Help, Hints and Links

• Search our database
  Hundreds of ideas, hints and troubleshooting steps
• Suggestion when purchasing a new computer and Moving data to a new computer?
• Are you protected by antivirus? Don't bet on it!
• Backup your data!

• Clean it up!  

• Problems with CDs?
• Be aware of hidden file extensions!
• Getting disconnect on long downloads?

• Networking Computers?  Here are few hints...

Computer Basics

• Components of a "computer"
  clarifying terms like computer, modem and CPU.

• Computer connections
  What they are, how to do it, etc...

• Computer Terms
• Internet Terms

• How Big? 
  A quick guide to file sizes.

• http://www.file-extensions.org/
  Large file extension library and file types resource

Microsoft Product Support 

• Common troubleshooting articles

• Outlook help and tips

• Outlook Express help and tips

• MS Online Support
• MS NewGroups
• Office Quick Keys
• MS Office Help

Internet Related

• Get rid of those junk applications! 
• Internet "Browser" basics 
• Internet Browser problems
• Internet Guide  a very good source for those new or unfamiliar to the Internet
• Newsgroups, the basics 
• Newsgroup "Subscriptions" 
  They are not what you may think

• Opt-Out information

• Organizing Favorites 

• Our Email - Spam test results  

• Protect yourself against viruses, see:
  Are You Protected?  and   Shut off that preview pane!

Before you forward an email
be sure it's not a Hoax! 

http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/virushoaxes1/ 
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html  
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/

Miscellaneous

• Did we work on your computer? 
  Here is more information.
   

• Power consumption calculator. 

• Just how old is that computer? 
• Are you a Lotto Player?
• Are you a radio buff?