As I am a big proponent of Firefox, you still need to keep Internet Explorer around. There are still websites out there that will require IE to use them. And the other reason is Microsoft will not allow the updates to be done with Fire Fox. Kind of makes sense, huh?
I am awaiting the next […]

I have a wireless router from US Robotics and have had it for over a year now. We initially bought it because we had 2 computers: Laptop and Desktop. We have since sold the desktop and use the laptop as the desktop (follow me?). Anyway, I have not been impressed with the wireless router. It […]

The normal process of receiving an email is either open up the software, or click on the send/receive and everything is dumped into the Inbox. How about we clear up some of the clutter in your email box?
First, there is a feature in many of the email softwares called “Rules”. Basicaly you are telling the […]

I have noticed during the last 6 months, after we moved to the apartment, we were not able to surf and talk on the phone as the same time. As I have VOIP, the data being sent for the computer and the phone go through the same cable. IF you can not get all of […]

So I wake up this morning, and boot the computer. Low and behold, Nortons (I have, or rather had Nortons Internet Security 2004) tells me I have a trojan horse virus. That’s just great. Just what I want to see at 6:00am. Now I am just trying to figure out how it got in there. […]

How often do you download files, install software, or read emails?
I am guessing about every day for atleast one of these. Here are a few tips you should do to help your computer out.
Emails: Everyone reads emails everyday. But how often do you clean up your inbox? I personally have 10 different email boxes, where […]

The past few days I was having trouble emailing. Normally it would only happen if I was returning an email, or if I clicked on an email link and tried to email. If I just emailed normally from within my email software (which is outlook express for the moment) everything was OK.
The problem was it […]

This is just a simple check to see all the programs that are being launched when your computer is started up. I run Windows XP, so this works for me. I believe it works for Win98, but I am not sure about Windows 2000.
Go to start –> run –> then type in msconfig –> hit […]

Read an interesting article over the weekend about Google’s plans for the internet. It appears as if google is buying up a bunch of fiber optic lines. With the troubles in the telecom industry, they are getting great deals on the lines. And what they are proposing to do, is then to set up Wi-Fi […]

I have posted about having the basics installed on the computer: antivirus, spyware remover, registry fix/optimizer, and firewall software. Sure, all of this protects the computer, but you need to make sure nothing else is going wrong.
I sort of relate it to checking the oil in the car and giving the car gas. If you […]