Add a signature to your outgoing emails to save having to type the same thing over and over. If you use Mozilla Thunderbird there’s a built-in signature feature: You can have a plain text signature very easily. To have a plain text signature: Create a text file e.g. signature.txt and save it somewhere on your […]

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When you send an email to lots of people, and put all of their addresses either in the “To:” or “Cc:” field of your email client, you send everyone’s email address to everyone you send the email to. This is at best bad manners, and at worst a serious breach of privacy – they may […]

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These are Add-ons which I either have installed now, or have had in the past and found useful. They are listed in alphabetical order, and I have rated them according to their usefulness to me and/or how good the add-on appears to be.  The notes below each one should clarify.  If you wonder why there […]

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Linux is an Operating System. Microsoft Windows and Mac OS are examples of Operating Systems (software that runs your computer). Unlike Windows and Mac OS though, Linux (I pronounce it Lynn-ucks) is free and has many different “editions”. These are called distributions (distros) and Ubuntu is one of the most popular one of those. There […]

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These are Add-ons which I either have installed now, or have had in the past and found useful. They are listed in a semi-favourite order: 1=best Oh and BTW, they used to be called “extensions”, so don’t be confused if you read that somewhere 😉 To install, drag the (install) link from this page to […]

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Similar to the series of posts about “Free” alternatives (which are just as good if not better than the paid-for software), there are also “better” alternatives to some other free programs that most people use without thinking. Use Mozilla Thunderbird (Tb) instead of Outlook Express (OE) It’s been so long since I used OE, I […]

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There are many benefits of “Housekeeping” (in computer terms 😉 ) some are technical, some are time-saving. A few minutes each week sorting out your files will reduce the amount of time you need to think about “where did I save that file/picture” etc. If you save your all your files to your computer hard […]

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Similar to the series of posts about “Free” alternatives (which are just as good if not better than the paid-for software), there are also “better” alternatives to some other free programs that most people use without thinking. Use Mozilla Firefox (Fx) instead of Internet Explorer (IE) Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) is better than IE6 was, […]

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Spyware Detection Spyware is a form of “Malware” (short for “Malicious Sofware“) a generic name for software which intentionally performs actions which can damage data or disrupt systems. Usually only a problem for Windows computers, not those that run Mac OS or Linux. Spyware is software that secretly gathers information about a user while he/she […]

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It really isn’t possible to over stress the importance of backing up your data. If you are only saving your documents to one place e.g.”My Documents” then you need to do something about it now! There are too many ways of losing your data to list them all, but some are: User error – accidentally […]

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