Charlie from New Jersey writes: After removing a virus from my computer I’m unable to install anything. A message comes up saying: Windows Installer is missing….I’m using Vista, 32 Home Premium Version. Can you help? Thank you Answer:… Continue reading
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Tuesday, June 18th, 2013How Do I Get Rid Of A Phantom Drive Letter?
Thursday, June 13th, 2013Carl from Henderson, NV writes: Under COMPUTER I have a Removable Disk F. There is nothing plugged in to generate this drive info. I have no idea where it came from. How can I remove this in Windows 7? This tip shows how to remove a phantom drive letter appearing in the “Computer” menu. Continue reading
Why Is The “New Folder” Option Missing?
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013Is your “new folder” option missing? Learn how to restore it so you can create folders by right-clicking again. Continue reading
How To Turn Off Single Click
Monday, April 22nd, 2013Bonni from Florida writes: When I was having trouble with my mouse it was messing up and double-clicking (Dell Std. Equipment), Dell had me to reset something so it would only require one click to open a program. Now that I have a new mouse, (which solved the double-clicking problem) I don’t remember how to reset my programs to open with double-click. I’ve tried various places but to no avail. Can you instruct me? Answer: The setting your looking for is Specify single- or double-click to open. This setting can be found… Continue reading
How To Set E-mailed Photo As Desktop Background?
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013Patricia from Buffalo, NY writes: An e-mail was sent to me with an attachment containing a photo. I would like to use the photo(of my grandson) as the Desktop background on my PC. How do I do that? I am somewhat computer illiterate. Thanks in advance for your help. Answer: To set a photo as your background, you want to start by saving the photo to your local computer. Right click on… Continue reading
2,000,000 Files – Where Do They All Come From?
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013James from Oklahoma writes: Yesterday I was doing a security scan of my wife’s computer and had noticed that after the scan finished it had 2,000,000 plus files, where are all these files coming from? How do I get files reduced? Answer: As you use your computer to browse the web, download e-mail, edit photos and all of the other daily tasks, many small files are created and stored in the process. These files… Continue reading
Thumbnails Not Working: How To Restore Image Preview
Sunday, April 7th, 2013Vincent from Oakhurst, NJ writes: At one time if I selected “View Icons” (small, medium, or large, I would see the actual picture or graphic. However, over time I have downloaded and played with several media viewers, etc. Now, I don not see the photo or graphic. I just see a logo or some other graphic representing the viewer program. How can I restore things so that I again see the actual photo or graphic? Thanks – Vince Continue reading
Q-Dir – Tame Windows Explorer & Copy Files Easier
Thursday, April 4th, 2013Have you ever found yourself in Windows Explorer hell? You’re trying to copy a file from one directory to another, tabbing between windows or trying to drag and re-size Windows Explorer to fit? It only gets worse if you’re trying to follow instructions from a webpage while attempting to remember which window goes to which folder. Continue reading
SendTo-Convert: Convert Images Quickly
Wednesday, March 27th, 2013Do you ever need to convert an image from one format to another? How about quickly resize a photo to shrink it down for posting on the web or including in e-mails? SendTo-Convert is a fantastic utility that adds this functionality to the Send to menu. With SendTo-Convert you’ll be able to… Continue reading
Move Those Photos!
Thursday, March 21st, 2013Ever wonder how you can get your pictures from your computer onto a memory card? Here’s the answer! Continue reading
Upgrading From XP: Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Can Help
Wednesday, March 20th, 2013On April 8th 2014 Microsoft will stop supporting Windows XP with critical security updates. This will make running XP quite dangerous due to security exploits and bugs that will be discovered but not patched. Many users are considering upgrading to Windows 7. To check if your computer and devices are compatible with upgrading to Windows 7 you can download the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor. Continue reading
Help! My Computer Won’t Stay In Sleep Mode
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013Ken from Kimberley B.C. writes: I bought a store built desk top recently loaded with a new copy of 7, and right from new, it doesn’t want to stay in the sleep mode. I have gone through my power options and nothing seems to work. Even clicking on “sleep”, it only shuts off for a few seconds, then comes back on. Help! Continue reading
Installer Directory In C:\Windows: Delete Or Keep?
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013Peter from Kerrville, Texas writes: My system runs Windows XP, Service Pack 3. In the “Windows” directory there is a sub-directory labeled “Installer”. This directory is very large (2 GB) and contains many .msp and .msi files. My question is can any of these files be deleted in order to regain some disk space? Thank you in advance for your help and answer. Answer: The good news is… Continue reading
Flash Drive: How To Format/Erase Everything
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013Don from New Mexico writes: How do I delete all the information off a flash drive, so that I can put new information on it? Answer: Formatting a flash drive will wipe all the information off of the drive. Start by inserting the flash drive into… Continue reading
Multiple Svchost.exe, Dangerous or Safe?
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013Shreekanta from Bangalore writes: I have a WindowsXP OS. The Windows Task Manager shows 5 to 6 svchost.exe would be running.Why is it so ? And could I safely cancel any of them ? Answer: Many people when they open task manager see the same thing you saw… Continue reading
Lost Windows 7 Disc – What To Do?
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013Charles from MA. writes: My HD crashed and I lost win 7 replacement discs. Is there any generic version of Win7 I can use? Continue reading
Copying Images From Word To A Folder
Monday, December 17th, 2012Follow these steps to copy an image from a Microsoft Word document and save it to a Windows Explorer folder. Continue reading
TeraCopy: A Better Copy For Windows
Sunday, December 16th, 2012Did you try to copy a large number of files and have and error halfway though which forced you to restart again? Was copying slower than you thought it should be? Did you forget if you’ve selected a file and don’t want to keep copying if you picked the wrong ones? Well, with traditional Windows copy dialog, you’re stuck if any of the above happen. Errors stop you dead in your tracks and it’s an all or nothing slow process. Continue reading
Record Video/Screen Capture Like A Pro
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012Have you ever watched a video where everything someone does on a computer screen is recorded so you can see step by step how something is done? Ever wonder how they do that? Ever want to make your own instructions or record someone showing you how to do something so you can replay it next time you need to? Continue reading
How To Change File Extensions in Windows 7
Tuesday, October 9th, 2012Do you have instructions that tell you to change the file name and extension? Well Willie from Florida wrote in asking that very question. Read here to get the answer. Continue reading
