This week’s email newsletter articles are: Getting High CPU Usage WarningsSubscriber Don Newsham wrote this week to ask about a problem that he was having with his computer — he was getting unusual high spikes in his CPU usage: I have Norton on my computer. A couple of times a day I get an alert [...]
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Terry’s Computer Tips Newsletter – March 13, 2011
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Terry’s Computer Tips Newsletter – March 6, 2011
This week’s email newsletter articles are: Building Your First Homebuilt ComputerBuilding your first homebuilt computer can be a challenge. It’s not particularly difficult. It’s not rocket science — it’s just mechanical construction. BUt, there are enough pitfalls and traps for the unwary. Subscriber Richard Fuller wrote to ask if he could build a computer to [...]
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Word Documents as Outlook 2007 Email Attachments Won’t Open From Outlook
Last week, subscriber Ian Pitt wrote from the UK to ask about a problem he was having with his computer: Hi Terry, I’ve been reading your newsletter for some time, and appreciated your advice both in the newsletter and on the website. I suppose that I’ve been hoping that another subscriber would write with my [...]
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DSL Connection Not Working Reliably
Subscriber Cathy Fitzgerald wrote to ask for suggestions on her Verizon DSL connection: Hi Terry, I am on Verizon DSL. I have had problems for over a year now, both connecting to the internet, and retrieving email. I have spent countless hours with them trying to resolve the issues. They sent a technician to the [...]
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Synchronizing Two Hard Drives – Suggestions from Readers
In a recent newsletter article Synchronizing Two Hard Drives, I wrote about Subscriber JJ’s desire to safely and accurately synchronize files between two computers. This week, several other readers wrote to suggest ways he might be able to manage this. JJ’s original request was: Hello Terry, Thanks for allowing us to ask questions. My question [...]
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