Sep 13, 2011 | Adobe, Office, updates, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
Microsoft will deliver five run-of-the-mill security updates for Windows and Office tonight, in the regular monthly Patch Tuesday release. There’s more information about this month’s updates in Microsoft’s security bulletin here. Close programs and save any work in...
Aug 23, 2011 | Microsoft, Office 365, Outlook, web_services, Windows7
Microsoft Press has two quite useful books for you to download, absolutely free. The books are in PDF format, fully searchable and easy to read onscreen. (Don’t print them. It misses the point.) The Windows 7 Power Users Guide by Mike Halsey is packed with...
Aug 20, 2011 | updates, Windows7
If Windows 7 Service Pack 1 is shown as an Important update, follow these steps to install it. Your computer will be tied up for 45 minutes. Restart your computer. Don’t start any other programs. Click on the Start button, type in update and click on Windows Update....
Aug 14, 2011 | Apple, computers, Windows7
Don’t underestimate how much you’ve learned about using Windows. Over the years I’ve been asked the same question frequently: “Should I switch to a Mac?” Not very much has changed about my answer. I work mostly with small businesses and law firms, and there are...
Jul 31, 2011 | computers, hardware, laptops, Windows7
The little device in the picture – about the size of a deck of playing cards, less than half as thick – is an Intel 160Gb solid state hard drive. It has given me a more significant speed boost for my computer than any other single device that I can recall – ever, in...
Jul 25, 2011 | Adobe, software, Windows7
Every time I opened a PDF file in Acrobat, a window would appear to notify me that I was reading an Untagged Document that had to be prepared for reading out loud. Every time. Every PDF. I’d have to click “Cancel” on this dialog: “This document is untagged and must be...
