Reader Jack wrote to ask about an occasional problem, in which email images are not displayed in some of the emails he receives: Infrequently, I’ll receive an email like this one I have forwarded to you that contains pictures, but they show up on my monitor as boxes with little “x’s” in the upper LH [...]
Using PDFCreator to Combine and Save Multiple Prints in One PDF File
One of the features that I’ve had trouble finding in any PDF creation software other than Click2PDF and ClickBook is the ability to print multiple times into the PDF creation software’s program, and then to be able to save the prints as one big PDF file. Even better is the ability to delete some of [...]
What is Microsoft Silverlight – What is Silverlight?
I’ve been asked several times about Microsoft Silverlight — what is it and do I need it. Silverlight is Microsoft’s competition for Adobe Flash Player. It’s designed to play videos and allow interaction with the program. My initial thoughts were that I didn’t need it. I had no application that required it and I did [...]
Speed of Virtual Memory versus RAM
Subscriber Rolf wrote to ask about the speed differences between hard drive "virtual memory" and RAM memory chips: Hello Mr. Stockdale, Since you actively solicit questions in your newsletter I can therefore feel like I’m not imposing too much of your daily schedule to answer a question or two from those of us (like myself) [...]
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