The Computer Tutor

When I came across this recently, I only had one question: How have I not known about this already?  I will admit this is not necessarily something that every computer user will want to use all the time, but if you like being in full control of your Windows computer, I think you’ll love this [...] Read more »

Have you ever had that sick feeling, right after you click the “Send” button on an email… when you immediately wish you had not sent that message?  It might be an angry or impulsive response to your boss, your spouse, or a friend – but as soon as you sent it, you wish you could [...] Read more »

Recently I was dealing with a client of mine that owns a small business (actually it’s not all that small, as he does several million dollars in business each year).  Charles was getting frustrated with his computer because it wouldn’t do what he wanted it to do.  What made the situation even more maddening for [...] Read more »

Sometimes I’ll be at the home or business of a client, checking out a problem on their Windows computer, and I’ll notice that their taskbar is positioned on the top edge of the screen, or on the left or right side.  Since the taskbar is normally on the bottom edge of the screen, I have [...] Read more »

The trick I’m going to show you today is one that I only learned about recently.  I love discovering cool new things like this.  This has to do with the “Send To” menu.  You’ve probably used this before.  You right-click on a file and the new menu appears, and one of the options is “Send [...] Read more »

Adobe’s database of users got hacked recently.  When this was first announced, Adobe stated that the estimated number of users whose information was leaked was around 2.9 million.  After the dust settled, it turned out that approximately 150 million people were affected.  It’s a good idea to check and see if you are affected by [...] Read more »

Did you know that prices on Amazon products fluctuate?  Sometimes certain product prices fluctuate a lot.  How do you know if you are buying a particular item at the lowest price?  By using 3 camels, of course. Don’t ask how they came up with this name because I don’t know.  I couldn’t find any [...] Read more »

Do you find yourself typing the same words or phrases over and over again?  Maybe you get business inquiries by email, which require the same reply each time.  Or perhaps you have the need to write the same paragraph repeatedly in a Word document.  Whatever the situation, you can save a good chunk of time [...] Read more »

The “automated line” is probably one of the most frustrating things that Microsoft ever built in to MS Word.  And when you see it suddenly appear, it seems like nothing you do can get rid of it.  But there is a way! If you’re not sure what I’m referring to, try this.  Open a [...] Read more »

One of the biggest complaints about YouTube is trying to watch a video that has to keep pausing while it buffers.  The video is playing faster than it can download to your computer.  So every so often it has to pause, download a little more, then play some more of the video until it has [...] Read more »