I received an email recently from a reader who was having problems with Outlook Express. As I have written several times recently, when you delete emails, they’re not really deleted — even if you “empty the deleted emails folder.” Your email program still has the email in its data file — it has only marked [...]
If you need to identify which program opens a particular file type, you can do that, and a lot more, using the Folder Options functions in Windows Explorer.
To find Folder Options, open Windows Explorer (right-click on Start, select Explore). Then, on its menu bar, select Tools and then Folder Options…
At this point, we need to [...]
Microsoft Excel, like most spreadsheets, has a really convenient feature. When you copy any given cell into another cell, Excel will automatically adjust the formula references to other cells so refer to cells in the same relative position.
First, a look at Relative Addressing
In the example below, I copied thte formula in cell C2 into cells [...]
This week, I received a query from a reader about a warning message he was receiving:
Hi Terry , I was wondering if perhaps you can help me , I have this very annoying adware that occurs EVERYTIME at startup …. not-a-virus:Adware.Win32.BHO.cr Now althugh this doesn’t appeato be causing any problem on my PC and I [...]
My call one Monday evening to Dell Support was met with the ubiquitous automatic answering system, with the standard message that said something like “We are experiencing heavy call volume right now. The best time to call is Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm.” Of course, since this was the tech support group for Dell’s [...]
I received an interesting question from subscriber Maria. She has been using Firefox, as many people do, including me. In this case, she had just upgraded her Internet Explorer to IE7 and was having problems with Outlook Express.
Maria wrote:
Terry, I currently have Fire Fox and Internet Explorer on my computer. I just added the [...]
Recently, Agnes Brach wrote to me with a question that, eventually, applies to all of us:
Hello Terry,
I enjoy your newsletter very much. I have a question that has been on my mind for a while. I have an old computer which i would like to recycle, but have absolutely no idea [...]
I received an interesting question from subscriber Maria. She has been using Firefox, as many people do, including me. In this case, she had just upgraded her Internet Explorer to IE7 and was having problems with Outlook Express.
Maria wrote:
Terry, I currently have Fire Fox and Internet Explorer on my computer. I just added the Internet [...]
With all the news about the cute graphics (often termed “eye candy” to denote its real value) of Windows Vista, we need to remember that Windows XP has some of those features, too.
Windows XP’s graphical interface defaults to a number of cute options that are worthless from a usability point of view — and [...]
Remember back when you got your latest computer? It seemed so fast, so much faster than your previous computer. Now, if it doesn’t seem to drag, it just doesn’t seem as peppy as it used to…
Part of that effect is our memory — not the computer’s memory but the memories stored between our ears. We [...]