You may have noticed that your computer has gotten slower over time. Some people think that computers are supposed to slow down and become harder to use the older they are. These people will tell you that the only way to recover the performance of a new PC is to reformat and reinstall your operating [...]
Though I haven’t had any problems of my own, I know a couple of people who installed IE8 and then complained about it running very slowly, sometimes completely bogging down their systems. This type of behavior usually signals a problem with system resources, but thanks to Ed Bott over at ZDNet, there may be a [...]
Elevate America initiative provides technology skills tools at no cost and low cost. This is great news for anyone who wants to pursue a technical career. This is the kind of stimulus that will really make a difference! REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 22, 2009 — Microsoft Corp. today announced a new initiative, Elevate America, which [...]
I recently had the opportunity to test drive Chengdu Yiwo Tech Developments’ EASEUS Partition Manager Server 2.1.1 (EPMS). Using EPMS, you can easily create, format, and delete partitions on your hard disk. The most attractive feature is that it can resize/move your partitions by using your hard disk’s free space without destroying data. The program’s [...]
I get this question often enough that it’s time for a detailed post. Today, I’m answering Valania’s question: When you improperly shut down your computer does it harm your computer hardware, or anything else in your computer? Valania, by “improperly shut down,” I assume you mean pressing the power button instead of clicking Start->Shut Down [...]
Well, it’s the first one of the New Year that I saw. A friend of mine sent an email early on New Year’s Day: Help! After defragging and rebooting I got the error message: ‘Application failed to initialize: 0x800106BA. A problem caused Windows Defender Service to stop. To start the service, restart your computer or [...]
Q. When I save pictures received in email while using Outlook, they are always automatically saved as Bitmap files. I wish to save them as received, either JPG or Gif. This problem does not exist when I employ Outlook Express. I’m running Windows XP Home with SP2 and all updates are current. I have Microsoft [...]
Q. I just started using a web based application to submit my payroll to our home office. Now, every time I print my emails from Outlook, “Payroll Statement” appears as a header and the date is printed as the footer on every page. I don’t see anything in Word or Outlook that is causing this. [...]
Q. Some web pages I try to load are slow and give me a time out error. They used to load fine. I have moved the security settings to the lowest and to default. I’m running Windows 98 First Edition. A. I suggest you upgrade your computer, since you’re not even running Windows 98 Second [...]