Ask Bob Rankin - Archives by Category
Anti-Virus
- More Than One Antivirus Program?
- Repair Vista or Windows 7
- Fake Antivirus Software
- AVG 9 Review
- Avira Free Anti-Virus
- Avast Free Anti-Virus
- AVG Review
- Spyware or Virus?
- Remove PurityScan
- Secure Your Computer!
- Should I Buy Anti-Spyware or Anti-Virus Software?
- Is spoolsv.exe a Virus?
Astronomy
Audio
- YouTube to MP3 Converter
- WAV to MP3 Converter
- USB Turntables
- MP3 Players for Kids
- DRM Removal
- Voice Recognition
- Rip & Burn Basics
- What is Podcasting?
- Convert WMA to MP3
- Converting Vinyl Records to CD
- Convert iTunes to MP3 Format
Backup
- Are Online Backup Services Safe?
- Backup Software
- Free DVD Burning Software
- External Hard Drive For Backups
- Backup Your Mobile Phone
- Is Cloud Storage Safe?
- Which Online Backup Service Is Best?
- Social Networking Backup
- Free Online Storage
- Recover Deleted Files - Free
- Free Backup Solutions
- Automatic Backups
- What is a Terabyte?
- Online Backup
- Recover Deleted Files
- Backup Outlook Express
- Backing Up Your Files
Browsers
- Internet Explorer 8 Versus Firefox
- Internet Explorer 8 Crashes
- Internet Explorer 8
- Private Browsing
- Best Web Browser?
- The Chrome Browser
- Firefox Version 3
- Is Firefox More Secure?
- Tricking Out Firefox
- Is Firefox For Everyone?
- FireFox Extensions
- Firefox and Earthlink
- Sharing Browser Favorites
Cool Stuff
- What Is Google Voice?
- Chevy Volt
- Do You Have a Gravatar?
- Free Online Books
- Free Apps for iPhone and iPod Touch
- TrapCall Reveals Blocked Caller ID
- The Top Twenty
- Online Shopping Discounts
- Free Online Translations
- Mechanical Turk
- Ebay Tips for Sellers
- Ebay Tips for Buyers
- Internet Knowledge Quiz
- Jott - Note to Self
- Science Fiction Sites
- Top Sites for Kids
- Gas Mileage Tips
- Ten More Tech Gadgets
- Downloading Ringtones
- Specialized Searches
- What is Web 2.0?
- Top Ten Tech Gadgets
- What is Second Life?
- Free Satellite TV on PC?
- What is Broadband?
- Photo Printing and Sharing
- Google SMS
- Websites for Kids
- Bad Stuff
- School and College Directory
- Online Games
- Going Viral - Internet Classics
- Directory Information Overload?
- House Values
- Computer Humor
- Bots and Intelligent Agents
Education
- Free Online College Courses
- Gems and Minerals
- Get Your Tech Fix
- Top Ten Sites for Homeschoolers
- Top Ten Sites for College Students
- Top 10 Sites for Students
- Top Ten Sites for Teachers
- Weird Science
- Consolidate Email Accounts
- Webmail Smackdown!
- Gmail Labs
- Gmail - New Features
- Gmail: Beyond the Basics
- Is Webmail Better?
- Emailing Photos
- Nigerian Scammers
- Urban Legends and Hoaxes
- Red X appears instead of image?
- Missing Emails
- Thunderbird Email Rules
- Email Sent Multiple Times
- Spammer Using My Email Address!
- Can't Delete Email in Outlook Express
- Wrong Font for Outlook Express Printing
- Emails converted to attachments
Fax
- Free Fax Number
- Fax Broadcasting
- What Is a Fax Server?
- Fax Over VOIP?
- Send a Fax by Email
- Free Fax Software
- Free Internet Faxing
- Free Inbound Faxing
- HP OfficeJet Pro L7780
- Send a Free Fax
- MS Fax doesn't work with XP SP2
File Sharing
- File Sharing Student Fined $675K
- Free Online Storage
- Is Pirate Bay Sinking?
- What is Scribd?
- Sued for Searching?
- Sued For Downloading?
- Download With Bittorrent?
