Windows
Make Printer Drivers Available For Other Versions Of XP
If you have computers on your network that run different versions of Windows, you should make the appropriate drivers available so other users can connect to the shared printer. For example, if you want to share the printer connected to a computer running Windows NT 4.0, you should install the driver so users won’t have [...]
Enable Automatic Wireless Network Configuration In XP
If you connect to a wireless network, you can configure Windows XP to automatically set up your wireless configuration. This is particularly useful if you are not familiar with configuring a wireless connection. After you enable this option, Windows XP will notify you when a new wireless network is available and it will automatically configure [...]
Tips For Organizing Your Data
Since every hard drive will eventually stop working, it’s logical that most computer users will have a data loss experience at some point. If they were paying attention to advice spouted by nearly every computer expert over the past few years, they would have backups of all of their important data readily available – but [...]
Internet Explorer Feedback
I wasn’t expecting a response from Microsoft on my list of Internet Explorer Annoyances. Sean Lyndersay, a former Gnomie and current Microsoftie on the IE team, wrote back this evening with an extensive list of explanations. I don’t want to overwelm everybody, so I’ll be posting half of Sean’s email here – and the remainder [...]
NewsSifter v1.5.0
I know if I ever said NewsSifter in a crowded room, somebody would probably think I just sneezed. I promise you though, I do not need a tissue. What I do need is for you to check out this new RSS reader that promises to learn what you like to read over time. Sure there [...]
Qunu
No matter how smart you may think you are, there are going to be times when you need help figuring something out that relates to technology. You can’t ever be too good to take advice from others – that’s just ridiculous. In a time of need, a reasonable person will admit that their knowledge is [...]
Tutoring Is As Important As The Hardware Fixes
The borderline between clients who need computer repair or tweaking and those who require tutoring is often less well-defined than one would expect. This week I got a new client by referral. This senior client is a high school English teacher who uses her computer for all the normal things and in addition keeps various [...]
Unlock Your Nokia Phone To Use A Different SIM
Most of us who have changed wireless providers have a couple of old phones laying around, and it’s a good bet that a lot of them are Nokias. Unfortunately, the wireless providers have this idea that we should use their phones. Now the fact of the matter is, a GSM phone is a GSM phone, [...]
Internet Explorer's AutoComplete Feature
IE has an AutoComplete feature that, by default, provides possible suggestions for Web sites when you begin typing a URL into IE’s Address bar. AutoComplete is also responsible for storing and completing information relevant to forms, passwords, or usernames; AutoComplete asks you whether you want to save this information for future use. You can delve [...]
Move The Temporary Internet Files Folder
By default, the Temporary Internet Files folder is stored on the system partition, which is usually C. This folder can become quite large and consume valuable disk space. If you have multiple volumes on your computer, you can easily move this folder to a volume with more free space.
