I have a daughter just going off to University in Montreal. Here are a few of the things I think she needs to know about computers: read more...

    Wireless networking is a growing trend. The idea of no wires is very appealing. If you are thinking about going wireless in a business environment here are a couple of ideas to consider. read more...

    New computers today are faster, cheaper, more reliable and often smaller. These are all good things. Many new computers however do not have all the same features and connectors that were traditionally found on older systems. read more...

    Wireless Internet routers are an amazing device. Plug it in and you can get an Internet connection anywhere in the house, right! Well usually right. read more...

    The back-to-school rush is on! Notebooks and wireless networks are popular items this season. Almost all of the notebooks we have seen have switches to turn on and off the wireless network card. read more...

    There are several new Internet scams flying around the net these days. It seemed to have started with greeting card offers, as you may have read about a few weeks ago in this column. read more...

    The back-to-school rush is upon us. There will be many students taking notebook computers away to school this year. Notebooks are easy to steal and hard to trace. You might consider sending a notebook security cable along with your student and their notebook. read more...

    More and more users are moving to notebook computers for their computing needs. By nature a notebook computer is a more delicate device compared to a desktop unit. The shell of a notebook is usually made of plastic. Many have some metal in the frames but that metal is usually anchored in plastic. We all have experience with plastic, great stuff but it can break due to wear, shock or stress. read more...

    I have seen it many times before and I saw it again yesterday. Backups with nothing on the backup media. read more...

    They say that as the seasons change from winter to summer it is a good time to change the batteries in your smoke detectors, I think that these “milestones” are also excellent times to do some maintenance and backups for your computers. read more...

    Wireless networking is a growing trend. The idea of no wires is very appealing. If you are thinking about going wireless in a business environment here are a couple of ideas to consider. Wireless is more complicated to troubleshoot. read more...

    When setting up a home network I highly recommend using simple, easily spelled and remembered names for the computer names and for the share names. read more...

    Now that Microsoft has released the Windows Vista operating system, a question that often gets asked is, “How long will Microsoft supprt Windows XP”? read more...

    Have you ever noticed that when you first got your computer, it seemed to run much faster than it feels now?  You have come to expect this after years of using PC’s and never thought twice about some of the unlikely culprits.
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    A couple of weeks ago we spoke about file type registration in Windows. If you have a problem with the wrong application opening a file type, this is a file registration problem. read more...

    There are so many bogus emails flying around the Internet today that one has to be very suspicious about everyone and everything. read more...

    Today’s tip is one that I have mentioned before but was so useful to some that I will repeat it. read more...

    Today’s tip is a quick way to add program icons to your desktop. A program icon is a short-cut to the program, not the program itself. read more...

    When you click on a file in Windows Explorer or in the My Computer window, Windows looks at the 3 letter file extension and then checks a lookup table to determine what program is associated with that file extension. read more...

    While Windows 98 is getting a bit long in the tooth, there are still many people running it on their computers quite happily. read more...

    There are so many bogus emails flying around the Internet today that one has to be very suspicious about everyone and everything. One trick I like to use is to have a “through-away” email address that I can use for browsing the net and checking out new web services. read more...

    It is always an adventure speaking to the general public about computers. In my opinion, the single biggest problem is the words people use to describe their computer hardware and their problems. Here are a few suggestions when talking to a computer tech. read more...

    This week is the first week the new Windows Vista has been available. For those of you considering moving to the new platform here are a few things to think about. read more...

    Windows XP allows users to protect their accounts with passwords. This is a good thing until you loose or forget what the password is; then you are locked out. read more...

    The new year is upon us and many of us made New Year’s resolutions. How many of us made resolutions to make data backups and perform regular maintenance tasks on our computers? read more...