| 291 | Say Happy New Year to Those Old Forgotten Programs! Preview: "May Old Acquaintances Be Removed!" You are not the only one that collects and tries programs to see if you will like them, or if they will Magically change the way you use your Puter. The New Year is the best time I can think of to Clean House. Well, anytime is good but this is the best excuse I can think of. This may be oversimplified but l... (more) Published By: Mike Smith Submitted: 17 January,2002 |
| 292 | Why would I read about it when I could be doing it instead? Preview: I spend about 10 hours a day reading and have yet to read a software manual for any of the 50 apps I have on my computer. They don't make sense to me and they insist on putting too much stupid stuff in there like disclaimers and marketing hyperbole. What good is that after you've already bought the software? Personally, I read the more sensible "... (more) Published By: Mike Banks Valentine Submitted: 17 January,2002 |
| 293 | Testing Preview: One of the hardest tasks for any IT department is that of testing. This is, in my experience, the area where we have the greatest failures (next to estimating the cost and length of a project) and where we have incredibly room for improvement. I have been in the business for a long, long time, and the lack of testing never fails to amaze me. Ther... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 21 January,2002 |
| 294 | I - I - iMac! Hype Meets Analysts Preview: What new product gets more press attention than a new Porsche? What can generate more buzz than bear at a beehive? It's a bird, it's a plane . . . it's super fruit! Apple Computer can and does get that kind of attention, and it does so regularly. Hyperbole begins well in advance of each semiannual MacWorld, and begins with the Mac publications an... (more) Published By: Mike Valentine Submitted: 22 January,2002 |
| 295 | Your Electronic Filing Cabinet Preview: The purpose of this article is to provide the beginner and intermediate computer user with a clear understanding of the computer's filing system: how electronic information is stored and organized. Upon completion you will be able to master all phases of file management, efficiently completing tasks such as saving, moving, renaming and deleti... (more) Published By: Doran Roggio Submitted: 26 January,2002 |
| 296 | Logging In Using ASP - Access2000 Preview: After receiving a few queries about how to store passwords using ACCESS and ASP, and then use them as "logins", I thought, well, why not write in a separate article, instead of attaching multiple ASP files that are full of confusing comments and variables only to be decipherable by my brain? I'm assuming you've installed, and are running PWS (Per... (more) Published By: Amrit Hallan Submitted: 12 February,2002 |
| 297 | PcAnywhere Preview: If you've ever managed or had to deal with more than one computer system, then you've undoubtedly wanted to be able to control one remotely at one time or another. In my job, my staff and I manage about a thousand computer systems (servers and workstations). Our staff is small and busy, and even taking the time to walk over to a local system ... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 17 February,2002 |
| 298 | DHCP Preview: At my day job, we were tasked with creating a Windows NT 4.0 network from scratch with only minimal training on the operating system. We were experts at working with OpenVMS and MacIntosh systems, but none of us had ever seen Windows NT before. In those days long ago we were very cocky, and very naive - how hard could it be to set up a new TCP/IP ... (more) Published By: Richard Lowe Submitted: 17 February,2002 |
| 299 | KIDS BEWARE ON THE INTERNET Preview: There are a lot of fun and educational things for children to do on the Internet. There are also a lot of people and web sites, so you need to be careful about where you do your surfing. It’s a rosy world out there and there’s bubbling excitement to enter into a Chat Room or log on to a Messenger Program and interact with people and E-mail them to... (more) Published By: ilaxi Submitted: 23 February,2002 |
| 300 | D-BUST Your Computer – Part 5 Preview: D-BUST Your Computer – Part 5 By: Janet L. Hall T Stands for Templates and Time Let’s start with Templates. What is a template? In its simplest form, a template is a document you have created (or one already created for you) in which you store information and/ or data that will be unchangeable and you use over and over. It’s like creating a *... (more) Published By: Janet L. Hall Submitted: 25 April,2002 |
