Subscriber Richard Fuller wrote from New Zealand to ask about a problem he was having in emailing photos… Hullo Terry, Here’s a problem that’s new to me. When sending photographs by e-mail I always use the Send To > Mail Recipient feature of Windows Explorer to reduce the file size and make the pictures viewable [...]
Can’t Send Reduced Size File Attachments
Filed Under: Communications, Computers, Email, How To, Operating Systems, Software, Thunderbird, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Windows, Windows XP Tagged With: attachments, computing, e mail, email smaller images, email smaller photos, file attachment, file sizes, filing, microsoft windows, mozilla thunderbird, reduce, reduce file size, reduced size, richard fuller, send, shrink images, Thunderbird, window, windows 7, windows explorer, windows vista, windows xp
Preventing Windows Auto-Restarting on System Errors
Ever had a problem where Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 would have an internal problem, flash an error message at you, and immediately reboot while you were trying to figure out what happened? One of the default settings in Windows is responsible for that automatic reboot. Fortunately, it’s also one that’s easy to change. [...]
Filed Under: 64-bit, Computers, How To, Operating Systems, Repair, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Windows, Windows - Other, Windows 7, Windows Registry, Windows Vista, Windows XP Tagged With: auto-reboot, auto-restart, control panels, dialog box, error, microsoft windows, preventing, reboot, rebooting, restart, system, system errors, system reboot, windows, windows 7, windows update, windows vista, windows xp
Outlook Express 6 Prints Email Headers Only
Subscriber Marc Taylor asked for some help solving a problem with Outlook Express 6: Searched the site but found nothing re: this problem. Currently running OE 6 on a Toshiba laptop running XP SP3 and it quit printing the body of an e-mail. Just prints header info. Have tried different printers. Any ideas? Thanks, Marc [...]
Filed Under: Computers, Email, Operating Systems, Outlook Express, Repair, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Updates, Windows, Windows XP Tagged With: computing, e mail, email, express, ftp clients, headers, home theater, internet explorer, internet explorer 7, internet explorer 8, microsoft windows, mozilla thunderbird, OE, outlook express, outlook express 6, prints, rss aggregators, solve, toshiba laptops, windows 7
Displaying Hidden Directories and Files
Longtime subscriber Mike G. wrote to ask about a hidden directory on his computer. One of the cleaner utilities reported temporary files in a directory he could not find: Hi Terry, When using "cleanup software", such as CCleaner, The analysis frequently shows temporary files from the internet at "T:\temp\Temporary Internet Files\IE5….". However when I open [...]
Filed Under: Computers, File system, Operating Systems, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Windows, Windows - Other, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP Tagged With: attrib, computer file, computing, directories, directory, displaying, file managers, files, filing, hidden directories, hidden file and hidden directory, hidden files, hidden folders, microsoft outlook, microsoft windows, show hidden files, special folders, temporary files, temporary folder, temporary internet files, windows explorer
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
Getting Control of Auto-Starting Programs
In my article Speeding Up the Slow Computer, I wrote about several ways that a slow computer could be speeded up. Only one of those options involved changing any hardware, and that was adding more memory. I mentioned the problem of all the helper programs that get installed by the computer manufacturers and by other [...]
Filed Under: Computers, Software, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Windows, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Problem Installing XP Service Pack 3
Subscriber Mike Gallagher wrote recently to ask for suggestions on installing Service Pack 3 on his Windows XP computer: Hi Terry, I have a computer running Windows XP, SP-2. It will not install SP-3, either a downloaded version, or from the SP-3 CD. Suggestions? Thanks, Mike G. I wrote back to Mike to tell him [...]
Filed Under: Computers, How To, Operating Systems, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Updates, Upgrades, Windows, Windows XP Tagged With: antivirus programs, antivirus software, computing, installed, installing xp, microsoft windows, norton antivirus, problem, running windows xp, service pack, service pack 3, service packs, slipstream, system software, window updates, windows update, windows xp, windows xp computers, xp
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