After my recent article about WinPatrol, long-time subscriber Al Soroka wrote about his experience with WinPatrol and WinPatrol Plus — and how they had helped protect his computer: I followed your recommendation last year and purchased & installed WinPatrol Plus. Earlier this year I purchased a new Kodak AIO printer and as part of their [...]
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More Positive Feedback on WinPatrol Plus
Filed Under: Computers, Free Software, Software, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Windows Tagged With: boot files, conime exe, feedback, kodak, social issues, trojan virus, winpatrol
Prevent Windows Update Automatic Reboots
Longtime subscriber Clif (who used to write the Clif’s Notes newsletter) wrote to ask for some Windows 7 help, since he doesn’t use it much: Hi Terry, Since you are often looking for problems to write about, I’ll share one with you. A few weeks ago, I heard my wife exclaim (nice way to put [...]
Filed Under: Computers, Operating Systems, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Updates, Windows Tagged With: microsoft windows, pc reboots, prevent, rebooting, reboots, security windows, system software, update windows, window, window updates, windows update, windows update automatic
Windows 7 System File Checker SFC Finds Corrupt Files But Couldn’t Fix Them
Longtime subscriber Robert Herzog wrote to ask about a problem that he was having with his Windows 7 installation: Hi Terry, I have a windows 7/64 SP1 home premium system and run SFC (the Windows "System File Checker" — Terry) once a month. All was well until last week when I ran SFC and got [...]
Filed Under: 64-bit, Computers, Hard Drives, Operating Systems, Repair, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Windows, Windows - Other, Windows 7, Windows Registry, Windows Vista, Windows XP Tagged With: corrupt files, corrupted files, filing, finds, fix, microsoft windows, sfc, system file checker, window, windows 7, windows system, windows vista
Changing Windows Power Options – Sleep Options
How can you stop your computer from going to sleep? That’s the question that subscriber Helen Provencal wrote recently to ask: Hi terry I have a new computer. It has Windows Vista, it is only 4years old. The problem I am having is it closes when I am not using it. Why does it do [...]
Filed Under: Computers, Operating Systems, Software, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Windows, Windows - Other, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP Tagged With: change, change window, computers, computing, microsoft windows, new computers, options, power options, sleep, sleeping, window, window vista, windows, windows nt, windows vista
Windows 7 Web Browser Hesitation
New subscriber Big Daddy wrote with a question about a hesitation problem he is having when using his web browser: The problem I am having is, am thinking I didn’t have this problem when I was using "Windows XP", I am running "Windows 7", whenever I click on a link I see no affirmation from [...]
Filed Under: Communications, Computers, Internet Explorer, Operating Systems, Software, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Web Browsing, Windows, Windows 7 Tagged With: browser windows, computing, hesitate, hesitation, hypertext, internet explorer, menu bar, microsoft windows, run windows, system software, web browser, win7, windows, windows 7, windows nt, windows update, windows xp, winxp
Problems Deleting a Corrupted File
Long-time subscriber Lanny Totman wrote to ask for help with a hard drive problem he was having: Hi I have a corrupt file on my system and I cannot get rid of it. I tired to delete it, ran chkdsk, tried unlocker and nothing works. Any idea on how to remove it? Thanks Lanny I [...]
Filed Under: Operating Systems, Software, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Windows Tagged With: computing, corrupted, corrupted file, corrupted files, delete, delete files, deleting, disk file systems, disk partitioning, dos command, drag and drop, file locking, filing, my documents, name delete, operating system, problems, safe mode, utility software
Sleeping Computer Wakes Itself
Longtime subscriber James Biddle wrote to comment about a tip last week and to ask about an unusual event on his computer: Great tip on indexing. I had a similar problem. I have something strange that happens every once in a blue moon. I put my computer to sleep (I never shut it off). The [...]
Filed Under: Computers, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Windows Tagged With: bios, blue moon, computer, computer networking, computers, computing, Ethernet, ethernet hub, networking hardware, operating system, remote control, sleeping, start button, wake, wake on lan, wakes, windows xp
Pictures Not Showing Up In Outlook
Subscriber Mike G. wrote about a Microsoft Outlook problem he was having: Hi Terry, I am using Outlook and have it set to ask me before downloading pictures. When I go to the highlighted notification line at the top of the email and select Download pictures, the notifier goes away, but nothing downloads and the [...]
Filed Under: Computers, Email, Office Suites, Outlook, Software, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Windows Tagged With: application software, buttons, communication, computing, download pictures, e mail, email problem, email security, leeches, microsoft outlook, microsoft outlook problem, outlook, picture, pictures, showing, use outlook
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