Tech Tips

Did you know that going green with your PC can save you some green?  By powering down your PC or using power management correctly you can save up to $60 a year per machine.  For the Planeteer that equals a half a ton of CO2 a year that will not be adding to global climate change.  Go planet…and wallet! Turn off your PC and Monitor To maximize energy savings turn off your PC … [Read more...] about The Green Machine

I realize that operating system patches are about as exciting as new plumbing.  But if you can imagine your house without working pipes, you get a picture (and smell) of patch importance, especially if you are a Windows/Vista user.  The patches coming down the pipe for March include a core update deemed critical to your PC’s operating system plumbing. … [Read more...] about March Madness and Patch Tuesday

We’ve all heard the stories of PC viruses, malware, and other cyber-nasties lurking the in the shadows of the information super highway.  These nefarious entities exist for one purpose – to make your virtual life miserable.  The only thing more intimidating than a PC virus is trying to come up with a defense to protect your PC.  But there are things even the most non-techie … [Read more...] about PC In-security

This past Tuesday (2/10/200) Microsoft released some critical patches for “Patch Tuesday” for all Windows users.   Did you get it? What is Patch Tuesday you ask?  It’s nothing like Fat Tuesday, that’s for sure.   Patch Tuesday is the second Tuesday of each month, the day on which Microsoft releases security patches.  Who knew?  Like a Fat Tuesday party, the February Patch … [Read more...] about A Fat Patch Tuesday

If you use Microsoft Outlook as your email client then size matters and less is more. With the growth of email, Outlook is one of the most popular email clients.  With all this email you need a way to organize it.  Outlook allows you to setup folders to manage the flood of email that we all have to handle.  But if you keep every email it will not take long for your Outlook … [Read more...] about Size Matters…when it comes to MS Outlook