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How to disable trackpad when typing on your laptop

Rick — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:29:53 +0000

First look for a button or hot key combination that your laptop might provide to disable the trackpad or adjust its sensitivity…that will be the best method. However, if you cannot find or don’t have that option, these two downloads may help you type in more peace with your laptop: TouchFreeze TouchPadPal No related posts.

Print only what you want – Multi-tip

Rick — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:34:15 +0000

If you use either of these programs, then you will find yourself using this tip often. How many times do you curse at your printer when you print a joke from email or some web page information and get two or more extra sheets of paper with useless information?

Follow this tip and experience printing bliss from email or Internet.

On the Web (using Microsoft Internet Explorer), if you first select the text (by clicking and dragging with your mouse) that you would like to print and then click on File and Print, you will have the option to print all pages, certain pages or only your selected text.

Extricating Spyware

Rick — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:46:22 +0000

In 2004, spyware/adware became the #1 threat to personal computers. For a definition of spyware, visit Webopedia.

Getting rid of spyware has reached a point that it takes an expert, or a lot of persistence, to really get rid of it totally. Following is a list of steps that we frequently take to completely restore a compromised computer. Depending on the level of problems, we may omit some steps, but this list covers everything we do.

NOTE: These are not steps we recommend for every computer that has a little spyware on it. Also, some of these steps, if not performed properly, can further harm your computer. Proceed at your own risk.

Missing file names under documents or photos in thumbnail view

Rick — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:31:36 +0000

Lately, more than a few people have had trouble with missing file names in the thumbnail view of some of their folders. It isn't entirely apparent why this happens, but fortunately the cure is pretty simple. If you are one of the poor souls who happens to be missing their file names, follow these steps:

Open the offending folder to see the thumbnails
Click View from the menus (or the view button on the toolbar), and click Details
Hold the SHIFT key down on your keyboard and Click View from the menus (or the view button on the toolbar), and click Thumbnails

You should now see thumbnails with file names under them.

Print just what you want…

Rick — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:09:05 +0000

I am resurrecting this great tip from my archives. This tip first appeared about four years ago on the show and then the web site. I wanted to share it again because of our new listeners and the extreme usefulness of the tip.

Printing information from the web can sometimes be frustrating. A long web page yields reams of paper when you only wanted a couple of pages. Read on to learn how to print only the pages you want!

Firefox/Internet Explorer/AOL

Highlight the part of the page you want to print with your mouse
Click on File ---> Print

zamzar online format conversion tool

Rick — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:41:53 +0000

Thanks to 'deadman' in the chat room who helped us out this week in discovering this great online conversion tool. Even though it is still in beta, we want to help get the word out so that folks support this project. Convert PDF to RTF and much more!

McAfee Removal Tool

Rick — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:54:18 +0000

If you work on computers, or you have an old copy of McAfee on your computer, you will definitely want to download the McAfee Consumer Removal Tool and run it.

How to Create PDFs in Ubuntu

Rick — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:40:45 +0000

For those looking for a way to create PDFs in Ubuntu - this seems to be the most popular solution.

Data Execution Prevention solution

Rick — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:49:44 +0000

Here is what Microsoft has to say about the Data Execution Prevention Error.

Uninstall Client for Netware

Rick — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 14:52:54 +0000

Here's how to uninstall Netware from you computer: