One of the things I’ve really missed with Windows 7 has been the Run command on the Start button’s menu. The Run command has been available via the Start button’s menu for a lot of versions of Windows — but not for Windows 7. Fortunately, during a series of emails back and forth with Clif [...]

Longtime subscriber Greg wrote to ask: Terry, My desktop has started to have a couple really aggravating problems and I wanted to run them by you. 1) Every morning when I go to check my email before work, I find that all my desktop icons have disappeared and I am looking at the wallpaper only. [...]

As long-time readers of my newsletter and site know, as does anyone who reads the introduction to the recommended security software article in my weekly online issue, my selection of recommended software is driven by my search for software for me to use. I only recommend programs that I like and that I use. I [...]

As a long-time personal computer user, I learned the importance of backing up my data long, long ago. There are just too many things that can go wrong when you’re working on your computer. Whether it is a hard drive that goes bad (or a floppy, in the old days), or a mental lapse on [...]

Many times, we want to print the contents of our computer monitor — not just the contents that will print when we use the File > Print function or press the Print icon (in a program that has one). Tech Tip There’s another way to trigger a program to print, assuming that the program can [...]

Recently, subscriber Don Hammons wrote to ask about how to treat the battery in a notebook computer. Don is the proud owher of a new Dell notebook. Hey Terry, I have searched your site looking for info for a new Notebook user. I was interested in how to handle power for the Notebook, especially whether [...]

If you want to use a free PDF creation tool, you are free to use one, and there are a number available. Similarly, you can find a free program for almost every type of application. Sometimes these are great programs. Other times, they’re not. Sometimes they meet your needs, and other times they don’t. But, [...]

“Firewall? I don’t need no stinkin’ Firewall!” You only have to read a few of my Internet security articles or my home networking articles to know my thoughts on that. I believe you must be use a software firewall on your computer. Whether you are use dialup, cable or DSL, and no matter whether you [...]