On Tuesday, I wrote the blog “Opt-Out changed my computer – tips to avoid and fix unwanted changes.”  But, you already hit the continue button and you didn’t notice there was a checkbox that allowed the program to change your beloved homepage.  Now what are you going to do? NOTE: The following directions are for restoring your Internet Explorer home page Here’s how to restore you home page to the desired location: Find your homepage Using History Click the Favorites Button Click the History Tab Click the Day you remember seeing your home page Click the...

You recently visited a website and now your browser is behaving funny or it no longer goes to your home page.  Or perhaps you installed a print driver or some other software on your computer  and suddenly you have extra desktop icons that you didn’t see before. How many times have you asked these questions: How did that toolbar get there? When did that desktop icon show-up? Where did my browser home page go? Why did it change? Most computer users will say, especially if they’re relatively new, I didn’t add that to my browser or I don’t remember changing...

If you still have an older television or DVD player that still functions you may not have noticed the changes on the technological horizon. It is inevitable that your television and DVD player will eventually cease to function and you will be exposed to a lot of technical jargon.  Lots of acronyms and numbers.  Hopefully, this article will make your transition to newer technology a little easier. The last initial A quick word about the last letter you’ll be seeing in the screen resolution.  You’ll see either a ‘p’ or an ‘i’.  The ‘p’...

When family and friends have computer issues, who do they call?  Many times its their personal IT support person.  They call him or her up, then try to describe the issue(s) they’re having.  Depending on the circumstances, this can either be a short conversation or a long drawn out one. A picture is worth a thousand words Finally, after the attempt to describe the issue.  The IT person tries to make a best guess at what the problem is, then tries to walk the person on the other end of the phone through the steps to resolve the issue.  If only the IT person could see...

This might just be the year to buy a $100  Blu-ray Disc player for Christmas.  In one of my previous blogs, I commented that Christmas is coming to be ready. DVD Format Wars During the Blu-ray / HD DVD wars.  I jumped on the HD DVD bandwagon because the price of the player was a whole lot cheaper than Blu-ray.  I thought there would be room enough for both of them.  However, that was not the case.  Not too long after my purchase a winner was declared in 2008.  It was Sony this time.  It was a little painful to swallow for a while, picking the wrong technology. ...