Question: How do I get the best results from search engines? –Trish Answer: There are many secrets that lie within search engine pages, but they are not immediately obvious. Here are a few advanced techniques. Search engines work by comparing words that you type in their query boxes to a massive library of indexed web […]
Question: I live outside the city and the chance of high speed Internet becoming available in the foreseeable future is not too bright. I currently use a phone line to connect to the Internet, but I also have a Star Choice satellite TV dish. A service man said before next summer I would be able […]
Question: How do I network the three PCs that I have in my home office and also share my high speed Internet service among them? – H.L. Answer: There are a lot of options to choose from. It comes down to how much money you want to spend and how much you want to learn […]
Question: I don’t think my PC is connecting to the Internet as fast as my provider said it would. Is there a way to test this? – R.A. Answer: Yes – in fact, there’s more than one way to test this. If you use dial-up to get to your Internet provider and use an analog […]
Question: I surf the web a lot. My computer is full of cookies. Should I periodically delete all cookies and temporary Internet items? —WB Answer: Cleaning out any extraneous data on your computer is always a good idea, just like cleaning out your closets of accumulated household clutter is a good idea. Internet usage is […]