- LimeWire - File Sharing
Finance
Gadgets
- Track Cell Phone
- How Long Do Flash Drives Last?
- What is the Apple iPad?
- Digital Picture Frames
- Unlocked Cell Phones
- The Droid Phone
- Palm Pre Versus iPhone
- Android Everywhere?
- Which Blackberry Should I Buy?
- What is MiFi?
- Why I Hate My TomTom GPS
- Five Reasons Blu-Ray Will Fail
- Best Portable GPS
- My New Phone is an iPod Touch
- Magic Jack - Good or Evil?
- Magic Jack Phone Service
- Portable DVD Players
- Prepaid Cell Phones
- HD Mini Cams
- What's New With Zune?
- Passport 9500ci Radar Detector
- Great Gadget Gifts
- Internet Security Cameras
- Cell Phone Signal Boosters
- Future Input Devices
- Five Geeky Gadgets
- Samsung Instinct Review
- iPhone Accesories
- Voyager Versus iPhone
- iPhone Jailbreak Applications
- MP3 Players for Kids
- Small Video Cameras
- Automatic Digital Cameras
- The New Zune
- Get Your Tech Fix
- No iPhone For Me
- Ten More Tech Gadgets
- Goodbye to Analog TV
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Which GPS Should I Buy?
- What is Blu-Ray?
- Best Cell Phone
- Which Camcorder Should I Buy?
- Top Ten Tech Gadgets
- Zune or Ipod?
- Radar Detectors
- Which PDA Should I Buy?
Genealogy
General
- Cleaning a Monitor
- My Cholesterol Level is Too High!
- Free Teleconferencing
- Is Stamps.com a Scam?
- What is Google Books?
- Free Online Research Tools
- Is Internet Speedway a Scam?
- The Lexicon of Online Evil
- How To Mess Up Your Computer
- Online Health Records
- Internet Collapse
- Maps and Driving Directions
- Cats and Dogs
- Baby Care
- Peek You
- Are You a Slacker?
- Daylight Savings Time
- Online Shopping
- Medical Advice Online
- What is Broadband?
- AOL for Free?
- Senior Citizens Online
- Cancel Your Credit Card
- Passports Online
- Buying a Car, Selling a Car - Online
- Eat Your Cookies
- Web Moments That Changed the World
- Worst of the Web
- A Dark and Stormy Night
- Internet Innovators: Dave Taylor
- Internet History
- The Nerds of Words
- Worst Problem on the Net: Stupid Users
- Online Maps and Driving Directions
- Can I Delete This File?
- Dictionary of Computer Terms?
- Slow Downloads with Broadband
- Computer shuts down by itself
- CMOS checksum error
- Turning F-Lock key ON automatically
- What is ASCII Art?
- Who was the first Internet celebrity?
Hard Drives
- How to Replace a Hard Drive
- How Long Do Flash Drives Last?
- eSATA External Hard Drives
- Completely Erase a Hard Drive
- External Hard Drive For Backups
- Is Your Hard Drive Dying?
- Data Recovery
- Partition Managers
- Hard Drive Backup Image
- Hard Drive Recovery Services
- Terabyte Hard Drives
- Solid State Hard Drives
- Partitioning Your Hard Drive
- External Hard Drive Security
- Defrag Your Hard Drive
- Converting FAT to NTFS
- Low Disk Space Warning
- What is RAID?
- Clean Hard Drive
- What is a Terabyte?
- Sharing A Hard Drive Online
- Hard Drive Recovery
- Changing Disk Partitions
- SATA and IDE Hard Drives?
- Fix MBR
- Fiddling While Your Hard Drive Crashes
- Hard Drive Makes a Clicking Sound
- Add a Second Hard Drive
- Reformatting Hard Drive
- Hard Drive Crash
- Copying Old Hard Drive to New PC
- Removing Files from Hard Drive
Hardware
- Dead Pixel on Monitor
- Update Your Device Drivers
- What is Quantum Computing?
- Buying A Monitor
- How to Buy a Laptop
- Digital Camera Memory Cards
- Computer Overheating
- Inexpensive Computer Upgrades
- Replace Your Power Supply
- Surge Protectors
- Do Computers Get Tired?
