If your anti-virus finds a virus during a scan, reboot your computer into Safe Mode (push F8 repeatedly on your keyboard when the computer starts up) and run all anti-virus scans and anti-spyware scans in Safe Mode. This will help get rid of pesky viruses and spyware.
Microsoft Office has dominated the office space (spreadsheet, word processor, presentation creation, etc). Over the recent few years, Open Office has made huge strides. Backed by Sun Microsystems and now Google as well among others, this suite of office products is poised to take off.
Open Office includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, database program, and graphics program.
The download is huge and can take up to seven hours with dial-up Internet…so don’t attempt it unless you have a fast connection or a lot of time.
There are two solutions to this:
Solution 1:
Try some of the backdoor passwords that are often built into the BIOS following the setups on this site.
Solution 2:
You will likely have to set the time and date in your bios.
Remove an Outlook e-mail profile
Open the Mail Setup dialog box.
In Microsoft Windows XP
In Control Panel, double-click User Accounts, and then click Mail.
Note: If you are using Control Panel classic view, double-click Mail.
In Microsoft Windows 2000
In Control Panel, double-click Mail.
Note: The Mail module won’t appear unless you have Outlook installed and have run Outlook for the first time.
Click Show Profiles.
Select the profile (Outlook e-mail profile: A profile is what Outlook uses to remember the e-mail accounts and the settings that tell Outlook where your e-mail is stored.) you want to remove, and then click Remove.
Millions of computer users now bank and trade online. The convenience of online banking and trading is not disputed, but some still wonder about safety. All large banking institutions take the time and effort to shore up security from their end to protect you and your transactions. They also know that if they don’t provide the best in security that they won’t be in business very long.
However, no matter how safe our banking and trading institutions make the process, we computer users still have some responsibility as well. To insure your safety online when performing financial transactions, follow these steps:
Logging out of a session guarantees that the connection you created when you started your financial session is severed. All financial sites have a built-in ‘time out’ function that logs you out of your account if it does not detect activity, but why chance it. Clicking the ‘Log out” button on the web page takes no more time than clicking on the “X” and closing the window so look for it and click it for your safety.
Recently, you have heard me talk a great deal about flash memory drives and there usefulness for backup. One of our listeners/newsletter readers, recently asked what files are important to backup.
So, tip number one in backup is to backup only those files that you create. These include but are not limited to:
You get the picture. Anything important to you that you have created and don’t want to lose, should be backed up.
Programs (with the exception of downloaded programs as noted above), do not need to be backed up because you can rebuild them with original installation CD’s and disks.
For even more information about backup use our site search engine to search for backup for even more specifics about backing up your important data.
When you Click on Help and then Help Topics from most Window programs, you see this type of screen:
Don’t bother trying to look at the Contents section, it is usually time consuming and frustrating. The Index section is better, but can be fruitless as well.
The quickest way to find what you are looking for is to Click on the Find tab in the help menu.
If it is the first time you have looked at help in this particular program you will see the following screen:
Click on the “Maximize search capabilities” option and then Click on Next. Click on Finish on the next screen, then you will see this screen:
These techniques should help you get more out of your program’s help features.
Do you find yourself having to click on the Ignore or Skip button in your spell checker more than you would like?
When you use spell check, the Ignore or Skip functions work great to skip a name or technical word you use in your industry. However, if you want to make your spell check sessions even shorter, try this tip to allow your spell checker to learn the words you often type.
The next time your spell checker comes across an unknown word that is correctly spelled (like a person’s name or name of a place or a technical, legal, or medical word), don’t automatically click the Ignore or Skip button. Instead, click on the Add or Learn button.
Clicking on the Learn or Add button forces your spell checking program to remember that word so that it doesn’t stop on the word the next time you use the spell checker.
If you don’t want to add a word to your spell checker’s list, you can also save time by using the Ignore All or Skip All functions when spell checking a document.
I’m one of the lucky people when it comes to computers. Why? Because I took a typing class when I was in high school. Learning to keyboard is an important skill that makes using the computer much easier. Learning to keyboard, however can be an uphill battle.
Fortunately, voice recognition software has come of age. Voice or speech recognition software allows you to type letters, e-mail, or any document by speaking into a microphone versus tapping on the keyboard. In fact, I am using speech recognition software to “write” this week’s tip. The product that I am using it is from Nuance called Dragon Naturally Speaking.
Tremendous strides in processor speed and memory capacity both contribute to the newfound success of speech recognition. Having the computer take the human voice and convert it to written word requires an incredible amount of computing power…and today’s computers deliver.
If you have trouble typing or have a disability that does not allow you to type, speech recognition may be the answer for you. With just a little training, and some patience you can achieve speeds of greater than 100 words per minute with nearly 95% or better accuracy.
Take a look at the two premier products Dragon NaturallySpeaking and IBM ViaVoice for more information. You can also call the show on any Saturday to ask questions about how to utilize speech recognition with your computer.
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