Question: I want to register a shareware program online, using a secure website. Is it really secure to send credit card information? How does one know it is secure? –S.H. Answer: The secret to Internet shopping security lies at the bottom of an Internet browser. There’s a little icon there that indicates the security status […]
Question: In a recent column you mentioned that ZDNet is “… one of the first three (Web) sites I use to look for solutions …” I, too find ZDNet indispensable, and as someone who can always use sound computer advice and fixes, I was wondering what your other favorites were. –KJS Answer: People occasionally ask […]
Question: Your recent column on how to speed up a connection to the Internet was a real time saver. It was the article on connecting to an ISP using Dial-up Networking. For so long I have waited and waited and waited for the modem to connect (seems like an eternity when you’re in a hurry). […]
Question: Would you please tell me how to have the URL line appear when starting the Internet? Currently we have to do File > Open in order to type in an address. I am running Windows 3.1. It was there at one time, but we must have deleted it. We are using the help menus […]
Question: What’s a cache cleanup? What does it do? I’m wondering because I get them all the time. – H.L. Answer: A disk cache, as you probably know, is an area on the hard drive used by a browser (in this case, Netscape Navigator) to store files that it has displayed. These files are typically […]