- How to Buy a Computer
- Upgrade Your Computer Monitor
- Fast Color Laser Printers
- Cheap Desktop Computers
- Free HDTV on Your PC
- New Power Supply
- HP OfficeJet Pro L7780
- What is Firewire?
- Green Computing
- Do I Need A New Computer?
- Which Printer Should I Buy?
- Dual Monitors
- Which GPS Should I Buy?
- What is Blu-Ray?
- Which TV Should I Buy?
- What is Bluetooth?
- Adding Memory
- Best Cell Phone
- Rip & Burn Basics
- What is BIOS?
- Which Camcorder Should I Buy?
- Zune or Ipod?
- Changing Disk Partitions
- SATA and IDE Hard Drives?
- Cell Phones Cause Cancer?
- Dirty Mouse?
- Exploding CDROMs
- CDROM Icon Missing
- Buying a Computer
- CDROM Tray Opens
- Computer Restarts Itself
- Hard Drive Makes a Clicking Sound
- Add a Second Hard Drive
- Home Networking
- Inkjet Cartridges - Replace or Refill?
- Lifetime of a CDROM disk
- Get an Uninterruptible Power Supply
- Hard Drive Crash
Laptops
- Speed Up Your Laptop
- Is Your Laptop Overheating?
- Laptop Battery Replacement
- Laptop Hard Drive Crash
- How to Buy a Laptop
- Laptop Encryption
- Netbook Or Laptop?
- Laptop Security
- Mini Laptops
- Touchscreen Laptops
- XO - The $200 Laptop
- Buying a Laptop
- Wireless Laptop
- One Laptop Per Child
- Laptop Monitor is Dead
Linux
- Which Linux Version Is Right For Me?
- Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope
- Wanna Wubi?
- Ubuntu Hardy Heron
- Ubuntu Linux Gutsy Gibbon
- Running Linux In Windows
- Ubuntu Linux Feisty Fawn
- Running Windows on Linux
- Switching From Windows To Linux
- Daylight Savings Time
- Linux Help
- Shell Script Programming - Loops
- History of Linux
- Help with Basic Linux Commands
- Where Can I Download Linux?
Macintosh
- Virtual Memory
- Build a Hackintosh
- Mac OS X Leopard
- Run Windows On Mac
- Switching From Windows to Mac
- Daylight Savings Time
- Zune or Ipod?
- Wireless Printing
- Play WMV on Mac
- Windows on a Mac
Music
- Finding Lyrics
- Music For The Blackberry
- Internet Radio
- What's New With Zune?
- DRM-Free Music
- DRM Removal
- The New Zune
- iTunes Alternatives
- Rip & Burn Basics
- What is Podcasting?
- Zune or Ipod?
- Convert WMA to MP3
- Converting Vinyl Records to CD
- Itunes Music Skipping
- Play WMV on Mac
- Add Hard Drive Song to Myspace
- Convert iTunes to MP3 Format
- Digital Music and Lyrics
Myspace
- Myspace Salute
- Myspace and Copyrights
- Hiding Profile Items
- Hiding Profile Items
- Myspace Trackers
- Beyond Myspace
- View Private Profile
- Hide Myspace Friends?
- Hide Myspace Friends?
- Forgot Myspace Password
- Cancel Myspace Account
- Add Music to Myspace Blog
- Add Image to Myspace Comment
- Add Hard Drive Song to Myspace
- Banning Myspace
- Myspace Music Problems
- Blocking Myspace
- Private Myspace Profile
- Private Myspace Profile
- Myspace Graphics
- Add Music to Myspace
- Myspace Safety Tips
- Searching in Myspace
- Myspace Layouts
- Myspace - Good or Evil?
Networking
- Google Public DNS
- Hubs, Switches and Routers
- Free Alternatives to GoToMyPC
- Securing Your Router
- Online Computer Repair
- What is OpenDNS?
- Online Meeting Services
- Sharing A Hard Drive Online
- What is Slingbox?
- What is Bluetooth?
- Hide Your SSID?
- Wireless Printing
- Wireless Laptop
- Wasting Bandwidth?
