As human beings, we usually try our best to watch out for ourselves. We avoid potentially harmful situations because we know that there is a chance that we could get seriously injured. All of us care about our well being, and we continually strive to improve ourselves. However, one of the facets of life that [...]
Q: Every time that I startup my computer, a process called “mslagent” tries to connect to the Internet. I see the “ms” in the name and assume it’s from Microsoft, but I really don’t know what this process does. Is it safe to let it run, or should I completely stop it from loading?
Since this is the time of year that people send a lot of cards to each other, and since many seniors like to send out cards for special occasions, part of any formal course might include some work on creating personalized greeting cards. This can be a danger.
Over the years, I have acquired a sizeable [...]
One of the most common questions I hear when doing Office training is “How do I import data from Excel into my document?” Well there are a few different ways in which you can import data from Excel. The method you use will depend on whether or not you want the Excel data to retain [...]
If you are running a small workgroup of computers, you may want to use a computer running Windows XP as a Web server. You can do so by installing IIS on Windows XP. It is included with Windows XP but is not installed by default. Once it has been installed, it provides for basic Web [...]
It seems that online baddies are again using a flaw in the Windows help system to help themselves - to access to your computer system.
As reported by Aunty last week, a flaw in the help system for certain releases of Windows, along with instructions on how to exploit it, were announced by a Chinese [...]
I work on a Dell Inspirion 2650, XP system, 128M RAM. Sometimes when
I’m working it goes into slow-motion; I’ve watched the line of text
I typed come onto the screen letter at a time long after I quit
typing. I’ve checked to make sure nothing else is running in the
background and find nothing like a virus infection [...]
OK, this isn’t software-related, but we talk a lot about our coffee here at Lockergnome. Brandon told you about a coffee and a beer Web site. I’m here to tell you about the hottest appliances in the world of coffee. If you got one as a gift or you’re thinking about getting one, I’ve posted [...]
We reported on this story late last week - now there’s a Trojan in the wild that Symantec is calling Trojan.Phel.A (more info about the Windows security holes Aunty reported on is here).
“Trojan.Phel.A attempts to infect computers running Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later.” It also downloads [...]
As the technology of computers increase, learning about the new changes in hardware and software have become a challenge. There are Web sites that serve to keep us all informed. That is what today’s site is about.
Called Ars Technica, it is a daily column filled with all the latest gossip, developments, supposed developments, vaporware, etc. [...]
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