Rory, a yahoo mail subscriber, recently wrote to me because emails had vanished into thin air. I am not offering a solution just an observation. As an email provider myself, I only use the free email services for testing purposes. I can only speculate as to what happened to Rory’s emails. Question: I am with …
Author Archives: Juan Ruiz
How to spot an email scam
Wow. These things are rampant. I receive calls and emails on this often. This scam, or phishing attempt, goes like this: You receive an email that claims you made a purchase or sent money to someone. If you have never seen one of these emails, you will be amazed at the detail. The email looks …
Password Selection Rules
Disclaimer: This article is meant to be humorous. CORPORATE DIRECTIVE NUMBER 88-570471 In order to increase the security of all company computing facilities, and to avoid the possibility of unauthorized use of these facilities, new rules are being put into effect concerning the selection of passwords. All users of computing facilities are instructed to change …
Restoring Shortcut Functionality
Question: I do certain work in Microsoft Office and for some reason my shortcut (on desktop) won’t open it anymore. How can I get it to function again? I did a chkdsk and defrag last night. Did that have anything to do with this problem? Thank you. Answer: CHKDSK and Defrag are not the cause …
Removing Addresses from the Address Bar
Question: Juan, how do I delete all of the addresses on my address bar? Thanks for you help! Minnie Answer: I think this is the easiest question I have been asked yet. It is very easy to clear the addresses that have been collecting in the address bar each time you type a web address. …