Build My Own Computer

An earlier post described a Windows command-line script which sends a detailed email at bootup, like PC Phone Home (tm). It worked on our ...

One of our computers, a 32-bit Vista laptop, recently became infested with a virus. Using either Google or Yahoo, and then clicking on a re...

It works! With eSATA and USB 2.0 ports, this drive connected easily to six different computers ranging from 7 years old to less than a mont...

Windows 7 Active Desktop Snippage is written and offered at no cost by Gabo Mendoza . It's a cool little program that can display a w...

I recently started using Twitter, to follow the Boston Marathon. It's great for events like that. But then I also found out how to mak...

Not the people, the whole system.  I think they would prefer to have a dissatisfied customer return a laptop rather than giving access to pe...

This is as good a reason as any to AVOID buying a computer with Windows 7.  Buy a Mac instead. In Windows XP and earlier we could set the ...