- Remote Assistance
- 802.11n Wireless Networking
- Sharing a Printer
- Home Networking
Printing
- Print to File
- Wireless Print Server
- Wireless Printers
- Inexpensive Photo Printers
- Portable Inkjet Printers
- Fast Color Laser Printers
- HP OfficeJet Pro L7780
- Share A Printer Online
- Two Printers, One Computer
- Which Printer Should I Buy?
- Garbage From Printer
- Wireless Printing
- Photo Printing and Sharing
- Sharing a Printer
- Is Your Printer Spying on You?
Privacy
- Can My Boss See What I Do Online?
- Alternatives To Lifelock
- How to Hide Your IP Address
- Privacy Software
- Private Browsing
- Search Privacy
- Is Privacy History?
- Facebook Privacy
- Computer Privacy At Work
- Sued For Downloading?
- Do Not Call Registry
- Anonymous Web Surfing
- What is RFID?
- Myspace Trackers
- View Private Profile
- Remove Phone Listing
- Background Checks
- Is Google Desktop Evil?
- Identity Theft
- Keystroke Logging
- Does IP Address Reveal my Physical Location?
- Is Your Printer Spying on You?
- Clearing Browser History
Quickies
- Two Printers, One Computer
- Registry Problem
- Garbage From Printer
- Itunes Music Skipping
- Emailing Photos
- Start Menu Missing Items
- Wasting Bandwidth?
- Background Checks
- Red Fist Appears
- Sending Scheduled Emails
- Invalid System Disk
- System Hangs
- Too Many Emails?
- Access local IP address without dialing up
- Dialup Window Pops Up
- Windows Update Problem
- Firefox and Roboform
- Firefox Plugin Problem
- Thunderbird Startup Folder
- Standby Mode
- Backup Eudora Spam Filters
- Friend Claims You Sent a Virus
- Firefox Consumes the CPU
- Settings Don't Stay Set
- Linux Installation
- Thunderbird Setup
- Clear the Address Bar
- Firefox and Plugins
- Windows Cannot Open This File
- Thumbnail Display Problem
- Thunderbird is Slow
- Restoring from Backup
- Only One Letter in Title Bar
- Can't Backup to CD
- Program Loading Order
- Magnify the Screen
- Spyware Removal
- Can't Share Laptop on Network
- Mozilla Interferes With McAfee
- Can't Delete from CD-RW
- Convert Internal Hard Drive To External
- New Emails in Trash Folder
- Virus Ruins Hard Drive?
- What Exactly is BS?
- Can't Save a File
- Spyware Tools Conflicting?
- New Computer is SLOW
- Cannot Download
- Deleting Files That Are in Use
- Screen Flicker
- Recover a Deleted File
Search Engines
- Who Owns That Website?
- Add a Search Engine To My Site
- Google Results By Date And Time
- What is Wolfram Alpha?
- What Is Bing?
- Free People Search
- Search Privacy
- What Is My House Worth?
- People Search
- Job Search Online
- Sued for Searching?
- Specialized Searches
- Search Engine News
- Name and Address Search
- Sex Offender Databases
Security
- Has Your Computer Been Hijacked?
- Internet Security Suites
- Malicious Software Removal Tool
- Does PCTools Threatfire Boost Security?
- Windows Password Reset
- Microsoft Security Essentials
- How to Remove Rootkits
- Secure Your Software
- ATM Scams
- Securing Your Router
- Free AntiSpyware Programs
- What is Scareware?
- Free Firewall Protection
- How To Mess Up Your Computer
- Avira Free Anti-Virus
- Avast Free Anti-Virus
- Internet Security Cameras
- Malware Scanners
- AVG Review
- What is a Botnet?
- External Hard Drive Security
- Password Protection for Windows XP
- Free Anti-Virus Programs
- Remembering Passwords
- What Is a Rootkit?
- Is Firefox More Secure?
- Secure Passwords
- Phishing Scams
- View Private Profile
- Hide Your SSID?
- Remove Phone Listing
- Too Many Spyware Scanners?
- Spyware or Virus?
- Secure Your Computer!
- What is LSASS?
- Is public wi-fi access safe?
