2006 July

By default, the Taskbar contains the Start button, Quick Launch, and Notification Area. You can also customize the Taskbar to include any of the following toolbars:

Address
Windows Media Player
Links
Language Bar
Desktop

When you choose Open from the File menu within a XP application, the Open dialog box will appear. You should notice the Places Bar along the left hand side that contains icons for common folders where users store documents. The Places Bar should contain the following icons: Recent, Desktop, My Documents, My Computer and My [...]

I think I may have been “phished” with the “request to confirm” scam email. How can I tell? And if I have been “phished” what do I do now?
First, don’t feel too bad - phishing attempts are getting very, very sophisticated. I haven’t fallen for one yet, but I’ve come darned close a time or [...]

The Internet is a travel agency, bank teller, music store, video player, radio station, and newspaper wire service, not to mention a bulletin board, chat room, post office, and global chess tournament. It’s a veritable jungle of information. For many users, the complications of online banking, searching and finding information, and sharing photos is too [...]

When you think about it, much of our life is greatly influenced by artistic designers.
These talented, unheralded individuals work in the background to produce the designs behind the products you use, from the most mundane soap dish to the $100,000 Beemer you might have parked in your garage.
When they do it right, the result is [...]

Hey, do you know any other software coupon codes I could use?
Trend Micro’s PC-cillin Internet Security 2006 - Take advantage of a special 15% off site-wide coupon. Enter coupon code TMPROTECT. This offer expires Dec. 31, 2006.
Nuance is offering a $10 off site wide through July 31, 2006. Use coupon code 222108 to active this [...]

Does this sound familiar? You download a trial version of a new software program and install it on your computer. Suddenly, your graphics or multimedia files are opening in the wrong program! What happened? Your file associations have been hijacked by that newly installed software!
Now there is a simple but effective solution [...]

Creating 3D computer models is something I have always wanted to play around with, but it seems like every program out there to do it costs an arm and a leg. If you are like me and do not have the cash to burn on such things, then you should give K-3D a shot.

Dealing with the insecurity of computer illiterate seniors requires constant vigilance and sensitivity. I was tested this week.
An older senior client that I’ve known for years called from another city to ask a question about an email attachment. She knows my feelings about opening attachments, but this one was something she had been expecting from [...]

You can create a schedule that IE will follow for synchronizing offline content. Normally IE will synchronize your Favorites when you choose the Synchronize option from the Tools menu. To create a synchronization schedule, follow these:

Open the Favorites menu and click Organize Favorites.
From the list of Favorites, select the Web page you want to configure [...]