After connecting to the internet I am usually bombarded with messages on the screen with the title “Messenger Service” with advertisements for products. Obviously these are not real messages and are becoming annoying. How can I prevent them from appearing? This occurs even with the Internet Connection Firewall being enabled. The computer is running Windows XP Home Edition SP1. (more…)

When using Internet Explorer 7 to read email through my ISPs webmail facility I notice that the messages do not display correctly, but instead only display the sender and subject but no message content. However, if I use Mozilla Firefox the messages appear correctly. How can I get this to work in Internet Explorer 7? (more…)

As a result of Internet Explorer being hijacked I now receive a whole series of pop-up advertisements when using Internet Explorer. Running Norton Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware, together with Spybot Search & Destroy, detects and removes the spyware (Smitfraud-C. toolbar888), but the spyware returns when the computer is restarted. The same occurs when running the utilities through Safe Mode. When searching Google for a solution the only fix I found was to purchase the SpyHunter software which claims to scan and then fix the problem. Is there a way to resolve the problem without paying for specialised software? (more…)

Word 2003 and Word 2007 have some handy shortcuts for selecting text, as outlined below:
? To select one word, double-click on the word.
? To select an entire paragraph, triple-click anywhere in the paragraph.
? To select a continuous segment of text, click to place the cursor where you would like the selection to begin, hold the SHIFT key, and then click where you would like the selection to end.
? To select discrete separate segments of text, select the first segment of text, hold the CTRL key, select the next segment of text (which may be on a different line, or in a different paragraph), and repeat until all the segments have been selected.
These shortcuts are a real time saver, so see how you can use them in your daily word processing! (more…)

For the past several years I have used Incredimail and amassed over 5 gigabytes of email. I recently purchased a new Windows Vista computer and am having trouble moving the email to the new computer. How can I move the email to the new computer? (more…)