Terry’s Computer Tips blog

This week’s online newsletter includes:

Securing Your Home Wireless Network
Step-by-step walkthrough on setting the wireless router security options…
The Lighter Side of Technology
This week’s computer technology cartoon at Terry’s Computer Tips…
Feedback about Leaving Emails on the Mailserver
There are a couple other options, too…
RAID Hard Drive Systems Issues
RAID for hard drive speed and/or reliability? There are a lot of options…
My Security Software Recommendations
My recommendations for anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, anti-spam software, and backup software…

This week’s online newsletter includes:

Moving Data off the C: Partition versus Windows Pre-defined Directories
Windows pre-defines directories like My Documents and My Pictures. If you need to move them, you can reset Windows to point to the new locations…
The Lighter Side of Technology
This week’s computer technology cartoon at Terry’s Computer Tips…
Leaving Emails on Email Servers to Read Later
Need to download your emails to multiple computers, or read them on the web after you’ve downloaded them into Outlook Express or another email program? You can do that…
Recent Computer Slow Downs
Sometimes slowdowns are caused by specific programs running, or even the numbers of programs running…
My Security Software Recommendations
My recommendations for anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, anti-spam software, and backup software…

This week’s online newsletter includes:

Firefox Hesitates Occasionally When Links Are Clicked
This reader has a problem that started with the latest version of Firefox…
The Lighter Side of Technology
This week’s computer technology cartoon at Terry’s Computer Tips…
Handling Windows Update Options in Windows 7
We can leave Windows Updates set to happen automatically, or we can control what happens and when…
Where are the Macros?
This reader wants to use macros in Internet Explorer as he does in Microsoft Office…
My Security Software Recommendations
My recommendations for anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, anti-spam software, and backup software…

This week’s online newsletter includes:

Storing Your Data on Another Drive The Easy Way
You don’t have to make difficult changes to your computer…
The Lighter Side of Technology
This week’s computer technology cartoon at Terry’s Computer Tips…
How To Change Your My Documents Location
Changing where Windows stores the My Documents folder is easy…
Resizing Hard Drive Partitions
An free alternative to Partition Magic…
My Security Software Recommendations
My recommendations for anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, anti-spam software, and backup software…

This week’s online newsletter includes:

Separating Data from Program Files
After last week’s article, a reader asked for more explanation on the advantages of separating data, programs files and the operating system…
The Lighter Side of Technology
This week’s computer technology cartoon at Terry’s Computer Tips…
A Verizon Customer’s DSL Connection Problem Solved Several Times…
Intermitten DSL failures are a pain…
Another Verizon Customer’s Solution
Sometimes, the solution is obvious…
My Security Software Recommendations
My recommendations for anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, anti-spam software, and backup software…

This week’s online newsletter includes:

DSL Connection Not Working Reliably
Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t, so this subscriber wrote for help…
The Lighter Side of Technology
This week’s computer technology cartoon at Terry’s Computer Tips…
DSL Connection Not Working Reliably, Part 2
More complications…
Separate Your Data from the Operating System For A More Effective Backup Strategy
Storing everything on C: is not a great idea. There are great advantages to segregating programs and data from the Operating System’s partition…
My Security Software Recommendations
My recommendations for anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, anti-spam software, and backup software…

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