Another Reason To Secure Your Router [View all] An article in the local paper got my attention today. Seems this guy was grabbing tons of child porn, 17TB in all, but using a neighbor's unsecured ro
Microsoft ... Our Terms Of Use Are Changing [View all] I received an email this morning with the above subject line, supposedly from Microsoft. - I did not open it, but I did view the details (which includ
Another Win8 anomaly [View all] In all previous versions of Windows, when I opened up a folder e.g. My Pictures, I could see all the pictures as they were. In Win8/8.1 I only get the
Huge CPU usage [View all] On my little laptop, Win 8.1 Pro 64 bit, AMD C-60 APU, 4 GB RAM,I am having a problem with both cores running at 100%. Task Manager shows Windows Modu
New adventure with a Cinnamon flavor [View all] After years using Microsoft OSes, I've finally expanded my horizons to include Apple (Mac) and Linux. I'm typing this from Firefox in Linux Mint.
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250G Samsung 840 EVO SSD Deal at Newegg. [View all] Newegg is selling the SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE250BW 2.5" 250GB SATA 6Gb/s TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) for $134.00 and $1.00 shipping. Link belo
Everything Search v1.3.4.662b [View all] updated: Everything Search v1.3.4.662b
Cha nges:
Saturday, 7 June 2014: Version 1.3.4.662b
added run as admin option
added wildcards
Irfanview Uninstall question [View all] if i uninstall Irfanview, are all the jpg and audio files just left on my computer as Windows files? or however i saved them? Does Irfanview remove
people mail app [View all] Hello everyone
i have a new win 8 laptop ,which i am finding my way around reasonably well, but i have a problem using the people mail app, which is,
EU Court Upholds $1.4B Intel Fine [View all] EU Court Upholds $1.4B Intel Fine
Thu, 06/12/2014 - 10:56am
BRUSSELS (AP) -- A European Union court on Thursday upheld a 1.06 billion-euro ($1.
This Sucks (Firefox 29.0.1) [View all] The latest (?) update to Firefox has lost my navigation buttons (like "back" and "forward" arrows), and, instructions for restoration at Mozilla.com d
How to get security updates for Windows XP [View all] This may be closed as soon as Microsoft gets wind the secret's out. And as noted, there is a risk. Check it out.
http://www.g hacks.net/2014/05/24 /g
Hard drive wrapper [View all] I have a hard drive I'm not using, with nothing to keep it in to protect it from static electricity. What do I put it in? Don't have the foil like shi
Trim and Windows 7 [View all] I'm making the switch from XP to 7, gradually. Still use xp most of the time. how long does W7 have to be running for Trim to do it's work properly?
MacBook Late 2008 model adding RAM [View all] A friend's "new" MacBook (a gift) has a 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with only 2 GB RAM. Following a clean install of Snow Leopard, it ran fine. H
Chrome - Flash Not Working [View all] Version 35.0.1916.114 m Chrome. I did some research and checked the plugins/settings. Doesn't work on a Mac or PC.
I have tried Enabling both, one
Gateway address not normal [View all] Hello again,
I got a call from the local auto repair shop. They stated they had a power outage last night and now have no internet service. They ca
No wireless [View all] I know very little about Windows 8/8.1 but due to the retirement of WinXP, I've installed Win8.1 Pro. I've overcome most hurdles exept one. On my XP I
Lost phone service [View all] Had a new problem this morning. My phone service was out. I own an Arris Tm722g modem for phone, internet, and cable TV. Trouble shooting indicated
Cloning problem [View all] I'm trying to clone 1 hd to another, using the free version of Reflect. It gets about 35% done, then quits with the message that it cannot continue du
Big PCQandA Announcement: Please Read! [View all] I have a big announcement regarding the future of PCQandA. This is going to be a bit long, so please bear with me. I've been thinking about this for
Redux: Dead Acer Aspire Laptop. [View all] If I recall accurately, when I removed the hd from the Aspire, I was able to read it when I cabled it via USB to one of my Windows 7 machines. Assumin
TrueCrypt shut down [View all] According to the site, it's no longer secure.
http://tr uecrypt.sourceforge. net/
http://www.l ifehacker.com.au/201 4/05/why-truecrypt-i s-no-longer-
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