Getting Along With Your Computer
Where are my folders?
Hey there, Microsoft! How about supporting an email program that works? Windows 10 Mail app lacks the ability to manage mail Back in the good old days of...
PDFs, photos, and planets
Print anything to a PDF in Windows 10. Google Photos will replace Picasa. Visit some planets. If you can print it, you can print it to PDF. For years...
Nag, nag, nag
Microsoft really wants you to upgrade to Windows 10. They’ve beefed up the nag screen and ended support for versions of Internet Explorer that don’t...
Remember when
Have you made the jump from Windows 7 (or XP, or Vista, the forgotten operating system) to a modern version of Windows? Do you miss the old games and the old...
Just stop it
Usually when sitting down at the computer I just want to get work done. Okay, okay, I just want to get work done after I look at all the dog videos on...
Little technical riddles
Some days, everything I encounter is a brand new puzzle to solve. Other days, I hear the same questions more than once. How to troubleshoot Firefox crashes As...
Keep malware at bay
As I clean out malicious software from my customers’ computers, the question most often asked is, “How did that get there?” I can usually...
I still like this stuff
Each new version of Windows brings new things and new ways of doing the same old things. Still, there are some things Windows doesn’t do on its own....
I didn't know that!
I love Google Calendar and Gmail, both on my computer and on my Android phone. I’ve been using them both since they were first introduced, and considered...
Ready . . . set . . .
Are you ready to start using Windows 10? If you’re going for the upgrade, this whole column is for you. If your new computer came with Windows 10 already...
Windows live mail update
Some people received a confusing email about their email program last week (see email below article). I’ll untangle that for you. then give you a couple...
Christmastime is here!
Ho ho ho! It’s time once again for the Christmas column, bringing you good cheer and ways to use all that technology you’re craving to enhance your...
Are you the expert?
Are you the person your friends and family turn to when they have a question about their computers? I have three tips you can share that will make you sound...
Take charge of Windows 10
Windows 10 is New and Different Microsoft makes a lot of choices for us, but we don’t have to use Windows 10 the way it comes out of the box. The new,...
That was weird
I enjoy solving problems. So it’s a good thing I work with computers. Sometimes, thought, I don’t need to solve problems at all: My very talented...
Confused?
Three confusing situations: Avast! Free keeps telling you to pay Changing your email password breaks email on your iPad Gmail errors out on your phone or...
Win woes
Windows 10 is still a little rough around the edges, just as Windows 7 was when it was first released. Smoothing those edges can often be accomplished by...
Not the same thing
Files and programs are not the same thing. Search engines and browsers are not the same thing. Is that important? Almost as important as knowing that the brake...
Boo!
This Saturday is Halloween. If you’d like to enjoy just one more holiday before the onslaught of Christmas decorations, read on. Stock up on Sharpies A...
Look what I found
Sometimes when I start out to research something, I find myself seventeen clicks deep in something else entirely. It’s one way to find fun and...