Subscriber Fran wrote recently about a problem she was having:
When i go to control panel. Then i click on network internet connections. It just flickers. I can’t change any of the settings,or my home page. Also when i click on tools then i click internet option. It just flickers. what can [...]

One of my newsletter readers wrote to ask about antivirus recommendations:
I have been using Norton antivirus programs for 10 years. In May I purchased Norton 360 which has been giving me fits. When I shut down Windows, everything goes off but the tower. I have done all their troubleshooting to see which program I have [...]

Google Desktop is Google’s free search system for your own hard drive. Google Desktop is designed to run all the time, but to do its real work — indexing your hard drive to get the information for its search results — while your computer is idle.
Tech Tip
Since Google Desktop only does its indexing while [...]

With your first computer (or even your fifth!), don’t be too quick to buy Microsoft Office — there’s a great, free alternative called OpenOffice.
First, let me say it this way: “If you can use Excel, you can use Calc.”
It’s really that simple. Learning to use a spreadsheet — learning the concepts of putting variable data [...]

A lot of people choose one of the big-name security software packages from Norton, McAfee and such to protect their computers.
I’m not one of them. I tried them in the past, but I learned that I didn’t like relying on a “it will do everything” security package — sure they were cheaper, but I [...]

Google Desktop is Google’s free search system for your own hard drive. Google Desktop is designed to run all the time, but to do its real work — indexing your hard drive to get the information for its search results — while your computer is idle.
Tech Tip
Since Google Desktop only does its indexing while your [...]

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, how [...]

There’s a great package of goodies available from Google for us to install on our computers — Google Pack!
Visit Terry’s Computer Tips for more information on this free Google Pack software.
Google Pack is the combination package of Google Earth (view and zoom the Earth from space), Picasa (photo gallery), Google Pack Screensaver [...]