Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

While researching a few geeky computer websites, I came across this really great website: Windows Vista Keyboard Shortcut Commands. Or, as I now call it, The Motherlode of Keyboard Shortcuts. It’s really cool! Definitely one to bookmark. I type ALLLL day, and all use the keyboard commends I know. This list has a ton of [...]

Has your computer suddenly been getting a black screen? The latest Microsoft Windows Update may be to blame. Apparently, it’s affecting versions of XP, Vista, and Windows 7. Microsoft’s latest round of security patches appears to be causing some PCs to seize up and display a black screen, rendering the computer useless. The problem affects [...]

Windows by default has AutoPlay configured. AutoPlay (once called AutoRun in older Windows operating systems) is that little program that starts up the software whenever you connect a USB flash drive, an external hard drive, or pop in a CD or DVD. It was handy back in the old days of innocent computer use… but [...]

About a year ago, I got the tiny Asus Eee PC, pre-loaded with a Linux operating system, Xandros. While the OS wasn’t too bad in of itself, it had a ton of junk in it that I couldn’t uninstall (like a goofy Chinese dictionary, and a Mr. Potato Head Paint program). The OS gobbled up [...]

I was never a great fan of those mega-monster, dialup-choking service packs from Microsoft anyway, but I guess they were necessary from time to time. Windows XP is just over seven years old now, and Windows is getting eager to dump XP for their Vista and latest OS, Windows 7. I still have quite a [...]

Will someone please tell me WHY there is this great big push to shelve technology– especially operating systems? And especially Microsoft operating systems? OK, let me back off a little. There’s talk that MS will let Vista just fade away. It’s outdated, too buggy, and too bulky. The Microsoft executive in charge of Windows urged [...]