Subscriber Robert Herzog wrote to ask me about how to merge the Windows 7 Service Pack 1 into Windows 7. Why would you want to do that? Read on… Hi Terry, I purchased a computer with Windows 7 Home Premium pre-installed with an OEM installation CD. I recently installed SP1 and now when I want [...]
Solid State Drive (SSD) Is Filling Up and Causing Problems
Fellow Cajun Clickers Computer Club member and long-term subscriber wrote to me about his problems with his Solid State Drive (SSD) on his netbook: Terry, I have an Acer 8.9“ netbook with 1BG memory and an 8 GB SS drive with an additional 8 GB removable SD card. The SS drive is filling up. Obviously [...]
The Anti-virus/Anti-malware Upgrade Went Bad…
Sometimes, the question is more challenging and ultimately requires the software manufacturer’s tech support to resolve. James Biddle wrote with a serious problem that was caused when he tried to update Microsoft Security Essentials… I have one for you. In Windows 7, I was asked to upgrade Microsoft’s Microsoft Security Essentials to the latest version. [...]
A First Look at Firefox 4
A First Look at Firefox 4 Firefox 4 made it out of the Beta and Release Candidate stages this week. The Mozilla Foundation has released its Firefox 4 web browser for Windows, Mac OS X (the one based on BSD Unix, but not earlier versions of Mac) and Linux. If you’re already running Firefox 3, [...]
Adding a Big SATA Drive to an XP Computer
Subscriber Richard Day wrote recently about his plans to add a new hard drive to his old Windows XP computer: It is a Dell 64bit computer. It is a model e510. I have been running XP64 on it for several years. It is fast, but I would like to add a large SATA hard drive. [...]
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