Monday, March 09, 2009

Computer Related Questions

If you have any computer related questions, this is the place to leave a comment.



When you leave a comment here, an email is sent to me for comment moderation.
Please use the existing tags as a guide to what kinds of questions I should be able to answer.



I will attempt to respond within 24 hours, but there will be times when I do not have access to the web.



The answer will be in a separate posting.

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Selecting Files in Vista's Windows Explorer

In XP to select files in Windows Explorer, you select the first file by clicking and holding the Shift key click on the last file to select all those and all the files in between, or click the first file and holding the Ctrl key while clicking on each non adjacent file.



Vista's Windows Explorer make selecting files much easier, by supplying check boxes, see screenshot:




You can check the box next to name to select all the files, or check a box next to each file you want to select.



I find this makes selecting files much easier in Vista.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

BPCA Website Needs New Free Hosting

At our Broward Personal Computer Association E-Board meeting we discussed needing someplace to host our website for free, as currently we are paying $9.95 per month and have no webmaster, nor funds to continue doing that.



We are looking to have just a very basic site, containing a home page, announcements, somewhere to post our newsletter in PDF format, and maybe reviews.



We own our own domain name and just need somewhere, preferably free, to host it.



As none of us are very proficient at this kind of thing, I am looking for ideas.



Would a wiki be better than a traditional website?



Please let me know via comment, if you have any ideas to help us out.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

I Am Back

I know I have not posted in a long time.



I have been very busy, editing two computer user group newsletters, being elected as President of one of the groups (BRCS), elected to the Broward Democratic Executive Committee, involved as a Steward in the Federation of Public Employees, and in my spare time enjoying my granddaughter.



I intend to start posting again, with sometimes computer related items, and at other times political or union related issues, with the occasional rant.



Let's see what happens.