Question: I have noticed in some e-mails I receive that the list of the recipients shows “undisclosed recipients” instead of the complete list of addresses it was sent to. I too would like to be able to do this, but don’t know how. Can you help? Answer: This trick is a good idea because, when […]
Microsoft Word 2000 keeps a list of its most recently used documents in the File menu. To remove the reference to it, do the following: Press Ctrl+Alt+ – (the hyphen). Your mouse pointer will turn into a horizontal line. Click File, and then click the document name you wish to disappear. It will be removed […]
Question: If someone copied my hard drive and he was VERY expert, could he somehow recover from my hard drive “double-deleted” e-mail. Further, I have routinely defragmented my system before the hard drive was copied. Would that help prevent him from finding deleted e-mail? Answer: Technically, any file is recoverable after you delete it. E-mail […]
Question: Is it possible to delete a file and then even months later go back and find that file? How is that done? What if, after the file is deleted, you defragment the hard disk—is it then possible to find the deleted file? If deleted files are “findable”, how do you delete a file so […]
Question: How can I avoid all those nasty pop-up windows when surfing the Internet? — G.D.G. Answer: There are a couple of ways to suppress pop-up web windows – which are also known as “interstitials” or “daughter windows” (but most people just call them “pop-ups”). The problem is each solution comes with a downside. Let’s […]