If you are running Windows XP, which I imagine most of you are, it is very easy to make shortcuts on your desktop. “Quick Shutdown” and “Quick Reboot” icons are very convenient tools for your Windows system.
In this case, “Quick” means “do it now; do not ask if I want to shut down, reboot [...]
I received an email from Terry’s Computer Tips reader Cecil, who said:
Hi Terry, I am enjoying your newsletter … very informative and timely … here’s my question:
By using MSCONFIG on Windows XP Pro under the startup tab, what are the minimum items that need to be “checked” [...]
One of Microsoft’s attempts at “user friendliness” is that recent versions of Windows are set to hide file extensions. What’s a file extension? As an example, it is the “.exe” that is at the end of a program’s name.
Unfortunately, Microsoft decided that we don’t really need to know what file extensions are. Even [...]