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...
LaserJet Not Printing Multiple Copies Anymore
Problem is the Mopier Mode being enabled. To disable Mopier Mode:
Ticket is ready – Virus Alert
Book a trip recently?
Well don’t assume that all communication in your email is legitimate. An email with the title “Ticket is ready” that appears to come from Delta Airlines, but I’m sure there are version for many carriers, tries to trick the user into opening the attached “ticket” which is really a virus.
“Delivery status has changed” VIRUS
So you see a message from USPS (something similar could come from UPS or FedEx) that looks like this: Subject: Delivery status has changed From: World Wide Web Owner <www@partners.enternet.hu> on behalf of; US Postal Service...
