SEO – Fact or Fiction?

Search Engine Optimization (or in the trade known as SEO) is a big topic when it comes to getting more people to visit a website. There is a really big issue when it comes to getting a blog or website into a money making enterprise. You have 100 plus web masters all telling you their [...]

Why Did CompUSA Fail?

Last December when CompUSA announced its’ closing, not too many people were surprised. Why? It seems that a lot of the people who walked into their doors saw their failing.
Sure there can be other factor that will break a business. Poor financial management will run a business into the ground quickly. I have seen a [...]

Computer Saftey For Our Children

One of the most common things I get asked is about putting limitation on a child computer activity. Windows Vista these controls are built into the user account settings. However in Windows XP, you need a geek, system administrator or special software to set it up these controls.
Ever parental control software that I [...]

Vista Is Here To Stay – Adjust!

Like it or not Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system is here to stay. Windows XP will be around for a few more years, but there are some basic facts that you need to keep in mind when you make the switch to Vista.

Old programs and hardware will not work. This means you are going to [...]

CompUSA – What can we learn?

All week there has been a lot of articles and talk about CompUSA closing. One of the top national brands in computer/electronic chain stores is going to be just history.
What can we learn from this?
Service is the most important thing to a customers. I have had bad service a the Boise ID store. Originally, I [...]

Dangers of Trailware

There is Trialware, is often referred to as crapware or junkware. Critics complain that trailware is unwanted, useless, and sometimes hard to remove software that comes on a new computer. It has been know to come with another software program that was purchase for $9.99. These programs do work for a trial period in hopes [...]

Remote Assistance

Remote Assistance is a tool for helping users troubleshoot problems with their computers. To use Remote Assistance, both the User (also called the Novice) and the Helper must be present on their computers. Unlike Remote Desktop, Remote Assistance does not create a new session.
Instead, Remote Assistance allows the Helper to work in the [...]

Google Advance Search – Movies

Want to know at what theather a move is playing along with the times? Type in the movie title and your zip code. Google will give you where the movie is playing along with the times.
Daily Windows Tips for all Windows Users

Document and File Formats

It is hard to continue without defining some terms and words used around computers. Today, we will start with the six most common file types.
There are different programs that read and write text or graphic documents. The file type is determined by a dot and three or four letters after the file name. [...]

Starting something new

I am ask all the time about how to do this or that on the computer. I hear people asking for simple basic tips and tricks they can do on their computer. Well in the early morning hours in front of my computer I came up with the idea of Window 365. Daily Windows [...]