AVG Update Error – Video Tip

AVG has been experiencing incredible growth over the past two years, and unfortunately that has translated into some occasional problems with getting updates from their servers. When you receive an update error, however, that does NOT mean you are unprotected. It simply means that you can’t get an update at that particular moment. Watch the video below to hear and see my explanation of this issue, what it means to you,...

Rick’s Answers his email Videocast – 0...

Brought to you by questions from Paul, Pat, John, Luke, Jose, Pam, Gloria, Mark, Jon, Nicole, James, Laureen, Anne, Larry, Don, and Papa C. They asked questions about web editing, web surfing on a Mac with OS9, installing AVG, installing Windows Vista SP 1, creating a shortcut to the Clipboard Viewer and much more. ...

Rick’s Answers his email Videocast – 0...

I answer questions about Palm handheld computers, custom XP & Ubuntu computers, the AVG update outage (relax, you are protected), resizing photos for email, freeing up disk space and more. This episode is brought to you by: Gail, Gene, Salma, Jason, Jean, Elizabeth, Greg, Rajesh, Laurie, J, and Joe. Oh, and I also reveal who I voted for in Tuesday’s presidential election…but you have to watch! ...

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This week’s questions are brought to you by John, Lynni, Chris, Nyla, Anne, Carla, Sandy, Leo, Ray, Raymond, GW, Mike, Papa, and Greg. Email questions, AVG questions, dirty mice, FavIcons and more make the cut this week. Take a look! ...

Rick’s Answers his email Videocast – 0...

Here’s another installment of my email answers. Brought to you by the questions from Lesa, Maria, Oliver, Anne, Richard, Wilma, Dave, Don, Gary, Shannon, Bobbie, and Bill including questions about SCD (Slow Computer Disease), faxing, backing up email and believe it or not, not a single AVG question ...

What kind of computer do 3 teenagers use?

An extremely slow and sick computer! Today, again, I ran across a family who has multiple teenagers (3 in this case) who use a computer that has become polluted with spy and adware. I see this situation again and again, week after week. This computer was less than 2 months old! Give the typical teenager a Windows based computer (doesn’t matter if it is XP or Vista) and within weeks (sometimes hours) the computer is...

Rick’s Answers his email Videocast – 0...

If your name is Mel, Jim, Barbara, Happy, Sandie, Buddy, Larry, or David and a few others…your email answer is here! Their questions ranged from hard drive data retrieval to Macintosh password management to AVG and many other questions as well…tune in by clicking play!! ...

AVG stumbles again

Admittedly, Grisoft has not had a great summer with the roll out of their newest product, AVG 8. They tried to force the upgrade on users a little too quickly with quick deadlines. However, almost five months after the release of the new version, I still find users who haven’t upgraded yet, but Grisoft is still updating the older version. The installation of the new version included some new features that are designed...

AVG .bin error

Sunday morning update 8/17/08:  Grisosft has already corrected the .bin problem and the panic is over. You can RIGHT click your AVG icon by your clock and click Check for Updates, then update on the screen that appears and all will be well again. This was a perfect example demonstrating that when something goes awry with your computer, the best thing to do is to remain calm and patient. The problem will get resolved...

Rick’s Answers his email Videocast – 0...

I had some trouble syncing up this video with the narration today, but there are at least 11 questions answered in this episode. Questions in this edition include questions about Ubuntu, printers, a proposition (?), Windows Media Player, Firefox, and two questions I couldn’t fully answer. No AVG questions this time around. Enjoy! ...

Rick’s Answers his email Videocast – 0...

In today’s episode, I answer a lot of AVG and Firefox questions. An Ubuntu question slipped in as did some AOL questions, HTML questions and others. Here you go…thanks for writing and keep those questions coming! ...

Solution for computer users who can’t print ...

Since I use Firefox exclusively for my browsing, I haven’t seen this problem yet, but today I ran into a computer that could print from anywhere but Internet Explorer 7 (IE7). Turns out that, in her case, the upgrade to AVG 8.0 caused the problem. A standard installation of AVG 8 installs a security toolbar in Firefox, if you use it, or Internet Explorer 7. The toolbar is meant to help users from clicking on potentially...

Internet Speed does not determine computer speed

I’m always surprised at how many computer users equate the speed of their computer with the speed of their Internet. If you have a brand new computer, it will not make your dial-up connection faster. Likewise, if you have an older computer, a fast cable or DSL connection will not make the computer faster. Internet speed only makes your Internet experience faster or slower. If you have a high speed connection and your...

Researchers back up my claim with scientific proof

I subscribe to the school of practical and applied knowledge, but I still like to see my acquired knowledge backed up by some scientists every now and then. For years, I have been preaching the laurels of Mozilla Firefox and how it with AVG antivirus can keep your computer extremely safe. Today, an article by Stefanie Hoffman at Channel Web talks about a Swiss study that showed the security effectiveness of Mozilla Firefox....

Adobe Reader 9 update – DON’T DO IT!

Adobe released version 9 of their PDF (Portable Document Format) Reader program. Once the king and almost sole PDF reader on the market, it, like so many other mainstream programs, has become bloated beyond recognition. This software bloat slows down the performance of even the fastest computers, and for this reason, I firmly stand against software bloat. I added Adobe Reader to my do not use list almost two years ago....