01 Aug
OK, you have a new computer and you’ve made the decision to keep your old computer, and you want your spouse and children to be able to do email and surf the web without demanding your computer. Let’s assume you already have an existing home computer network — if you don’t, the first article in [...]
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21 Jul
I answered a question recently from someone who was using WEP (the so-called “Wired Equivalent Privacy”) encryption on their wireless network. They were considering changing to WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access). The real answer is that they need to change to the second generation of WPA — WPA2. The biggest question in their mind was whether [...]
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12 Jun
Ed Pilarczyk wrote last week to ask: Hey Terry, As a long time subscriber, I have to say that you continue to do a GREAT job. Thanks for all your hard work!! Two things. First, I can find no way to register for any of your blogs. I found the link to log in…but not [...]
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11 Jun
Have you ever noticed that some programs always assume where you want to save a file? Or, they assume the directory from which you will open a file? Somehow, the program’s guess never seems right… Oh, it may be close, for people who store all their files and data in My Documents or subdirectories of [...]
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08 Jun
Sometimes, I can read and understand the problem, but I’m not using the software that the subscriber uses, and can’t give a good answer. Even then, I try to steer them to an answer. Such was the case with the first question from Chet Norris recently: Hi Terry, Weird problem..I’m running vista home premium (32 [...]
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07 Jun
In How to Fry a Wireless Router or Two, I wrote about my brother’s experience frying a pair of wireless modems in a lightning storm. Last week, I talked about what had happened, why it happended, and what he could do to prevent the problem in the future (this was the third set of routers, [...]
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07 Jun
In How to Fry a Wireless Router or Two, I wrote about my brother’s experience frying a pair of wireless modems in a lightning storm. Last week, I talked about what had happened, why it happended, and what he could do to prevent the problem in the future (this was the third set of routers, [...]
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06 Jun
One of the differences between inkjet printers and laser printers has to do with handling of the data to be printed.
An inkjet printer gets its commands for each printed line, one at a time, from Windows. It prints the line and gets the data for the next line. Sometimes they buffer a little of the [...]
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06 Jun
One of the differences between inkjet printers and laser printers has to do with handling of the data to be printed. An inkjet printer gets its commands for each printed line, one at a time, from Windows. It prints the line and gets the data for the next line. Sometimes they buffer a little of [...]
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31 May
Sometimes, we don’t want to hear the answer, so we look for an easier fix. Such was the case recently with this email from Arjun: Hello there Terry ! To begin with,I’ve to say I’m incredibly impressed for the way you recommend applications,settings,software reviews. Recently I ran into a problem,my hard drive LED was glowing [...]
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