Archive for the 'Computers' Category

The Single Least Expensive Yet Most Valuable Way to Upgrade Your Computers Performance

Is your computer not what it used to be? I bet
when you bought it, it was top of the line, wasnt
it? Well, I can almost guarantee its not anymore!
At the current rate of development, it probably
lacked the most modern advances by the time you
got it out of box.
If youre like me, you cant buy a […]

Make your own Computer Software without Programming

With a new software technology the computer software, so far rather a specialty, is becoming an everyday commodity you can do yourself. And you SHOULD do it yourself: no one knows better what you want to get out of the computer than you!
Software development, isnt that the mtier of a few highly trained specialists, the […]

Cure for Illegal Operations Sydrome

You have performed an ILLEGAL OPERATION, the program will be shut down! But I didnt do anything! Really, I was just sitting here.
You did update Windows, right?And have the current drivers for all of your other hardware and software, dont you? How important is it? Well if you are experiencing a lot of […]

WEB PICTURE QUALITY knowledge over style over content

FORMATSbitmap, gif and jpeg. picture formats are commonly used.
I use jpeg format for converting most big pictures, and reduce the dots per inch (dpi) to 70 or below, for a web page.
To keep jpeg file sizes under 50k, I use 30 to 60 on the compression scale for jpegs ( a scale runs […]

WARNING Do not buy a computer until you read this

On a perfect summer day in 1997, life as I knew it waschanged forever. I lost all trust in the human race, andfelt my life was over — but I vowed to seek vendetta inthe most violent way. Yes, the taste of blood was in mymouth
Okay, so maybe it wasnt quite as melodramatic as […]

How To Optimize Your Online Time Through Efficient Computer Use

Save your precious time and efforts by optimizing yourcomputer usage skills. Here are a few tips for you(Window Users):
-The Ctrl plus F keys bring up the find function.Particularly useful when reading e-mails you need tofind the Ad Code, Ad published twice etc. Also goodfor find requirements in word documents.
-The Ctrl plus N keys open up […]

Speeds Explained

So how fast is your internet connection anyway? Yeah, I knowthat many companies now (especially DSL - for more information seehttp://www.internet-tips.net/System/DSL.htm, and cable) are advertisingspeeds of upwards of a megabit or more. Well, what does that really mean?And how fast is 56K or 28.8 anyway?
I know this is hard to believe if youre relatively new […]

OH The aggravation of it all

Have you ever had one of those days whenyou just felt like chucking your computerout the window and forgetting you ever ownedit.
Today was another one for me. It seems theyare coming more frequently.
First: cannot connect to isp. Getting themessage, the computer you are dialingcannot be found. Funny it was there whenI shut down last nite.
Shut […]

Help I Cant Handle One More Virus

There are 500 new virus/worms created each month,according to the McAfee.com website. Whenever I learn outabout another virus or worm that has developed into mediumor high status, I shake my head in disgust. Have you everwondered what would happen if that virus programmer turnedtheir energies around and instead developed a positiveprogram for us to use? […]

TROUBLESHOOTING Microsoft Word

Basically, there are five things you need to understand in order to troubleshoot and fix most of your Word problems.
1. Word stores most of its format settings in a global template called normal.dot.
2. Word has a Startup folder, which holds add-ins that start automatically when Word is launched.
3. Toolbars and macro settings are recorded […]