Articles in Category: Applications
Applications include third party programs, software packages and software suites that run on your computer.
Is My Data Safe in an Online Backup Program?
Whenever we use an online service, such as an online backup, we’re trusting that they’re doing what they say they do: keeping our information secure.
If There’s Only One Copy, It’s Not Backed Up
Not a day goes by that I don’t get a question from someone in trouble; trouble that could have been completely avoided by having a simple backup.
How Do I Back Up Email to an External Hard Disk using Outlook?
Backing up or archiving portions of your email collected in Outlook is pretty easy with one basic concept: creating and opening your own PST files.
Is an Image Backup Useful if I Need to Restore to a Different Machine?
While image backups are optimized for restoring back to the original hardware, they remain critically useful in other scenarios as well.
Macrium Reflect – Powerful Windows Backup Software
Macrium Reflect is a full-featured backup program that supports everything that I consider critical to keeping your important data safely backed up.
How do I recover my data after a computer crash?
The most painful part of a computer crash is often the loss of data. I’ll look at what to do to minimize the loss and to try to recover.
How Did You Back Up While on Your Trip?
I took technology with me on my three-week vacation, as most of us do. It was an opportunity to think through how best to prepare for the worst.
Why Do I Get Odd Characters instead of Quotes in My Documents?
The way characters are represented within computer documents and email isn’t always the same everywhere, and things often get misinterpreted.
How Can I Enlarge a PDF for Printing?
I had no idea how to go about this, but it’s such an interesting question. It seems like there should be a way, right? This is one of those cases where it really pays to know smart people. I asked a few of my friends, and quickly had several potential solutions.
How Do I Give Multiple PST Files Different Names Within Outlook?
Yes, and once again Outlook makes it non-obvious, but it’s changeable.
Why Is Attaching A Word Document To Email Such A Bad Idea?
Why sending Word documents as email attachments can cause more problems than you might think.
What’s “Msocache”?
Msocache is another of those “magical” directories (not a file) that somehow just appears one day. Since we’re not looking for this kind of thing constantly it’s easy to miss exactly when it showed up. Here’s one clue, though – MSO stands for MicroSoft Office. Yep. Microsoft Office is trying to be helpful. First, Microsoft … Read more
How should I backup my music library?
The really good news is that you’ve already backed up the part that most people miss: the licenses. The rest … well the rest is pretty easy.
How do I use different signatures with different email accounts?
Signatures are fairly powerful, and quite often a quick way to include a template in your email. It does get a little confusing as soon as you have more than one account or more than one signature.
