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Terry’s Computer Tips newsletters May 23rd

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This week’s online newsletter includes:

Problems Installing Windows XP SP3
This reader wanted to install Windows XP Service Pack 3, but he couldn’t find a copy…
Getting Around in Windows 7′s Windows Explorer
Windows Explorer looks different in Windows 7 when compared to earlier versions of Windows. But, the most of the changes are additions, not deletions…
Removing Carriage Returns in OpenOffice Documents
When we copy emails into any kind of other document, we almost always find that they have carriage returns inserted at the end of each line. No longer do the words flow and wrap as they did when the email was being composed. However, it’s easy to get rid of those extra carriage returns…
My Security Software Recommendations
My recommendations for anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, anti-spam software, and backup software…

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Terry’s Computer Tips newsletters December 20th

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This week’s online newsletter includes:

Buttons for Multiple Printers in Word 2007
Ever want to switch printers at the click of a button? Word and other Office 2007 don’t do this by default, but adding the capability is easy…
The Lighter Side of Technology
This week’s computer technology cartoon at Terry’s Computer Tips…
My Security Software Recommendations
My recommendations for anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, anti-spam software, and backup software…

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Filed Under: Computers - misc, Microsoft Office, MS Office, Terry's Computer Tips, Tips & Tricks

Terry’s Computer Tips newsletters May 3rd

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This week’s online newsletter includes:

* Word 2007 Grabs File Types — How to Fix It
When I installed Microsoft Word 2007, I recall that it asked it I wanted it to be the default editor for Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. Perhaps I was mistaken, or perhaps Microsoft uses a much broader definition of the term…

* The Lighter Side of Technology
This week’s computer technology cartoon at Terry’s Computer Tips.

* Dell Mini-10 Questions and Answers
Long-time subscriber Tom Linton wrote with comments and questions after my Dell Mini-10 article in my email newsletter last week

* Hard Drive Questions
Subscriber DJ wrote to ask about hard drive brands and recommendations

* My Security Software Recommendations
My recommendations for anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, and anti-spam software…

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* weekly on-line Terry’s Computer Tips newsletter

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Filed Under: Hard Drives, Hardware, HowTo, Microsoft Office, MS Office, Netbook, Notebook, OpenOffice, Terry's Computer Tips, Tips & Tricks, Word

Terry’s Computer Tips newsletters April 19th

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This week’s online newsletter includes:

* Using Delayed Startup to Speed Up Windows Boot Time
I don’t know why this function wasn’t built into Windows itself. Delayed Startup is an invaluable tool that is part of the free WinPatrol program…

* The Lighter Side of Technology
This week’s computer technology cartoon at Terry’s Computer Tips.

* Create a Fill-In Form in MS Word Easily
Guest author Carol Bratt wrote this great HowTo article with plenty of details and screen images…

* Do I need a Software Firewall?
A reader writes that he connects to his Internet Service Provider using a router, and wants to know if he needs a software firewall, too…

* My Security Software Recommendations
My recommendations for anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, and anti-spam software…

This week’s email and on-line newsletters are nowa vailable:
* free weekly Terry’s Computer Tips email newsletter
* weekly on-line Terry’s Computer Tips newsletter

Filed Under: Broadband, Communications, Firewalls, Free Software, Hard Drives, HowTo, Internet Access, Microsoft Office, MS Office, Networking, Software, System Control, Terry's Computer Tips, Tips & Tricks, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Word

Terry’s Computer Tips newsletters March 8th

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This week’s online newsletter includes:

* Email Images Not Showing Up
What’s happening when my email has a block for an image, but there’s an X in the block?

* The Lighter Side of Technology
This week’s computer technology cartoon at Terry’s Computer Tips.

* Another Way to Convert FAT32 External Drives to NTFS
In last week’s email newsletter, I wrote detailed instructions on reformatting drive partitions. This week, a reader reminded me that there’s an easy one-step process that’s part of Windows — as long as you want to go FAT32 to NTFS…

* Excel Tricks
Excel can do some neat things, if you know how to trick it…

* HowTo: Using Notepad++ With Excel
Why should you edit a complicated Excel formula by using Notepad++…and how to do it…

* My Security Software Recommendations
My recommendations for anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, and anti-spam software…

This week’s email and on-line newsletters are now available:
* free weekly Terry’s Computer Tips email newsletter
* weekly on-line Terry’s Computer Tips newsletter

Filed Under: Backup, Communications, Computers - misc, Email, Email & spam control, File system, Hard Drives, HowTo, Microsoft Office, MS Office, Networking, Software, System Control, Terry's Computer Tips, Tips & Tricks, Windows, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Terry’s Computer Tips newsletters September 7st

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This week’s email and on-line newsletters are now available:
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* weekly on-line Terry”s Computer Tips newsletter

This week’s online newsletter includes:

* Excel and the Scroll Lock Key
A site visitor comments on how the scroll lock key helps navigation in Excel…

* Malware By Email – This Week
See the little "presents" that VIPRE found the emails I received this week, and learn why you don’t want them…

* My Security Software Recommendations
My recommendations for anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, and anti-spam software…

* Notebook Hard Drive Failures, Again
The joys of having a notebook as your main computer. Just one hard drive, and when it starts to go bad…

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