Comments for Worldstart's Tech Tips Newsletter

Comment on Toggle Keys Explained by Thom McMahon

Thom McMahon — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:50:04 +0000

Re: Toggle Keys
GREAT! I didn’t know I had a “Scroll” key nor did I know it’s purpose in life. Nicely explained. Easy to understand. Many thanks.

Thom

Comment on Change the Font Style and Size in Gmail by Vicky Allen

Vicky Allen — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:05:27 +0000

I looked for a way to do this but couldn’t figure it out. Thanks a lot. Now I would like to know how to increase the font size in my main page. The letters are pretty small. I don’t want to do the “alt + mouse wheel” every time.

Comment on Old Time Radio by les miller

les miller — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:44:34 +0000

the BEST

Comment on Remembering those Passwords! by randal

randal — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:49:40 +0000

Lee, you’re absolutely right. Fewer is correct. Thanks for the grammatical correction.

And Ron, I was merely using Pa55w0rd as a less-crummy alternative to “password”. Of course, the more complex your password is, the harder that it will be for hackers or hacking programs to guess. I was trying to point out (perhaps I failed) that using a combination of upper and lower case letters and numerals and/or special characters strengthen your password. No, for me to use Pa$$w0rd1964 as my password wouldn’t be the best idea, but it would beat the heck out of “password”.

Thanks for the comments.

Randal

Comment on Backing Up With Windows 7 by Dwight Kemper

Dwight Kemper — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:13:52 +0000

I have the same concerns as Debbie. How do you use the external hard drive especially if you have a huge failure and cannot even get to the desktop?

Comment on Old Time Radio by Mary Louise Bonnet

Mary Louise Bonnet — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:17:47 +0000

Can’t wait to try it.

Comment on dwellinggawker by Jadesqr

Jadesqr — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:30:21 +0000

Awesome website, a real celebration of humane achievement.
Thanks, Amanda

Comment on Remembering those Passwords! by Ron

Ron — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:45:07 +0000

Sorry, I don’t agree with a couple of your suggestions. Simple translitterations like “Pa$$w0rd” and “Pa55w0rd” are too obvious. They will be in every hacker’s rainbow table.

The letter shift is better, as long as you don’t use a common dictionary word, or a word closely related to you.

Using a birthday as a significant number is not a good idea. A hacker doing an attack based on “Social Engineering” you will know dates like that.

Comment on Old Time Radio by Mike Coloma

Mike Coloma — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:51:45 +0000

Amanda: This is just too cool. Thank you so much for this.
I appreciate the job your doing.
Thanks again.

Comment on Your YouTube Speed by Sheila Potter

Sheila Potter — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:43:57 +0000

I never knew that – thanks.