| 301 | D-BUST Your Computer – Part 4-b Preview: D-BUST Your Computer – Part 4-b by: Janet L. Hall At some time you might find that you have created a document that you will want to save in more then one place, such as another folder. Maybe you’ll need to save your document to another media, such as a floppy or zip disk, or a CD Write. And maybe you have created a beautiful document that you... (more) Published By: Janet L. Hall Submitted: 25 April,2002 |
| 302 | One Way to Solve Memory Problems with your Computer Preview: Some of us aren't lucky enough to have brand new computer systems that are loaded with memory and bells and whistles. Plus, many software programs are RAM memory guzzlers, and they don't "release" that memory when the program is closed. That means that your system is unable to recover that memory and use it with other programs. When this happens... (more) Published By: Robin Nobles Submitted: 28 April,2002 |
| 303 | How To Deal With Computer Problems Preview: It seems that nobody realizes that I'm alive unless they need something. I'm beginning to feel like Rodney Dangerfield - I get no respect! I always get the "I need" calls. As in - "I need a ride to go to Tako's Pig Roast or I'll starve to death" - The other calls that I get are of the variety - "My computer doesn't work" - "Excel is acting fun... (more) Published By: Fred Renoudet Submitted: 02 May,2002 |
| 304 | History of Linux Preview: History of Linux by Ragib Hasan (Copyright: Ragib Hasan 2000) Table of Contents a. In The Beginning b. New Baby in the horizon c. Confrontation and development d. Some Linux Cookies e. Ackknowledgments a. In The Beginning It was 1991, and the ruthless agonies of the cold war was gradually coming to an end. There was an air of ... (more) Published By: Ragib Hasan Submitted: 14 May,2002 |
| 305 | How to Tame Your Mouse Preview: Reprintable Article: Permission is granted for the following article to forward, reprint, distribute, use for ezine, newsletter, website, offer as free bonus or part of a product for sale as long as no changes are made and the byline, copyright, and resource box is included. ---------------------------------------------------------- How to Tame Y... (more) Published By: By Stephen Bucaro Submitted: 20 May,2002 |
| 306 | Picking the Right Font Face for your Document Preview: Picking good fonts are not usually a high priority when it comes to preparing a document; and most of the time, it probably shouldn’t. It’s easy just to stick with the reliable default fonts, like Times New Roman, Arial, Helvetica, CG Times, or Universal. And why not? They’re great fonts that are readable, simple, and extremely versitile (which is... (more) Published By: Rafael Van Dyke Submitted: 24 May,2002 |
| 307 | The Right Way to Use Text Colors Preview: Flyers, newsletters, brochures, ads, business cards, etc. are all made to be “pleasing to the eye”; and one of the best ways to accomplish that is to add color to your document. Using colors is a great way to make documents stand out and be noticed, particularly when it comes to text. At the same time, these documents still need to look as profess... (more) Published By: Rafael Van Dyke Submitted: 24 May,2002 |
| 308 | What Is A Macro? Does Anyone Really Care? Preview: Some of you have never heard of the term “macro”; and if you have, you may not know what it means. First, we’re going to share with you what a macro; and afterwards, we’ll share with you why you may or may not need to start using them. In the early stages of word processing programs, macros were used to record a series of keystrokes that can be ... (more) Published By: Rafael Van Dyke Submitted: 24 May,2002 |
| 309 | Why Using Spaces To Line Up Text Is A Bad Idea Preview: With typewriters being almost a thing of the past, you would think that the typewriter mentality would go along with it. But old habits due die hard; and there’s one that makes me cringe every time I see it – lining up row of text with the spacebar. This worked very well with typewriters and even most word processors because you could count ever... (more) Published By: Rafael Van Dyke Submitted: 24 May,2002 |
| 310 | Computer Running Slow?...Here's One Reason Preview: "Computer Running Slow?...Here's One Reason!" copyright 2001-02 John Evans Just the other day, my computer started running a little slow. Kind of puzzled me. And I put up with it for a while. But then it got a little irritating. While trying to surf the web, I noticed that web pages were taking much too long to load. This is always an irritant... (more) Published By: John Evans Submitted: 26 May,2002 |