Solutions

Video Tour of HelpMeRick.com

Submitted by Rick on October 20, 2006 - 10:02pm.

HelpMeRick.com has a wealth of information for computer users of all experiences, but beginner or novice computer users find the information found here the most helpful. We have put together a short video explaining how our site is organized and how you can find information about computer topics that you are most interested in learning. No other web site is built on information quite like ours. We strive to make computers and technology understandable by all and a tool that will benefit everyone.

To replay this 6 minute narrated video tour of how to best utilize HelpMeRick.com, push F5 on your keyboard or click the Refresh/Reload button on your browser.

Trouble reading or printing our tips?

Submitted by Adam on March 11, 2006 - 12:39pm.

HelpMeRick.com is designed for a screen resolution of 1024x768. Many people have their screens set on a lower resolution of 800x600.

This can cause our tips for format a little funny.

If you would like to read our tips in a great format without messing with your screem resolution, here is how to do it:

1. Click the "more" or "read more" link at the bottom of any story or tip.

2. Click the "printer friendly version" link at the bottom of the page.

3. POOF! You will now be able to see the tip in a great format for viewing and printing.

Missing file names under documents or photos in thumbnail view

Submitted by Rick on January 23, 2008 - 10:31pm.

Lately, more than a few people have had trouble with missing file names in the thumbnail view of some of their folders. It isn't entirely apparent why this happens, but fortunately the cure is pretty simple. If you are one of the poor souls who happens to be missing their file names, follow these steps:

  1. Open the offending folder to see the thumbnails
  2. Click View from the menus (or the view button on the toolbar), and click Details
  3. Hold the SHIFT key down on your keyboard and Click View from the menus (or the view button on the toolbar), and click Thumbnails


You should now see thumbnails with file names under them.

Print just what you want...

Submitted by Rick on January 1, 2008 - 11:09pm.

I am resurrecting this great tip from my archives. This tip first appeared about four years ago on the show and then the web site. I wanted to share it again because of our new listeners and the extreme usefulness of the tip.

Printing information from the web can sometimes be frustrating. A long web page yields reams of paper when you only wanted a couple of pages. Read on to learn how to print only the pages you want!

Firefox/Internet Explorer/AOL

  1. Highlight the part of the page you want to print with your mouse

  2. Click on File ---> Print

zamzar online format conversion tool

Submitted by Adam on November 29, 2007 - 11:41pm.

Thanks to 'deadman' in the chat room who helped us out this week in discovering this great online conversion tool. Even though it is still in beta, we want to help get the word out so that folks support this project. Convert PDF to RTF and much more!

Remapping your Mac Keyboard

Submitted by Adam on November 29, 2007 - 10:53pm.

Here is a forum we found that may help Mac/bootcamp users adapt to Windows XP or Vista keyboard layout.

McAfee Removal Tool

Submitted by Adam on November 1, 2007 - 9:54pm.

If you work on computers, or you have an old copy of McAfee on your computer, you will definitely want to download the McAfee Consumer Removal Tool and run it.

How to Create PDFs in Ubuntu

Submitted by Adam on November 1, 2007 - 9:40pm.

For those looking for a way to create PDFs in Ubuntu - this seems to be the most popular solution.

Data Execution Prevention solution

Submitted by Adam on July 14, 2007 - 11:49am.

Here is what Microsoft has to say about the Data Execution Prevention Error.

Uninstall Client for Netware

Submitted by Rick on July 7, 2007 - 1:52pm.

Here's how to uninstall Netware from you computer:

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