Spam article. You mentioned MailWasherPopFile & IHateSpam. I haven’t tried any of them but I do use one called Spam Bully and have used [...]

In my August 31st online Terry’s Computer Tips newsletter, I wrote about my experience trying to install Windows XP Service Pack 3 on my notebook computer. Service Pack 3 didn’t like me. This week, I got some feedback from Bob in South Africa on his experiences: Terry, Microsoft’s auto update of SP 3 on my [...]

For the first time in a few weeks, I think the last week went by without any new reports from subscribers about problems installing XP Service Pack 3. That probably means that the rest of us are waiting for reports that Microsoft has solved and updated it to fix some of the incompatibility problems. Notice [...]

As a long-time personal computer user, I learned the importance of backing up my data long, long ago. There are just too many things that can go wrong when you’re working on your computer. Whether it is a hard drive that goes bad (or a floppy, in the old days), or a mental lapse on [...]

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