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A friend was over at my house and I was showing her how to do stuff on her laptop. Suddenly she hit something and she lost her tool bars. Frustrating for her until my youngest daughter calls out “Push f11″. . . Hard time reading your computer screen? Just push “control +” Simple stuff. Most [...]

Are free WordPress themes really free? Well, that depends. No upfront cost to you, but did the last person to modify the theme add anything nasty to it? Now I don’t have a problem giving credit to a theme’s designer for their work with a link. I do object when they add some kind of [...]

I remember when I got my first hosting account (a service you pay for, which stores the files which make up your website and serves them to your visitors), and I was at a loss what to do next. I had some files I’d created, the beginnings of a website, but it was confusing to [...]

No one wants to wake up in the morning (afternoon, evening or even middle of the night) and find your website now says “Hacked by . . .” or that their sites fail altogether. Worse yet your site may be hacked and you not even know it. There may be hidden links, not visible to [...]

I’ll add to this list as I reload programs as I use them. This helps me anytime I set up a new computer. You are welcome to use any of these programs if they fill your needs. I advise making your own list as each of us have our own favorites. Firefox is a browser [...]

Grrrrr! I hate it when computers act up. My new laptop has been doing that, hangs up in the browsers, no matter which one I choice. Accessing email and twitter became at times an impossibility. Since it was a new laptop, I called the company to find a fix. Their best option was to save [...]