The Computer Tutor

Today’s tip isn’t really a fun or amazing thing you can do with your computer.  However, it is important if you use Internet Explorer with Windows.   This past week Microsoft announced that there was a “security vulnerability” in Internet Explorer that could allow hackers to go in through the web browser and execute [...] Read more »

It’s been over a year since I did a blog post about what software programs I use regularly and recommend to my clients, so here we go!  The programs I talk about below are mostly free.  Actually I think they all have free versions, but there are a couple that I highly recommend getting the [...] Read more »

Your laptop computer represents a sizable investment, so it makes sense to take care of it and make it run well, and last as long as possible.  Here are some ways to make that happen. First of all, there are some practices that are standard procedure for any computer, whether it’s a laptop, desktop, [...] Read more »

You have probably noticed a trend among a lot of websites.  When they publish a long story, they don’t put it all on one page.  Instead, the story is split up into smaller pieces and each of those little sections gets its own page.  So you read a few paragraphs, then click to page 2 [...] Read more »

When someone brings me a computer that has a problem, my first question is: “Is there any data on this computer that is important, that is not backed up?”  Usually there is, which means I probably need to recover that data before I do the repair.   My next question often gets an interesting [...] Read more »

Last Monday I told you about this great method for being able to get to a Google search in a split second.  Seriously, it’s really fast!  And I found that it worked great… on my computer.  But a few people contacted me and mentioned that they couldn’t get it to work.  My friend Mike reported [...] Read more »

This is something I have been wanting to start for a while – a podcast to go along with my weekly blog. For those of you not familiar with this, a podcast is basically an internet radio show.  So instead of just reading what I write on my blog, you can actually hear my [...] Read more »