Questions from Anne, Sue, Walt, Hilary, Bernie, Rodney, Rosie, Ron, Jack, Thomas, Romy, Jose, and John about Skype, AutoPlay, Audio DVDs, AVG upgrade problems, mysterious web addresses, open wireless Internet connections and much more answered in this week’s edition!
Joe has posted the notes from our fist Linux Users Group held a couple of weeks ago. Our next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 19 from Noon-1:30pm at Main Street Bagel. Keep an eye on the Grand Valley Linux Users Group web page maintained by Joe! Thanks Joe.
Web 2.0 (using the Internet to do work instead of your computer) truly gets more powerful every day. CleVR is a free online application (actually uses the Adobe AIR platform) that lets you upload digital photos and then it automatically stitches them together into a panorama format. And it does it quickly! I did the one shown here in just a few moments.
It also automatically creates anRead More »CleVR – Free and easy panoramic photo stitching
Today, I visited my 2,500th customer! I love milestones and always strive to look for them and then achieve them in almost everything I do. I started my business here in Grand Junction, Colorado a little over 13 years ago and have been pounding the pavement ever since. I never would have stayed in business this long if not for… Read More »Thank you Grand Junction & Western Colorado!
Our lead in music is pretty good this month as well…just keep the volume down for the first 30 seconds or so. We started out with a call right out of the chute today, but then zilch. But Adam and I do as we normally do and we yacked for the entire hour. Adam’s daughter, Beth, was a silent guest… Read More »Computer Help Show Podcast – 04-15-09
Once you find a file you would like to view or download, how do you get it to your computer? Follow these steps to get the computer safely and successfully to your computer:
That?s all there is to downloading a file.
Remember that you can click back to the web and continue surfing, writing email or doing other activities at the same time you are downloading, but you do have to stay connected to your provider for the download to continue.
Also, it is possible to download more than one more file at a time.
Click the "Read more" link underneath this tip to listen and watch the video describing this tip.
Over the past six months, the spyware problems infiltrating both Windows XP and Vista has become almost mythical. Spyware is the junk that gets into your computer and slows it down, prevents antivirus software from doing its job, halts Windows updates, can disable your CDROM and/or USB drives, and much more. The vast majority of it turns out to be self-induced. By self-induced, I mean that the user willingly downloaded ring tones, free music, free wallpaper, screensavers, registry cleaners, or other junk software. Even with the best security software on the planet installed on your computer system, agreeing to install junk software circumvents your security and the problems begin.
How can you prevent it? First start by protecting your system properly with the tools I have listed on every page here at HelpMeRick.com. You will find them in Read More »Another plea for you to use Mozilla Firefox
Windows Vista users need to be on the lookout for the new version of Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 8. Hopefully most of you are using Firefox and this won’t matter, but if you are an Internet Explorer users, do not install this optional update for at least a couple of months. Already it is known to cause conflicts with other… Read More »Internet Explorer 8 will start showing up in updates
I’m still having video sync problems with my software, but I’m hammering away at your questions. This week there were questions about Microsoft Silverlight, Internet Explorer, converting YouTube videos to DVDs, Content Management System advice (CMS), printing questions and much more from Patrick, Joel, Dave, Jacob, Sue, Rande, Clive, Phyllis, Bob, James and Paul. Have a look