How to Get Windows Live to Send You E-mail Reminders
Posted on November 27, 2011 - Filed Under Computer Tips | Leave a Comment
We all forget stuff, that’s a fact of life; and we all have different ways of having people (or machines) remind us to do the things we should do so we don’t fall behind on our rent, or find an angry wife when we get home after forgetting her birthday. One almost surefire way to never forget another important date or event is to have Windows Live send you e-mail reminders, even if you don’t remember to log in to Windows Live on the day the reminder needs to be sent.
Your Folder Can’t Be Shared Error Message in Windows 7
Posted on November 11, 2011 - Filed Under Computer Tips | Leave a Comment
One of my clients recently ran into a problem where they could no longer share folders on their machine! They had created shared folders on the same machine many time before, but for some reason now got the following error:
You folder can’t be shared.
They would get this message when right-clicking on a folder and choosing Share with and then one of the share options like shown below.
Connect iPhone or iPad to Your TV
Posted on November 11, 2011 - Filed Under Computer Tips | Leave a Comment
Previously, I’ve written about how to connect your laptop to your TV, which was very relevant a couple of years ago. However, with the proliferation of iPhones and iPads, a lot of people want to connect their Apple device to their HDTV instead of their bulky laptop.
In this post, I’ll go through the various methods to connect your iPad or iPhone to your TV. I’ll also mention the advantages of using one method over another. Basically, there are two ways to go about connecting your device to your TV: using cable or wirelessly. Depending on your setup, what equipment you already have, and how much you want to spend, both work equally well.
Windows 7 Wants to Format Your USB Drive, iPod, and SD Card?
Posted on November 10, 2011 - Filed Under Computer Tips | Leave a Comment
So here’s a really annoying problem: you connect a USB drive, iPod or camera SD card to your PC and Windows tells you it needs to format it in order to use it properly! The only problem is that you didn’t have this problem two days ago and everything connected just fine! So what’s the issue?
Well, Windows is quirky and if some of the system files get corrupted somehow, you can end up with this really annoying problem of having to reformat all your USB drives and SD cards! Most of the time that’s not even an option and why would you considering plugging those devices into another system works just fine.
How to Find IP Address of Another Computer
Posted on November 9, 2011 - Filed Under Computer Tips | Leave a Comment
So let’s say you are connected to your local network at home or at work and you need to figure out the IP address of another computer on the network. How do you do it? Well there are a couple of ways you can determine the IP address of a different computer on the network.
Fix Microsoft Security Essentials Install Error Code 0×80070645
Posted on November 8, 2011 - Filed Under Computer Tips | 1 Comment
Ever since Microsoft has released their Microsoft Security Essentials anti-virus and anti-spyware program, I’ve used it exclusively on all my Windows machines. It does a great job and has a fairly high detection rate as compared to other free anti-virus programs.
However, I recently ran into a strange issue that caused me some grief. Everything was running fine until one day Security Essentials said it was out of date and that I had to upgrade to a newer version. Ok, no problem. After a little while, I got the following error message: