This report shows that social network sites, Facebook leading them all, are gaining popularity and quickly becoming more popular than even email! Social networking and blogs now more popular than email, says Nielsen | Technology | guardian.co.uk.
I helped a retired aged computer user today who was cajoled into using Facebook by his family. His Facebook friends hammered him daily about posting some pictures to his online profile. But like many computer users, he juggled time between three different photo management programs. One of them, luckily, was Google’s Picasa and I configured Picasa to locate all his… Read More »Add photos to Facebook quickly and easily – Video Tip
Lately too many customers have had to wait for repairs on their computers because I needed to order recovery CD sets from the manufacturer. This time and expense can be avoided if you do two simple things when you buy your new computer: 1. Save all disks and/or documentation that comes in the box 2. Since most manufacturers no longer… Read More »Keep track of your original computer documentation and make restore CDs
I need to clean up a few rough edges over the next few days, but the site is far enough along that I moved over to it today. I redesigned the site for a few reasons: Make it easier to navigate (cleaner), Make it easier for you to interact with the site via comments, RSS and search. Make it easier… Read More »Welcome to the new HelpMeRick.com!
Some great questions we haven’t answered before including sending mass emails and using email list software, autorun problems in Windows, fixing a slow computer, and much more. Questions this week courtesy of: Shirley, Connie, Gary, Bucky, Bobbi, Lynn, Charles, Cassie, Carl, Harold, Linda, Joan, Betty, Elmer and Kent!
Great questions this week from Stephen, Emily, Ron, Chuck, Kim, Nina, Tom, Eve, Rachel, Rita, Tony, and Clare. Covering questions ranging from sound card problems to shutting off a computer that can’t shut off! Take a look!
If you are a Mozilla Firefox user, and you should be, you may be overlooking one of its greatest features…the built-in spell checker. It works on any web page, in any text box you need to enter text. Look for any words that have a red, squiggly line underneath them for misspelled words. To correct the word, RIGHT click one time on the underlined word, then click the proper spelling from the list of suggestions. If you need a spell check in smaller text box like an email subject, you might need to RIGHT click in the text box, then click Check Spelling from the menus to force a spell check for that text box
One of my customers desperately wants to hang on to an almost 10 year old computer. His Windows Me installation started showing its age almost three years ago, but he persevered. He mainly uses email, Internet, a word processor and Quicken to write checks and track his income and expenses for his small business.
After much discussion, he decided that he wanted to try Ubuntu. His machine sports 256mb of RAM (hey that was a ton in 1999) and a 1.5 ghz processor, so it falls well within reason for Ubuntu. The installation went smooth and I added a USB 2.0 card to support his multi-function printer and external hard drive. Of course the Internet and email are no problem with Ubuntu, and he and his wife love all the included games.
If you are using Microsoft Office 2003 and Windows Vista, you might run into a situation where the End User License Agreement pops up every time you start Outlook, Word, Excel or other Office programs. No matter how many times you click “I agree”, the license keeps appearing. To stop the EULA from appearing, follow these steps:
Now you can use your Office 2003 programs normally.
We all inadvertently leave the cell phone ringer in the on position in situations where it would be courteous to be off. For those times when you don’t want the world staring at you and listening to your “Baby’s got back” ring tone, take a deep breath, then just push the volume button on the side of your phone. Almost every single cell phone on the market will immediately silence the ringer by pushing the volume button…either the up or down volume button, it doesn’t matter.
The next time this happens to you, remember the volume button and you can silence that ringer before the second syllable in baby!