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HOWTO: Identifying and Changing Default File Type / Program Associations

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 [...]

HOWTO: Using Excel - How To Use Absolute Addressing

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 [...]

Adware Ties into Internet Explorer

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 [...]

Outlook Express Links Don’t Work

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 [...]

WinPatrol - for System Control and Protection

I’ve written a number of times about one of the programs that I use on every one of my computers, including my family’s computers. Well, really on every computer that runs Windows — and I’ve been using it since well before 2004.
This program is a great protection tool called WinPatrol. WinPatrol allows me to [...]