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The Evolution Of Computer Consulting
Have you ever had that feeling of working your whole life at a job, great career, helped lots of people, but you realize as you reach retirement that your job has become obsolete over the years and you didn’t quite realize it? It’s not really a problem, you’re...
BRUCE LEAVES YOU STRANDED
I'll be out of the country until July 3.Oh, stop it! Those of you who reacted with undisguised glee, just cut it out! And I know a couple of you are alarmed and are openly...
QUICK TO ANGER
Quicktime has been an annoying bit of software for ten years now. My experience tonight was the final straw. I've spent the better part of an hour cleaning it off my system and I...
SHUTDOWN MYSTERIES
I bet you don't know how to turn off your computer. Lots of people ask me why their computer doesn't turn off when they hit the power button on the front of the case after the...
BLACKBERRY MANIA
Blackberry smartphones are mindbogglingly popular. I'm being asked about them more often than iPhones. That shouldn't be a surprise - almost half the smartphones sold in the...
WINDOWS LIVE NAMING CONFUSION
Microsoft has done a terrible job of branding things in the last few years. "Microsoft Network" morphed into "MSN," which has at various times been a software package, a...
ROUTER PASSWORDS
You probably have a router or firewall device on your network - the little box that your DSL or cable modem plugs into. Make sure you've changed the default password on the...
Vista Feature: Explorer Favorites
When you open a file folder on your computer with Vista - Documents, say, or Computer - the left hand column displays a short list of "Favorite Links." That Favorites list is...
NOTEBOOK MARKET
The market for notebook computers is growing fast. Notebooks already outsell desktop computers in the US and will outsell desktops globally by next year, according to the New...
RIPPING DVDS
I've tried to figure out how video works on computers, really I have. Maybe you've tried Vista's Windows Movie Maker, or burned a DVD with Windows Photo Gallery, or found a way...
OUTLOOK 2007 TROUBLESHOOTING
Microsoft has a support document that was updated recently with helpful information to troubleshoot performance issues in Outlook 2007. For my clients Outlook 2007 has been...
PRINTER CONNECTIONS
Let me give you a simplified overview of printer terms, then offer a tip that might save a few seconds someday. (This is basic stuff. If you can tell where I'm leaving things...
FIREFOX 3
Mozilla released the Firefox 3 Internet browser on Tuesday and is working on setting a Guinness record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours. There are a lot of people who...
APPLE iPHONE UPGRADE
The upgraded iPhone has a tremendous list of features! I'm looking forward to the integration with Exchange Server, which ought to let my clients with Small Business Server have...
A TOOL FOR UPGRADE OVERLOAD
I wrote a few months ago about the difficulty of dealing with the endless flood of software updates that is slowly draining our will to live. Microsoft's system of delivering...
WINDOWS SEARCH 4.0 – FINAL
Microsoft released Windows Search 4.0 today in final form. It is a free upgrade to the search features built into Windows Vista. It adds indexed searching to Windows XP; this...