This week’s email newsletter articles are: "Warning: Unresponsive Script" ErrorSubscriber Richard Fuller wrote from New Zealand (not Australia, as I mistakenly wrote in an earlier article) to ask about a fairly common problem. Most web sites have some JavaScript, whether it’s used for interactivity, automatic page updating (e.g., quibids.com updating with every bid that anyone [...]
Terry’s Computer Tips Newsletter – February 5, 2012
What’s This Desktop (or Desktop.ini) File on my Windows 7 Desktop?
One of the strange changes that came with Windows 7, at least for those of us who previously used Windows XP, is that some of the operating system options don’t work the same way. Advanced Windows users often want to display all the hidden files and folders, including protected operating system files(which is a separate [...]
Terry’s Computer Tips Newsletter – January 29, 2012
This week’s email newsletter articles are: What’s This Desktop.ini (or Desktop) File on my Windows 7 Desktop?One of the strange changes that came with Windows 7, at least for those of us who previously used Windows XP, is that some of the operating system options don’t work the same. Advanced Windows users often want to [...]
Can’t Send Reduced Size File Attachments
Subscriber Richard Fuller wrote from New Zealand to ask about a problem he was having in emailing photos… Hullo Terry, Here’s a problem that’s new to me. When sending photographs by e-mail I always use the Send To > Mail Recipient feature of Windows Explorer to reduce the file size and make the pictures viewable [...]
Terry’s Computer Tips Newsletter – January 22, 2012
This week’s email newsletter articles are: Unable to Delete an IMAP Email Account in ThunderbirdSubscriber Allan Pendlebury wrote to ask for help with a Thunderbird problem he was having: Hello Terry This is driving me nuts. I had gmx.com as an IMAP account in Thunderbird 9.0.1. I deleted my account on line with gmx (too [...]
Preventing Windows Auto-Restarting on System Errors
Ever had a problem where Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 would have an internal problem, flash an error message at you, and immediately reboot while you were trying to figure out what happened? One of the default settings in Windows is responsible for that automatic reboot. Fortunately, it’s also one that’s easy to change. [...]
Terry’s Computer Tips Newsletter – January 15, 2012
This week’s email newsletter articles are: Preventing Windows Auto-Restarting on System ErrorsEver had a problem where Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 would have an internal problem, flash an error message at you, and immediately reboot while you were trying to figure out what happened? One of the default settings in Windows is responsible for [...]
Terry’s Computer Tips Newsletter – January 1, 2012
This week’s email newsletter articles are: Where Are The Windows 7 Libraries?Longtime subscriber Stephen wrote with a question since he had recently shifted from WinXP to Windows 7: Seasons greetings Terry I did have my data saved on a second drive on my old XP box and followed a good backup procedure Now I have [...]
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