- Identity Theft
- Should I Buy Anti-Spyware or Anti-Virus Software?
- Wireless Security
- Windows XP Security Tips
- Cannot Access Secure Sites
- Does IP Address Reveal my Physical Location?
- Do I Need a Firewall?
- Paypal and Ebay Phishing Scams
- Is FTP Secure?
- Whois Registry Database
Social Networking
- Social Networking Backup
- Twitter Tools Twelve
- Making Money In Second Life
- Fantasy Leagues
- What is Craigslist?
- What is Twitter?
- Facebook Privacy
- Forgot Facebook Password
- World Of Warcraft
- Facebook - Getting Started
- Beyond Myspace
- Social Bookmarking
- What is Second Life?
- Forgot Myspace Password
- Myspace - Good or Evil?
Software
- What Is Java and Do I Need It?
- What Is Picasa?
- Download Accelerator
- Free DVD Burning Software
- Microsoft Office Web Apps
- Piggyback Downloads
- What Is Silverlight And Do I Need It?
- Alternatives to Adobe Reader
- Note Taking Tools
- Portable Apps
- Parental Control Software
- Free Registry Cleaners
- Cloud Computing
- Online Photo Editing
- Accessing Blocked Websites
- My Favorite Software
- iPhone Jailbreak Applications
- Free Online Word Processors
- What is GnuCash?
- What is Google Pack?
- Free Anti-Virus Programs
- World Of Warcraft
- Office Format Converters
- Instant Messaging
- Burn ISO Image
- Photo Editing Software
- Voice Recognition
- Run Windows On Mac
- Switching From Windows to Mac
- Recover Deleted Files
- Convert WMA to MP3
- Free Office Software
- Download With Bittorrent?
- Play WMV on Mac
- Convert iTunes Videos to MPEG
- LimeWire - File Sharing
- Missing or Damaged DLL files
- Best Educational Software and Technology
- Best and Worst Video Games
- Low Virtual Memory
- The Best Free Software
- Free Internet Software
- Remote Access to Your Computer
- Saving Word Files as HTML
- What is RSS?
Spam
- Antispam Tools
- Free Anti-Spam Tools
- Are The Spammers Winning?
- Revealing Your Email Address
- Spam Blocker
- How to Stop Spam
- Create Currency Quickly
- Spam From Tourbus?
- Nonsense Words in Spam
- Blue Security - Spam Solution?
Spyware
Tech News
- Geekly Update March 16
- Geekly Update March 9
- Geekly Update February 22
- Geekly Update February 10
- Geekly Update February 3
- Geekly Update January 26
- Geekly Update January 19
- Geekly Update January 12
- Geekly Update January 5
- Geekly Update December 29
- Geekly Update December 22
- Geekly Update December 14
- Geekly Update December 7
- Geekly Update November 30
- Geekly Update November 17
- Geekly Update November 9
- Geekly Update November 2
- Geekly Update October 27
- Geekly Update October 20
- Geekly Update October 13
- Geekly Update October 5
- Geekly Update September 29
- Geekly Update September 21
- Geekly Update September 15
- Geekly Update September 8
- Geekly Update September 2
- Geekly Update August 24
- Geekly Update August 17
- Geekly Update August 10
- Geekly Update August 3
- Geekly Update July 27
- Geekly Update July 21
- Geekly Update July 13
- Geekly Update - July 6
- Geekly Update - June 29
- Geekly Update - June 22
Television
- HDTVs Under $500
- Should I Buy an HD Monitor?
- Today is DTV Day!
- Wireless PC to TV
- Wireless HDTV
- Turn Your PC Into a Home Theater
- What is TiVo?
- Which DVR Should I Get?
- Internet Connected HDTVs
- Watch Television on Your Computer
- What is Hulu?
- Analog to Digital TV Conversion
- Buying an HD TV
- What is Joost?
- Free HDTV on Your PC
- Goodbye to Analog TV
- TV as Computer Monitor
- Which TV Should I Buy?
Travel
Video
- Copy DVD to Hard Drive
- Five Reasons Blu-Ray Will Fail
- Free Video Chat Programs
- Portable DVD Players
- HD Mini Cams
- Is Blu-ray Doomed?
