When you have called into a Help Desk or into Computer Support and been told to reboot your computer, what is the first thing that comes to mind? “I just got blown off!” or, “What do they think I am, an idiot?” I know it seems that way. But be honest, how many times [...]
Facebook Frustrations
by Sarah in November 16th 2010Why do people have to mess with things that are perfectly fine the way they were? Facebook is forever updating their site. This can be okay but the last update is driving me nuts. They have shrunk the font down to a size that literally gives me a headache within minutes of using it. Granted [...]
Category: General
Chat Programs in the Work Place … Productivity Increase or Are We Just Lazy?
by Sarah in November 15th 2010There is a growing debate in a lot of workplace circles on whether or not to allow chat programs for employee use. Speaking from someone who was in the workplace long before online chat was even thought of, there are a lot of positive aspects to it and only a few negative that I can [...]
Category: Geek Speak
Internet and Email Safety
by Sarah in August 17th 2010With the use of computers and the internet comes certain threats. If you are going to be active on the internet/email or even if you will be only somewhat active when accessing email and the internet you should take steps to protect yourself. Two of the biggest threats right now are Virus’s and Identity/Account Theft. Below are a few simple steps you can take to protect yourself.
Chat Terminology
by Sarah in August 14th 2010digg_url = “http://geekymoms.com/2010/08/14/chat-terminology/”;digg_title = “Chat Terminology”;digg_bgcolor = “#FFFFFF”;digg_skin = “normal”;digg_url = undefined;digg_title = undefined;digg_bgcolor = undefined;digg_skin = undefined; Have you ever gotten an email or been chatting with someone and come across what looks like a foreign language in front of you? Basically it is a foreign language. It’s Chat Speak or Chat Terminology. It [...]
Exposed – Purpose of a Recycle Bin
by Sarah in August 14th 2010digg_url = “http://geekymoms.com/2010/08/14/exposed-purpose-of-a-recycle-bin/”;digg_title = “Exposed – Purpose of a Recycle Bin”;digg_bgcolor = “#FFFFFF”;digg_skin = “normal”;digg_url = undefined;digg_title = undefined;digg_bgcolor = undefined;digg_skin = undefined; Recycle Bin = Trash can Let’s say you have a banana peel and you take your banana peel and walk it over to your garbage can and drop it in. In 15 [...]
Category: Basic, Computer Help
Computer Basics – Office 2007 Quick Access Toolbar
by Sarah in March 4th 2010Microsoft Office 2007 products have a new feature called a Quick Access Toolbar. It is located at the top, left, corner of each program, whether it be Excel or Word. When they created 2007, they moved a lot of things around making it interesting for the users to find the functions they used on a [...]
Category: Basic, Computer Help
Setting up your Signature for Emails:
by Sarah in March 3rd 2010Need help setting up your signature for your emails? If you send a lot of emails, this simple step can save a lot of typing. In Outlook Express, click Tools and then Options. In this window you will want to select the Signatures Tab. Click the New Button on the right hand side. And [...]
Category: Basic, Computer Help
Mail Merge in Word 2007
by Sarah in March 3rd 2010Word 2007 Mail Merge Let’s say you have a mailing to do that consists of 100 envelopes. Do you really want to manually address each envelope? I know I wouldn’t. Word has a feature called Mail Merge to help with these types of things. In order to use the Mail Merge function you need to [...]
Category: Basic, Computer Help
