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• Mailbag – Flash Player Install and Windows Games – Reversi and Minesweeper

  Nearly every day people come up to me, or email, questions on software. Last night at the Tampa Bay Computer Society , a gentleman was having trouble getting Adobe Flash installed. I went through the installation process and it appeared to work correctly... Posted Apr 12 2011, 11:14 AM by ChuckOp with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Tip

• Fixing Windows 7 Help and Support

  For the past few months I noticed that Windows 7 Help and Support feature wasn’t working correctly.  Pressing WIN+F1 or choosing “Help and Support” from the Start menu would open a window, but the help contents weren’t there.  Searching for... Posted Apr 08 2010, 04:26 PM by ChuckOp with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft, Tip, Windows 7

• Windows Media Player not adding albums to media library

  Have been moving my music collection around and noticed that nearly half of the files didn't get added to the media library when monitoring the folder, or manually scanning it. After investigating for awhile, I discovered that folders marked with the... Posted Mar 18 2005, 12:05 PM by ChuckOp with | with 74 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft, Tip

• Backup Favorites Quickly

  A friend and former co-worker at Microsoft recently sent out an e-mail to several people describing a way to backup the Favorites folder to a writable CD/DVD-ROM drive. I started thinking that it could even be easier: Start Menu -> Run (or press WIN... Posted Mar 02 2005, 03:18 PM by ChuckOp with | with no comments Filed under: Tip

• Google toolbar tip - Shift+Enter

  When using the Google toolbar , you can press SHIFT+ENTER after typing a search query to open a new browser window with the search results. Nifty. Also try out the new version 3 beta . Posted Feb 28 2005, 10:56 PM by ChuckOp with | with no comments Filed under: Tip

• Defending Your Computer

  My good friend Dave Dockery of Synergy Publishing has put together a nice seminar on cleaning PC's infected with spyware and other unwanted pieces of software. He gives his Defending Your Computer seminar all over the West Coast of Florida, often at meetings... Posted Jan 23 2005, 09:42 AM by ChuckOp with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Tip

• Windows Server 2003 SP1 notes

  I just installed the new Release Candidate for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 . Superfically, it appears to have most of the security features from Windows XP Service Pack 2. So far no problems with the install or interaction with anything I previous... Posted Dec 08 2004, 08:25 PM by ChuckOp with | with no comments Filed under: Microsoft, Tip, Hardware

• Terminal Services and Remote Desktop Connection

  Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 include a new client for Terminal Services. The long name is “ Remote Desktop Connection ”. Instead of looking for it through the menus however, to quickly connect to another Windows machines that have Remote Desktop... Posted Oct 08 2004, 03:39 PM by ChuckOp with | with no comments Filed under: Microsoft, Tip

• Show all in Device Manager

  The Windows registry keeps track of all hardware devices that have been installed on the machine. The Device Manager only displays the hardware devices that are currently connected to the machine. Hardware that is not currently connected, such as a USB... Posted Jul 23 2004, 08:26 AM by ChuckOp with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Tip, Hardware

• Pasting random text into Microsoft Word

  Ever need to put some text into a document quickly? Maybe you need to demonstrate a feature or want some filler. I used to type qwerty or asdf over and over again. Microsoft Word has a quick and easy way to do it. Just type =rand() on a blank line and... Posted Jul 14 2004, 05:21 PM by ChuckOp with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Tip