In a recent newsletter, subscriber Clif wrote that he was going to install Windows 7 in a dual-boot configuration. I wrote some tips for him to make that installation a little easier. After he did his installation, Clif wrote back to report on how it went: Hi Terry, I’ve got Win7 running now. Setting up [...]
Questions About Upgrading to Windows 7
Subscriber dj wrote to ask a few questions to help her prepare for Windows 7: Terry, 1. I know that if you purchase the upgrade version of Windows 7 Pro, it will have a fully licensed copy of Windows XP and Windows Virtual PC. But, if you purchase an upgrade version of Windows 7 Home, [...]
Buying a Cable Modem
[This article was originally published in the newsletter of the Cajun Clickers Computer Club — www.clickers.org — in early 2002. ] After using a cable modem for almost three years, across the Thanksgiving (2001) holidays, I finally broke down and bought a cable modem, the Toshiba PCX-1100U, which has both Ethernet and USB jacks for [...]
End of Life for Win98 and WinMe
Reader and subscriber Choppy Cusachs, also a member of our local computer club in Baton Rouge, wrote me with some thoughts on Windows 98 Second Edition and Microsoft’s end of support (July 11, 2006). I’ve been concerned, as I said in a post on the Clickers Conference, by the impending end of Microsoft support for [...]
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Delayed
With the emphasis on IE7 and Windows Vista, Microsoft has announced that the next Service Pack for Windows XP will be delayed until 2008. Quoting Microsoft’s site: SP3 for Windows XP Home Edition is currently planned for 1H CY2008. This date is preliminary. SP3 for Windows XP Professional is currently planned for 1H CY2008. This [...]
Click2PDF Review – A Look Inside Click2PDF
I’ve written about the PDF creation program Click2PDF a number of times. However, I just realized that I’ve never shown it in action. I use Click2PDF to let me easily "print" PDF files to document web pages. I can log into an investment account and print multiple pages, even print multiple times, change the order [...]
A First Look at Windows 7
Well, the install was a pain. Not really — but my initial install worked extremely smoothly until Windows rebooted. At that point, it simply failed to boot with an ambiguous error message that was less than helpful. It told me to reboot the installation DVD and select the Repair option. When I did selected Repair, [...]
Adware Popups Problem
Subscriber Sheikh Sarwar wrote to ask: When I start pc, lot of popups, programs start showing up. I have to close one by one. Need help in how to (a) stop this messup (b) close all open windows in one shot. Thanks, Sheikh Sarwar I wrote back to advise Sheikh that it sounded like an [...]
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