I've only been using Ubuntu Linux about a month, but I think it has real potential at saving many of you a lot of money and giving you more peace of mind. I put together this short introductory video of Ubuntu so you can see what it is all about and give you a glimpse as to what its capabilities are.
Although Photoshop Elements is the "easy" version of Photoshop, it is still far from intuitive. While this may seem like a bad thing it is actually what makes it a great program. When programs get too intuitive, they begin to think for you and limit options. Photoshop and Photoshop Elements do neither.
The newer versions of Photoshop are much better about guiding you to certain areas and offering better tutorials, but the best way to learn is still to just to dive in and get your hands dirty (too many idioms?).
I think there are three ways to approach Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. The best way depends on how you learn.
I have been so busy lately, that I haven't had much of a chance to play around with my Ubuntu Linux (alternative to Windows) machine. Last night, I updated to the latest version of Ubuntu Linux 7.04 for free. Compare that to the minimum of $179 you would pay for the basic version of Vista. I was motivated to do the update not only because I promised I would learn more about Linux, but also because Dell released a story yesterday announcing their plans to sell Linux laptops and desktops computer starting this summer. It seems that Microsoft keeps getting hit day-after-day. Where will they be in 5 years? They certainly don't have the stature today that they had 5 years ago.
For literally years, I have been hunting for an easy to deploy, safe remote control system for computers. I wanted a tool that would allow me to easily access customer's computers so I could help them with their problems from wherever I might be. As you know from our video tips, a picture and voice is worth a thousand words. As hard as we work to properly illustrate and write our tips over the years, the video tips have exceeded our expectations and most importantly your expectations.
Now, I am aim to bring the next step in the evolution of my business and quest to help people with their computers. Yes, it will be a part of my business and thus a charge will be involved, but I will be able to log into a users computer (the user always initiates the sessions) and actually see and be able to explain what might be going wrong with their computer. Problems that I attempt to solve through email or over the phone often result in long, drawn out affairs that don't always result in resolution. However, if I can physically see what a computer user is looking at, the problem can often be solved in a matter of minutes.
I often get calls from people who have recently moved or otherwise disconnected their computer only to find that certain features no longer work once it is all put back together.
More often than not (probably about 99.9% of the time) this is because thing
s were not put back together correctly.
There are three common problems I see as a result of mismatched cables. Typically, there are very few mistakes you can make when connecting everything to the back of a computer. However, there are a few cables that will go into the wrong port (geek for hole where you plug something in the back of your computer).
I've been trying to think of a way to formulate this question into our weekly poll, but is just won't work. Instead, I'm asking you straight away to post a reply to this article telling us what your favorite tip or story from our web site is. Not only will it be educational for us to find out what people like about the site, but you will also bring some older tips or stories up to the front again for our new visitors.
Please post a reply below and either copy and past the link to your favorite tip or story, or the title of the tip or story. Also, if you have time, write a quick note on why you like that particular tip.
To open links in new tabs and many tab tricks try the following.
1. Open Internet Explorer
2. Click on TOOLS button at the far left and choose Internet Options
3. Click on the General tab (it is probably already open)
4. Click on the Settings button under the Tabs heading
Here you can make all sorts of fun and exciting changes.
This slick little tool will help you gain remote control of other computers.
How to get rid of Norton Antivirus:
1. Go to Start – Control Panel (Start – Settings – Control Panel)
2. Open Add/Remove Programs
3. Now you will want to remove the following items:
4. Restart your computer when prompte
A few days ago one of my clients called me with some strange problems. Suddenly many of her files disappeared from her computer. None of the files seemed to be related. She was missing a few Microsoft Word documents, some photos and her genealogy.
After looking around and doing several searches she happened to mention that she used to have a folder on her desktop called "Old Desktop Files." It was a folder with files that she had on an old computer.
Instantly I figured out what was going on. I looked in her Word and PAF under the File menu and noticed that all of the missing files had been in that missing folder.