I received an email from a subscriber recently who was having a problem with the icons that were displayed in Windows Explorer. He wanted thumbnails of the images or videos to be displayed instead of the icons.

A subscriber wrote with a network problem, not directly a computer problem, but networking his Blu-Ray player:

If you’re still using dialup Internet access for use from home, you should start thinking about “broadband”.

Before buying a new PC, consider these limitations of a notebook computer, as compared to a typical desktop computer.

One of the features that I’ve had trouble finding in any PDF creation software other than ClickBook (which I use) is the ability to print multiple times into the PDF creation software’s program, and then to be able to save the prints as one big PDF file.

Secrets to troubleshooting problems with your cable/dsl router.

One of the features of Windows 7, and earlier versions of Windows, also, is the ability to change some configuration options for the Windows Start Menu and the Windows Task Bar.

It’s easy to take control of your Windows Start Menu.

Sometimes, a Windows computer will simply get confused. Reboots don’t solve the problem. All the pertinent program, networking and firewall configurations are right. But Windows just doesn’t work right — and functions that DID work don’t work now.

Windows 7 has a number of options that you can modify to make it easier to use…