Providing Remote Support with the Freeware TeamViewer

This post is for everyone who provides their friends and family support with their computer software issues. I am sure you've discovered by now that phone is not the best way to do it over. Here's how I do it - quite successfully and without spending a lot of time. Note that all of this post is specific to Windows users (sorry Mac, Linux, etc).

Increasing your productivity by reducing repetitive typing

Keyboard typing can be a pain even for every day computer users. It is a known cause of Repetitive Stress Injuries (RSI). Text expansion utilities can prove quite helpful in reducing the amount you type and thereby the associated risks.

Discover what's using that file you are trying to delete (or move)

Here's a quick post that should help you solve those irritable situations where you cannot re-name, move or delete a file. This is most likely because Windows seems to think that is being used by some process. And you can't figure out which.

A promising technical prodigy passes away.

The girl who became world's youngest MCP (Microsoft Certified Pro) in 2005 recently passed away as a result of an epileptic stroke.