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Can’t Send Reduced Size File Attachments

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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 [...]

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Dragon Naturally Speaking 11 – $44.99 Special

By Terry Stockdale 1 Comment

Looking for a good deal on Dragon Naturally Speaking 11? Amazon.com
has it until January 28th for $44.99 ! ! !

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Updating Drivers

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Subscriber William wrote me to ask about updating his computers’ drivers. Tech Tip What are drivers? They’re software that allows Windows to talk to your computer’s hardware – like the video card, the printer, the USB ports, the Ethernet port… Hi Terry. Thanks for the newsletter. Please tell me the best way to update drivers. [...]

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Windows Live Mail Freezing When Opening Attachments

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Windows Live Mail crashes were giving long-time subsriber Raman problems, so he wrote to me to ask: Hello Terry When I try to open any attachments to my mail, the Windows Live Mail freezes. I checked on line and found many people have the same problem. Apparently this started after downloading Microsoft’s recent 11 updates. [...]

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Thunderbird Button Bar Not Showing

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Subscriber Oz Fisher wrote about a problem he was having with the free Thunderbird email program (which I use): Hi Terry, Thanks for publishing so many informative and useful tidbits of information on the Thunderbird email system. In order for me to create a message screen to send a message in Thunderbird, I have to [...]

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VIPRE HOLIDAY SALE

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GFI has two versions of VIPRE — the antivirus/antimalware version VIPRE Antivirus and the antivirus/antimalware + firewall + antispam version, VIPRE Internet Security 2012 (which I use). They’re running a special Holiday Sale from December 12 to December 26, 2011. Get: $25 OFF VIPRE Internet Security 2012 Home Site Licenses $20 OFF VIPRE Antivirus 2012 [...]

Filed Under: Anti-malware, Anti-spam, Anti-spyware, Anti-virus, Firewalls, Security, Software, System Control

Dragon Naturally Speaking Home, Version 11

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I found a great deal on Dragon Naturally Speaking Home, Version 11 — only $44.99 until December 24, 2011!

There’s also a great discount on Dragon NaturallySpeaking Premium 11, at only $115.98 versus the list price of $199.99.

You will need a microphone to talk to your computer – check out the Koss CS100 Speech Recognition Computer Headset

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