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Remove Program From File’s Recommended Programs List
Have you ever opened a file with the wrong program and later found that program listed as a “Recommended Program” for other files of that file type? It’s the wrong program and you accidentally selected it once. Why does it keep showing up? The problem is called “file-type association”. You […]
Snipping Tool Vs. Print Screen
Taking pictures of your screen, or screenshots as they’re called, is a great supplement to a technical support query, especially if you’re looking for help online. They offer the technician a visual of the problem over a textual description, which could cause confusion, especially if incorrect terminology is used. As […]
Quick Q & A: 1
In this new segment, I’ll offer quick answers to questions I’ve received from comments, emails, or search queries. Can I install AVG Free 2011 over 9.0? You do not need to uninstall AVG 9.0 before beginning to install AVG 2011. During the installation, version 9.0 will be removed automatically before […]
Posted in: General Apps, Malware Protection, Office, Quick Q & A, Web Browsers, Windows
Tagged: Adobe, anti-virus, application, AVG, ipconfig, MAC address, networking, operating system, PDF, PrimoPDF, print, Quick Q & A, services.msc, web, web browser, Windows 7, Windows XP
Using WampServer 2 For Local Web Development
WampServer is a server environment that runs locally on your computer. It allows you to create web applications with Apache, MySQL, and PHP on a Windows computer. It also comes with phpMyAdmin to manage database information just as you would on your web host’s server. Installing WampServer is pretty straight […]
Installing AVG Free 2011
On September 28th, AVG Technologies released the latest version of their anti-virus client AVG Anti-virus 2011 (a.k.a. AVG version 10 as it’s called on the program’s About window). It comes in three editions: Internet Security, Anti-virus, and Anti-virus Free. For those that use a different anti-virus client, you can still […]
Temporarily Disable Start-up Applications
Tweaking the start-up process is something that every computer “power user” does, and for good reason too. We all want our computers blazing fast and booting up in only a few seconds just like the first day they were setup. Unfortunately, many of the applications we use try to start-up […]
Posted in: Windows
Tagged: application, disable, login, msconfig, operating system, startup, Windows XP
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