Tech Tutor Video: Computer Basics for Beginners

When helping friends and family with their computers, I like to show them the Microsoft Defrag utility. For one, it’s easy to use, but also, primarily because it really does the trick in helping to speed up disk access and overall system performance.
A Little Background
When you save information to your computer hard drive, it […]

My father-in-law, an old main frame guy, while recently expressing his computer frustrations asked an interesting question. He asked why do people accept it? Meaning why are people, customers, complacent about shoddy software, complicated configurations etc… Being a computer professional, I reeled trying to defend that it has to do with […]

In the past couple years, blogs and blogging have seen tremendous growth on the internet. It appears that there are scores of blogs originating from the younger crowd. Is there room for the 50 plus perspective? You bet!
To begin, we’ll first discuss a few blogging fundamentals, then a quick look at blogs authored by boomers […]

Showing people ClearType tuning often results with a common response…. “Wow”. While unlikely to change your world, it will however improve your experience in front of your computer.
ClearType Tuning is a free add-on feature to WindowsXP, enabling personalized enhancement to fonts making them easier to read.
Turn on ClearType Tuning from the microsoft […]

The following are roadblocks that impact people when trying to begin using computers and the internet. Whether looking at this for yourself, or as a guide to assist a friend or family member with computers, we hope this will help overcome some initial common problems.
6. Unusable Hardware
No matter what, using a computer […]