Q:
My Windows folder is full of these things called”$NtUninstallQ…etc”. There’s a whole bunch of them! Are they OK to delete?
A:
This should only happen to you Win XP users out there. When you install a patch or update, Windows makes a directory for files you’ll need if you decide to uninstall the update/patch. In other words, it’s an escape hatch in case their update… Continue reading
Welcome to the museum of science, art, and human perception. This site has tons of stuff to see and do. You can find the origins of your DNA, a dose of Accidental Science with some cooking experiments (ah yes, “the sweet science of candy”, yum), try the Bubble Bomb out, and much more.
Whether you’re a little kid at heart or a hardcore science fan this… Continue reading
I love this site. This is probably the neatest live camera site on the planet. You can view tons of metro cities from livecams set up in them. I was just going to bring you New York City’s metrocam but as I browsed I couldn’t just bring you just one, I had to give you access to all the spiffy metrocams.
My favorite is the… Continue reading
This is a site every cyber citizen needs to visit. You should start off by taking the Self Test, and find out just how secure your style is. Then I’d visit the fabulous Security tips section and read up on how to be safe online.
They also have a step-by-step beginners guide to being secure on the Internet. Not to mention other walkthrough topics… Continue reading
Are you sick of telemarketers calling every day, especially during dinner? If so, you need to go to this government site and register your phone number.
According to the site: “Most telemarketers cannot call your telephone number if it is in the National Do Not Call Registry. You can register your home and mobile phone numbers for free. Your registration will be effective… Continue reading
This site is wonderful! Do you want to volunteer for something in your area, but don’t know where exactly to find the information? Well, why don’t you browse through their posts of volunteer jobs. Or maybe you have an event that needs volunteers to work it? If so, you can look through the “Find” section of this site.
To find a volunteer post in your… Continue reading
This site is the epitome of time and date information. You can find time information from all time zones and calendars of all shapes and sizes. Whatever information about times and dates you need, you can find it here.
Better yet, you can enter the location of the country, and get more specific right down to the city and hit “search”—it will come up… Continue reading
Do you like to print out web pages? If so, do you become annoyed at all the header and footer information that gets printed on each and every page? You know, the web address, title, date, mother’s maiden name, etc? Internet Explorer and Firefox let you do this.
Well, with Internet Explorer, you can get that adjusted right out of there, or customize it. Here’s how:
1. Click… Continue reading
It’s a matter of ink consumption, or perhaps some people just don’t want the distraction of a background when they’re printing a web page. Whatever the case may be, a few folks have contacted me with questions on how to print a web page without the backgrounds. I’m glad to say that not only do I have an answer, but it’s super easy to do, too! Let’s do this!
With… Continue reading
“News for nerds, stuff that matters..” is the slogan of this site. This is a place where you can find up to the minute news on computer stuff—you know really hash out your problems with windows in a forum. Why am I bringing it to you? It has up to date bug info.
If your computer is doing something buggy, you can
