Twice, in less than a month, I have encountered multiple threats compromising Windows XP. The first PC had no anti-virus software installed, the other had McAfee protecting the XP media center. These threats disabled Add/Remove Programs, disabled the Run command, would not let new programs run (Word for example) and the most recent one was designed [...]
You have to be old enough to remember Abbott and Costello, and too old to REALLY understand computers, to fully appreciate this. For those of us who sometimes get flustered by our computers, please read on…
If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch, ‘Who’s on First?’ might have turned out something [...]
At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, “If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.”
In response to Gates’ comments, General Motors issued the following press release:
If GM [...]
It’s almost here - on October 22, 2009 Microsoft will release its newest version of Windows, 7. But didn’t Microsoft recently come out with a new O/S, Vista? What happened to Vista and why was Microsoft so eager to put it behind itself?
Despite the release of Vista, XP is the O/S everyone wanted to buy. While speaking to a DELL [...]
This week I had to add a second hard drive to a Compaq computer. The old machine would not boot. I had to switch around the SATA cables to have the unit load in the correct boot order. Now my c: and d: drives are showing and in their proper order. Between IE 5,6,7, and 8 [...]
Would you like to learn more about the inner workings of your PC? Do you want to learn more about the hardware that makes your computer run and troubleshoot it if it does not run they way it is supposed to or, not at all. Maybe you want to learn how to use a meter [...]
At a time when personal computers were new, expensive, and downright confusing with names like DOS, BASIC and Dot Matrix, help was needed in operating these new new machines that some believe came from outer-space. Hence, computer “user groups” became popular and sharing information about spreadsheets, word processing, and even games became the social venue [...]
Basic Training
Ed Bott provides a clear and concise easy-to-read snapshot of Windows XP. The book is geared toward more of an advanced user. But it is not; it is completely a beginners manual. If you own Windows XP Inside and Out you do not need to spend money on this book. Some of the content [...]
The first real time game to employ speech engine (computer generated voice) was Kennedy Approach and it was for the C64. With many veritable legacy games and emulators available for the PC this stands as a testament to quality gaming for simulation technology. For those who had played it on their original C64 or Atari [...]
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