Sharing a Computer – and the Challenges that Go With It

Subscriber Carolyn Waterson wrote with an interesting question. Computers are great tools. But, when you share a computer with someone else, some cooperation is needed… Hello Terry Me again – with another problem I hope you can help me with. The scenario is two people using the same computer but with different passwords. (My work [...]

Adding a Program to the Windows 7 “popup” Context Menu SendTo

Windows has nice feature that allows you, in one step, to open a program and open a particular data file in that program. No, I don’t mean double-clicking on a file or an icon. I’m talking about the Windows right-click context menu. You can right-click on a shortcut to a file, or right-click on a [...]

Opening Multiple Excel Windows in Windows 7

When I use Excel, I normally have several spreadsheets open so that I can use or reference data from one as I’m creating another one. So, I need to open multiple Excel windows. Using more exact computer terminology, we’d say "opening multiple Excel instances" Either way, it means having one Excel window open and opening [...]

Changing Sounds in Windows 7 Themes

Windows 7 has some great built-in themes. Even better, Win7 has an easy way to download new themes directly from Microsoft’s web site. What’s a theme? It’s a pre-built combination of Windows Desktop background images, screensaver images, mouse cursor images, and sounds. The concept has been in Windows since back in the days of Windows [...]

Finding Hidden Files

New subscriber Edward Bell sent me a very short, but complimentary email this week. Hello Terry, I am a new subsciber to your online program and have read your responses to the questions that were asked. I am very pleased with your seemingly patient understanding to some of us poor souls who have no clue [...]

Missing Outlook 2007 Unread Folder Link

Reader Mike G. had a problem with Outlook 2007 — his Unread Mail folder is missing from the Favorite Folders list. One of Outlook’s convenient features is a box at the top left of the Outlook window in the Email view that shows Favorite Folders. Initially, it has Inbox, Unread Mail, Large Mail, and Sent [...]

Outlook Express | Backing up Outlook Express Email Folders

Backing up your Outlook Express email folders is an important part of using OE as your email program. Microsoft won’t protect you on this one. If you don’t have a daily backup of your data files, including your email files, to another computer or an external hard drive, you need to be sure to make [...]