Windows 7 Updates Searching For Updates Forever
It seems that all fresh installs of Microsoft Windows 7 fail to successfully update using the built-in Windows Update. Some manual intervention is needed. The issues are not always the same and this fix won't work for all such issues, but I have had success with this...
Avoid Socially Engineered Infections
These days computer users have to think suspiciously to avoid infecting their computers. Especially if you use Social Media sites like Facebook. Even if you take precautions on Facebook by only "Friending" people you know personally anyone of your friends can make an...
Ransomware Warning! Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware are not enough.
Malware, Viruses, and Ransomware Explained There has been an alarming increase in the number of computers infected with ransomware in recent weeks and your anti-virus probably cannot protect you. Nearly all computers pick up malware as they surf the internet, install...
Reset Local Account Password in Windows 8(.1)
A long used tool for recovering client computers when they lose their passwords has been the ntpassword tool. Windows 8, including 8.1, causes a problem with the use of this tool. There is a fast boot setting that causes the partition not to mount in a Linux...
Browser Zoom Shortcuts
Have you ever been using the Internet and all of a sudden everything got minuscule or huge? Every page you go to is the same - either too small or too large. How did that happen? Even more importantly, how can you fix it? Most of the time a user on the computer has...
I Do not recommend AVG Free.
Originally posted on PCMag.com (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2424175,00.asp#comment-1633904157) I have been using AVG Free for home computers for more than a decade. Reasonably good anti-virus, but as with all the others in this lot, save for MalwareBytes, not...
3 ways to copy and paste in Google Chrome
If you are new to Google Chrome and having trouble with simple things like Copy and Paste this might help.
Don’t Trust Your Phone
Okay, don't trust your phone. I just heard of a problem where a printer manufacturer (a big one) had their phone system hacked and the calls were diverted. It happened multiple times over a few days. The people who answered pretended to be support for the big printer...
Laptop Computer Buying Guide
Windows 7 vs. Windows 8 If you are thinking about buying a new laptop you couldn't have picked a better time. With a new Windows version shipping soon retailers typically want to unload all the systems preloaded with the previous operating system (OS). This means...
Protect Your Email From Hackers
I know of more than a dozen email addresses that were hacked into since the beginning of the year. Most of them @bellsouth.net, @yahoo.com, @hotmail.com, @live.com, @gmail.com and @aol.com (since BellSouth uses Yahoo! they are really the same). I wonder if people...
