Windows XP Service Pack 2 is coming. It will be huge. Now is the time to start learning about it. Microsoft will spend $300 million marketing Service Pack 2. The marketing campaign will be designed to educate and alert users to the security necessities of installing...
Microsoft released an update today that should be installed at your earliest convenience. Go to Windows Update and apply all Critical Updates. (Some of you will see the “Windows Update” icon down by the clock today or tomorrow, notifying you that new...
Notebook computers with Windows XP can be set to “hibernate” when the lid is closed. The system memorizes what the computer is doing and saves that information, then turns off all power. When the computer is restarted, it immediately goes back to exactly...
Everybody can use at least a few keyboard shortcuts. Here’s a chart that summarizes all the Windows keyboard tricks. Many people know about CTRL-C, X & V for cut/copy/paste, but make sure you also know CTRL-A for “select all.” And it...
You may get ads popping up on your screen through the “Messenger Service” built in to Windows. It is a rarely used service that probably should have been disabled by default. Now it’s being misused by spammers. Please note that this is NOT the instant messaging...
Microsoft released a batch of security updates for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. If your system notifies you that it has downloaded new updates, be sure to install them. Or go to Windows Update and install all “critical updates.” These updates are now a...
