Subscriber Richard Fuller wrote from New Zealand (not Australia, as I mistakenly wrote in an earlier article) to ask about a fairly common problem. Most web sites have some JavaScript, whether it’s used for interactivity, automatic page updating (e.g., quibids.com updating with every bid that anyone makes), as part of their advertizing, etc. Our web [...]
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Warning: Unresponsive Script Error
Filed Under: Computers, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Web Browsing Tagged With: error, google chrome, javascript, javascript programming language, mozilla firefox, new zealand, script, script error, scripting languages, web browser, web server
What’s This Desktop (or Desktop.ini) File on my Windows 7 Desktop?
One of the strange changes that came with Windows 7, at least for those of us who previously used Windows XP, is that some of the operating system options don’t work the same way. Advanced Windows users often want to display all the hidden files and folders, including protected operating system files(which is a separate [...]
Filed Under: Computers, Operating Systems, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Windows, Windows 7 Tagged With: computing, desktop, desktop icon, desktop ini, desktops, features new to windows 7, graphical user interface, hidden files, ini, microsoft windows, operating system, start menu, windows 7, windows desktop, windows explorer, windows nt, windows shell, windows xp
Updating Drivers
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. [...]
Filed Under: Computers, Hardware, How To, Software, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting Tagged With: computing, drivers, laptops, newsletter, sony desktop, update, update drivers, xp
Power Problems With A Notebook
Subscriber Ken Gibson wrote recently asking for my thoughts to help him diagnose power problems with his laptop: I have a question. I have an hp laptop about 5 years old. The labtop will not power up. Occasionally it will come on and work well, but then when you try to shut it down it [...]
Filed Under: Computers, Hardware, Notebook, System Control, Troubleshooting Tagged With: hp laptops, labtop, laptops, notebook, notebooks, power, power problems, power switch, problems, shutdown
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
Where Are The Windows 7 Libraries?
Longtime subscriber Stephen wrote with a question since he had recently shifted from WinXP to Windows 7: Seasons greetings Terry I did have my data saved on a second drive on my old XP box and followed a good backup procedure Now I have a new computer running Win7 I was told to have this [...]
Filed Under: Computers, Hard Drives, Operating Systems, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Windows, Windows 7 Tagged With: backup drives, computer file, data storage, file managers, folders, hidden folders, library, my documents, special folders, user profiles, windows 7, windows explorer
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