I got a question the other day from a reader wanting to know what the difference between a worm and a virus. So, without further adieu, here we go!
Viruses are self-replicating programs that embed themselves into other programs, or even the operating system , and use the host to carry out its function. Unless it attaches itself to an email, a virus… Continue reading
Changing Directions
Have you ever wished that you could change the direction of text? I mean literally have it read in another direction.
Maybe you want to change the look of the documents or maybe you need to maximize the space you have to work with in the horizontal direction. (Change direction, get more space… If only that would work in my living room. Change the direction of the couch… Continue reading
Have you ever been playing a game and it seems like your computer is having a hard time reading the CD? You can hear it speed up, slow down, speed up… you know what I mean.
This can be caused by several different problems.
First off, if it only does it with one CD, you may want to check
Click, Click — Text Formatting Trick
Many of you may be aware of the Change Case text options in the Format menu of MS Word. This wonderful feature will allow you to take text and, in one quick swoop, change the case of every letter to match your needs.
From the Change Case options, you can make text all lower case, all upper case, sentence case, toggle case or… Continue reading
Changing Directions – Part 2 – MS Excel
Well, now that we’ve looked at the options for turning text in MS Word, let’s move on to MS Excel.
Excel allows for a lot of flex in text direction. You’re actually allowed to set the text angle as opposed to the limited choices of vertical and horizontal offered by Word.
So, let’s get started.
The first thing you need to do… Continue reading
Quick Email Sorting
You’re sorting through a huge list of email, wishing you knew of a quick way to find the specific one needed.
Smile 
There is!
To get MS Outlook or Outlook Express to sort email all you have to do is click!
When you’re looking at your inbox do you see the column titles at the top? The ones that label the columns at From, Subject, Received… Continue reading
Q:
I see CD-ROM drives speeds listed at 24x, 32x, etc. What does that mean?
A:
It means that the CD-ROM drive is that many times faster than the original Proto-CD-ROM drive from caveman times. Just how fast was that? Well, the original CD drive transferred data at a rate of 153,600 bits per second (bps). If you have a CD-ROM drive that has a read speed of… Continue reading
Q:
I have a shortcut on my desktop I’d like to rename. How do I do it?
A:
Just right-click the shortcut and select Rename from the resulting menu. The shortcut’s name will now be highlighted. Just type in the new name and you’re all set.
If you want to get fancier and show off, you can single-click on the icon and hit the F2 button. This will… Continue reading
Two Monitors = Too Fun
If one monitor is good, two is better, right?
I’ve been using two monitors simultaneously with my laptop for over 3 years now. Let me tell ya, it’s great having all that desktop real estate to play with. Your mouse moves from screen to screen and you can move open windows from one screen to the other just as if you were using… Continue reading
If you use computers a lot, you probably find yourself out in the real world wishing you had an Undo command (you know, like just before you’re about to smash your new car). Well, the “universal” undo shortcut is: Ctrl+Z.
Ctrl+Z is normally used in word processing documents, but it also works just about anywhere
