Thunderbird Adventures With Email Filters

Something bad happened to my Thunderbird installation recently. Almost all of my email filters somehow changed to move the emails into one specific email folder. I think the mess-up happened as part of the update to the latest Thunderbird version 11.0.1. Maybe not, but it was about that time. Tech Tip What’s an email filter? [...]

Drivers Needed When Upgrading From Windows XP to Windows 7

Subscriber Bill Thompson wants to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7. HI TERRY THIS IS BILL THOMPSON.I HAVE A SONY DESKTOP AND ITS HAS WINDOWS XPME.I WANT TO UPGRADE TO WINDOW 7 BUT I AM HAVING TROUBLE FINDING ALL THE DRIVERS I NEED WITHOUT SPENDING A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY. CAN YOU PLEASE [...]

Terry’s Computer Tips Newsletter – April 1, 2012

This week’s email newsletter articles are: Drivers Needed When Upgrading From Windows XP to Windows 7Subscriber Bill Thompson wants to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7. HI TERRY THIS IS BILL THOMPSON.I HAVE A SONY DESKTOP AND ITS HAS WINDOWS XPME.I WANT TO UPGRADE TO WINDOW 7 BUT I AM HAVING TROUBLE FINDING ALL [...]

Thunderbird Won’t Retain Selected Fonts, Sizes and Colors

Subscriber John in Dallas wrote to ask about a problem he was having with fonts in his Thunderbird email program: Hello – Terry I know you are a thunderbird user, as I, from the beginning.. How do I keep my selected font in emails? I’ve done everything I can think of…NOTHING on TB’s site or [...]

Connecting the Smartphone to the Home Wireless Network

Subscriber Arthur Wood wrote with a wireless networking problem — he needed to get his wife’s new smartphone to connect to his wireless network: Terry, My Wife purchased a Galaxy 10.1 32g, How do I attach it to my Router Cisco WRT 120N. Any assistance would be appreciated. I wrote back to Arthur to tell [...]

Terry’s Computer Tips Newsletter – March 25, 2012

This week’s email newsletter articles are: Thunderbird Won’t Retain Selected Fonts, Sizes and ColorsSubscriber John in Dallas wrote to ask about a problem he was having with fonts in his Thunderbird email program: Hello – Terry I know you are a thunderbird user, as I, from the beginning.. How do I keep my selected font [...]

Fun with Windows 8 Consumer Preview

Recently, I started experimenting with the new Windows 8 Consumer Preview. More than a "Beta version," this pre-release version is designed to give anyone that wants to try it early to have a chance to try it. (click on the image for a larger version) Be sure to understand, this is not a finished product. [...]

Terry’s Computer Tips Newsletter – March 18, 2012

This week’s email newsletter articles are: Fun with Windows 8 Consumer PreviewThis week, I’ve been experimenting with the new Windows 8 Consumer Preview. More than a "Beta version," this pre-release version is designed to give anyone that wants to try it early to have a chance to try it. Be sure to understand, this is [...]