http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm Computer and internet tips from Harrison Bookkeeping. en-us Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:48:02 -0400 Wed, 07 May 2008 20:58:00 -0400 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss gwen32539@gmail.com gwen32539@gmail.com http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/5/7/Find-a-Familiar-Start-Menu If you've switched to Windows Vista and are having a hard time adapting to its new Start menu, here's how you can switch to something more familiar. [More] Windows Vista Wed, 07 May 2008 20:58:00 -0400 http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/5/7/Find-a-Familiar-Start-Menu http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/4/10/Squeeze-Your-Icons If having a desktop cluttered with icons bothers you, one way to reduce the clutter is to reduce the spacing between icons. [More] Windows Vista Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:17:00 -0400 http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/4/10/Squeeze-Your-Icons http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/4/7/Holy-Missing-Icons Now that you've installed Windows Vista, are you wondering where some of your old, familiar icons have disappeared to? Here's how to get them back. [More] Windows Vista Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:16:00 -0400 http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/4/7/Holy-Missing-Icons http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/4/4/Windows-Vista-Aero All versions of Windows Vista except the Home Basic edition come with the new Aero interface. If your system's graphics hardware meets the minimum requirements, Aero is enabled during the installation of Windows Vista. So what is Aero? [More] Windows Vista Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:28:00 -0400 http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/4/4/Windows-Vista-Aero http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/3/18/Best-Way-to-Install-Windows-Vista Do you have a computer running Windows XP that you want to upgrade to Windows Vista? Read this article first. [More] Windows Vista Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:50:00 -0400 http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/3/18/Best-Way-to-Install-Windows-Vista http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/3/14/What-the-heck-is-WindowsQ Since upgrading from Windows XP to Vista, have you noticed this folder on your hard drive? And have you noticed how much space it's eating on your hard drive? Here's what to do. [More] Windows Vista Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:41:00 -0400 http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/3/14/What-the-heck-is-WindowsQ http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/3/10/In-Search-of-the-Recycle-Bin Here's how to put the Recycle Bin back where it used to be in Windows XP. [More] Windows Vista Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:38:00 -0400 http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/3/10/In-Search-of-the-Recycle-Bin http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/3/6/Stop-Those-Annoying-Vista-Popups The most annoying and frequently encountered Vista popup is the User Account Control (or UAC). As part of Vista's increased security features, UAC warns you whenever a program is being installed or modified. UAC is intended to protect your computer from malicious viruses or other programs that will attempt to install or modify things without your knowledge. [More] Windows Vista Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:28:00 -0400 http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/3/6/Stop-Those-Annoying-Vista-Popups http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/3/3/New-Location-of-AddRemove-Programs Microsoft, in its infinite wisdom, has renamed Add/Remove Programs in Windows Vista to "Programs and Features." Here's how to get there. [More] Windows Vista Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:24:00 -0400 http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/3/3/New-Location-of-AddRemove-Programs http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/2/28/Windows-Vista-The-RAM-Pig The "official" Microsoft party line is that Windows Vista requires 512 MB of RAM. Baloney! [More] Windows Vista Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:16:00 -0400 http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/2/28/Windows-Vista-The-RAM-Pig http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/2/25/Help-With-Windows-Vista In response to overwhelming customer feedback, we're beginning a series of blog posts covering Windows Vista. Read on to learn where all your favorite XP features went [More] Windows Vista Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:12:00 -0400 http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/2/25/Help-With-Windows-Vista http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/1/31/Administrator-vs-User-Accounts To protect your computer and your data, it's important to understand the difference between an administrator account and a user account in Windows Vista (and Windows XP too). [More] Windows Vista Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:05:00 -0400 http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/1/31/Administrator-vs-User-Accounts http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/1/17/End-ParentChild-Arguments-About-Computer-Time As a parent, one of the very few things that I like about Windows Vista is its parental controls. You can block access to specific websites, and you can limit the amount of time a user (i.e., your children) has access to a computer. In this article, we'll talk about the time limits. [More] Windows Vista Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:49:00 -0400 http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2008/1/17/End-ParentChild-Arguments-About-Computer-Time http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2007/11/19/A-Late-Halloween-Story Recently I purchased a new laptop computer for my 19-year-old college student. In the interest of acquiring a computer that wouldn't need any upgrades for some time, we selected one with 2 GB of memory and Windows Vista Home Premium. The latter selection turned out to be a big mistake. [More] Windows Vista Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:43:00 -0400 http://computing.hbkpg.com/index.cfm/2007/11/19/A-Late-Halloween-Story