Subscriber Louis Zarowin wrote this week to ask for some guidance. Louis needs to reinstall Windows XP on an old computer that had been upgraded to Windows XP. At a time like that, we always worry about whether we’ve found all the needed disks and files, so we can make sure that all our software [...]
Readers of my online newsletter will remember Bev’s problems of several weeks ago. Bev upgraded to Windows 7 Home. However, she was no longer able to get to Pogo.com to play games… I had corresponded with Bev and made sure she had updated to the latest verison of Java (from www.java.com). But, Bev continued to [...]
Well, the install was a pain. Not really — but my initial install worked extremely smoothly until Windows rebooted. At that point, it simply failed to boot with an ambiguous error message that was less than helpful. It told me to reboot the installation DVD and select the Repair option. When I did selected Repair, [...]
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 [...]