- Download YouTube Videos
- Video Hosting
- Buying an HD TV
- Upgrade Your Computer Monitor
- Small Video Cameras
- What is Slingbox?
- Video Conferencing
- What is Blu-Ray?
- TV as Computer Monitor
- What is Podcasting?
- Download Movies
- Which Camcorder Should I Buy?
- What is YouTube?
- Free Satellite TV on PC?
- Play WMV on Mac
- Convert iTunes Videos to MPEG
- Convert VHS to DVD
Viruses
- How Does a Virus Spread?
- Free Virus Scan
- How can I avoid computer viruses?
- Do I need anti-virus software?
Vista
- Recovery Disc for Windows Vista or Windows 7
- Repair Vista or Windows 7
- Upgrading to Windows 7
- Windows 7 is Coming
- Speed Up Vista
- Make Vista Look Like XP
- Vista ReadyBoost
- Disable Vista UAC
- Vista SP1 - Do You Need It?
- Vista to XP Downgrade
- Upgrade to Vista?
VOIP
- What Is Google Voice?
- Free Phone Calls With iPod Touch
- My New Phone is an iPod Touch
- Magic Jack - Good or Evil?
- Magic Jack Phone Service
- Skype: Beyond the Basics
- Online Meeting Services
- Free Calls With Skype
- What is Internet Telephony?
Weather
Webmaster
- Is Javascript the Same As Java?
- Setting Up A Website
- Buy a Domain Name
- Content Management Systems
- Free Online Survey Tools
- What is a Mashup?
- Free Clip Art
- Website Gadgets
- Create a Blog
- Setting Up a Website
Whimsy
Windows
- Windows Taskbar Tips and Tricks
- Windows XP Repair
- Speed Up My Computer
- Free Windows Desktop Themes
- Windows Registry Errors
- Startup Programs
- System Restore Not Working
- What is Data Execution Prevention?
- What Does System Restore Do?
- What Is Silverlight And Do I Need It?
- Windows Task Manager
- Virtual Memory
- Do I Need a Registry Cleaner?
- Password Protection for Windows XP
- Upgrade to Windows XP SP3
- Run Windows On Mac
- Switching From Windows to Mac
- Daylight Savings Time
- Registry Problem
- Is Genuine Advantage Spyware?
- Windows PreFetch
- Start Menu Missing Items
- RPC Server Unavailable
- Recovery Console
- Take A Screenshot
- System Restore
- Reformat hard drive under XP?
- What is Windows OneCare?
- Internet Connection Fails
- Make Windows XP Run Faster!
- Blue Screen of Death
- Thumbnail Display Problem
- Scandisk Keeps Restarting
- Icons in the System Tray
- Making Windows XP Start Faster
- Printing a .PRN file
- Downloading Security Patches
- MS Fax doesn't work with XP SP2
- CD won't start automatically?
- Scandisk doesn't work on Windows XP?
- Should I upgrade to Windows XP x64?
Windows 7
- Should You Get 64-Bit Windows?
- Five Things You Didn't Know Windows 7 Could Do
- Recovery Disc for Windows Vista or Windows 7
- Repair Vista or Windows 7
- Windows 7 Libraries
- Transfer Programs from XP or Vista to Windows 7
- Windows 7 Upgrade Cost
- Upgrade Vista to Windows 7
- Upgrade From Windows XP to Windows 7
- Windows 7 Desktop Customization
- Windows 7 Half Price Offer
- Windows 7 XP Mode
- Upgrading to Windows 7
- Windows 7 is Coming
Wireless
- Wireless Networking
- Wireless N Routers
- What is MiFi?
- Wireless Print Server
- Wireless PC to TV
- Wireless HDTV
- Is Free Wifi Illegal?
- Wifi Sniffers
- Wireless Printers
- 10 Ways To Boost Your WiFi Signal
- Boost Your Wi-Fi Signal
- What is Bluetooth?
- Hide Your SSID?
- Wireless Printing
- Wireless Laptop
- 802.11n Wireless Networking
- Is public wi-fi access safe?
- Wireless Security
