Fight Spy and Adware

Fight Spy and Adware In the last twelve months, a new menace has invaded our computers via the Internet. Different than a virus, but equally as irritating, we need to be watching out for and fighting against spy and adware. Spy and adware are little programs that install themselves on our computers and use up a great deal of our memory and processing power. Sometimes they are installed by us using some flaky software...

The efficient way to email your digital photos

by Adam Cochran I often get emails from family or friends who have recently been on vacation or been involved in some other event and they want to share a handful of photos with everyone in their address book. Some of the email works out great, but other email doesn’t quite make it through the way sender intended. Emailing photos can be one of the most troublesome things you can do with your email for several...

eBay – Useful, Fun, and Safe

eBay is the online auction juggernaut where you can buy and sell practically anything. When I talk with someone who hasn’t tried eBay, I commonly hear that the person is scared of getting ‘taken’. With some background information and a little common sense, you can enjoy eBay like more than 95 million people currently do. Last year (2003), eBay reported net revenue of over $2 billion dollars. The service...

Does your computer get stuck?

Actually, I should say, "does your web browser get stuck?" Occasionally, we may click on a link from a web page and the browser just sits there and the page never appears. Here’s the remedy… When you experience the above symptom while browsing about the Internet, simply click on the "stop" button at the top of your browser (traffic light in Netscape, circle with an ‘X’ in it for...

Cookies…are they dangerous, harmless or do t...

Cookies are small (very small…hundreds of cookies will take up less than a tenth of a megabyte on your hard drive) text files that are deposited on our computer systems by some web sites. For example, the polling service I use for our listener poll will deposit a cookie on your hard drive to prevent more than one vote per question, but that is all it does. In the majority of cases, cookies pose no threat to you, your...

Change the Font Size of Your Browser Text

Text on certain web pages can be either too small or too big. Using either Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer, you have control over this potential problem using the font size command. These font adjustments don’t have to be absolute. Change them as the need arises since there is a large disparity in the way web sites are formatted. In Internet Explorer, change the font size by: 1. Click on View from the...

AOL Users – Find your downloads

One common question I get from AOL users is locating files or email attachments they have downloaded. When an AOL user downloads email attachments, by default, they get buried in a sub-folder of the AOL folder. This tip will help AOL folks who have a hard time finding these files. One easy way to quickly navigate to your AOL download folder is by creating a desktop shortcut…here’s how: 1. Double-click My...

Alternative Browser

Would you like to have your web surfing speed increased? Would you like web sites to pop-up just a little faster? Changing the web browser you use (Internet Explorer, Netscape, AOL) will do just that. This tip does NOT require you to change Internet services. If you use AOL or any other service, that does not change. And whether you connect via a dialup modem (phone line), DSL, cable or other method, this tip applies across...

All Search Results are NOT Created Equally

When you click on a link provided by a search engine for a medication you are taking or maybe a popular TV show, there is a good chance that you may end up at a site packed with spyware and/or viruses ready to pounce on your computer. In this week’s tip, I don’t want to rant about viruses and spyware or even the nuances of searching. All of these topics are thoroughly covered here at the web site. Instead, I want...