Tips to keep you safe from malicious attacks on your computer from web pages.

Information about removing ThinkPoint malware and tips for avoiding problems with malware.

A few observations after our upgrade to Lucid Lynx about Linux and why we support you in taking control of your computer and becoming a part of the open source movement.

When I have run in to this is most often after having uninstalled a Lexmark printer. They have a service that attaches itself to the print spooler service through a dependency and so when it is uninstalled it stops the print spooler from running. If this is the case, here is a fix: Go to [...]

If your computer starts acting strange, one thing that is worth trying is to restart explorer. This can be done through the task manager (Ctr-alt-del) by ending the explorer process. When you do this you will see that your desktop icons and your taskbar will disappear, along with any open explorer windows (not to be [...]

Tip 3 – Gain processor speed by turning off windows fluff. Windows likes to make round edges, fancy shadows, sliding windows, yada, yada… These things use up some of your resources (not a lot, but if you notice slowness on your computer then you are maxing out so every little bit counts). From your start [...]

If a computer’s time resets, create shortcut then put it in startup, or run it as a scheduled task with the following command: w32tm /resync

Tip 3 – Use VLC If you have ever put in a DVD and found it stopping and starting it was probably because your player was trying to use resources (processor and RAM) that were not available. I try to use light weight programs so I don’t run into this problem. My favorite is VLC [...]

Tip 2 – Use Launchy Great little program, takes a small amount of getting used to, but after a couple days you’ll never want to be without it. This little utility is a smart tool for opening your applications and doing tasks that you regularly have to go looking for the launch icons. There are [...]

Tip 1 – Smoothing Out the Fonts Today we launch the new blog concept for AWA. These posts will start including tips that may improve your computer and web experience. For today’s I will tell you about a little trick to change the font style to make things a bit more eye friendly. This is [...]