Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

Like the sands of the hourglass, like the political tweaking of the Medicare supplement plan, software updates are ever with us. Two biggies hit the scene this month. Here’s what’s up… Firstly, if you use the Firefox browser, it is advisable that you update to the latest version, 3.5. The update fixes some serious security [...]

This site here has a good, easy tutorial on how to install Windows Games. But you can also uninstall Windows Games, or other certain Windows Features that you may not want installed. For example, I like to play Spider Solitaire from time to time, but I have absolutely no need for Purble Place, Free Cell, [...]

I saw this in one of my technology news e-magazines, and want to post it here for anyone else having this problem. There seems to be an issue with Windows Vista machines “hanging” (freezing, or, the screen stays black and the Windows logo never appears) after you hit the power button to the computer, or [...]

There’s a terrific tutorial on how to speed up your Windows Vista on your computer at the India Times InfoTech. Last year, I splurged and got myself a very beefy computer with triple-core processor and 4GB RAM, so my Vista runs pretty smoothly, anyway. But I’m always looking for tweaks, and these were great. The [...]

Sometimes figuring out networks functionalities on ANY computer can drive you nutty. I still havem’t completely figured out XP’s, let alone Vista! And I’m tinkering with the Xandros and Ubuntu operating systems, too. I must be crazy! Well, I found a great article and thought I’d pass it along (and oftentimes, I use this blog [...]

I’d mentioned that I got a very cool Apple Aluminum keyboard for my Windows Vista computer. I am just loving this keyboard! I can type faster and I make fewer typing errors. It has made me more productive, and there’s nothing like a new gadget to inspire and motivate a person! I’d said that some [...]