Menu

Primary Menu

Skip to content
  • Home
  • Ask a question
  • Pending Questions
  • Archives
  • Friends
  • Policies
  • About
Show Header Sidebar Content
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn YouTube Instagram Website

Ask Owen

Your friendly neighbourhood geek

Category: tips

How do I rotate my screen?

Posted onNovember 23, 2009Leave a comment

My kid was playing with my computer and all of a sudden I find my screen turned on its side. I have no idea how he did it, and I have no idea how to Read More …

CategoriestipsTagsArrow keys, hardware, Video card

Am I spamming myself?

Posted onOctober 6, 2009Leave a comment

I’ve recently started getting spam email and they seem to be coming from my email address. My virus scanner tells me my computer is clean, so is this something I should worry about?

CategoriestipsTagsAntivirus software, E-mail filtering, E-mail spam

How do I remove password checking on my screen saver?

Posted onSeptember 2, 2009Leave a comment

When I move my mouse to quit my screensaver my computer’s login screen appears and I have to enter my password to use the computer. Is there any way to turn this off?

CategoriestipsTagsscreen saver, tips, windows

How can I connect to my Wifi network?

Posted onJune 10, 2009Leave a comment

I’m trying to connect my laptop to my Wifi network which currently has a number of computers already connected. I’ve supplied the WEP key it requires but all I get on this laptop is “Acquiring Read More …

CategoriestipsTagsnetwork, WEP, wifi, Wireless

How do I get my icons back?

Posted onMarch 26, 2009Leave a comment

After changing some options to do with my desktop theme I have lost the My Computer and Control Panel icons from the Desktop. How can I get them back?

Categoriessoftware, tipsTagsIcon, Microsoft Windows, Start Menu

How do I delete large files in Vista?

Posted onNovember 26, 20081 Comment

I have quite a few music and video files on my computer and don’t have any problems with them usually. However, sometimes I want to delete on of them and this doesn’t always work. I Read More …

CategoriestipsTagsDelete, file, windows

How do I build a successful online business?

Posted onAugust 26, 2008February 2, 20092 Comments

It seems like everybody is pumping money into trying to drag people to their websites by advertising on Adwords, spraying banners all over the Internet or trying to get as many people to sign up Read More …

CategoriestipsTagsbrand, online business

How can I subscribe to an RSS feed?

Posted onAugust 10, 2008Leave a comment

I’m looking at a blog but I’m not seeing a subscribe button on the page. I’m pretty sure they have an RSS feed. How do I go about subscribing to it?

CategoriestipsTagsreader, RSS, subscribe

Post navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →

Tags

Add new tag android applications backup blog blogging browser email FaceBook firefox Gadget gadgets Google Hard disk drive hardware hosting Internet Explorer iPhone keyboard Linux Mac Microsoft Word music plugin privacy RSS security software spam tools twitter Ubuntu USB Vista website websites wifi windows Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP Wireless Word wordpress Xbox

Archives

Friends

Recent Posts

  • How do I turn off notifications in Facebook to read highlighted comments? March 10, 2024
  • How do I quickly add emoticons on Facebook? July 28, 2017
  • VOIP – The low cost way to keep in touch July 20, 2017
  • e-Commerce solutions for WordPress: An Overview February 27, 2017
  • I have a logo/image with text on it and no access to the original files. How can I work out what the font is? January 23, 2017

Tags

Add new tag android applications backup blog blogging browser email FaceBook firefox Gadget gadgets Google Hard disk drive hardware hosting Internet Explorer iPhone keyboard Linux Mac Microsoft Word music plugin privacy RSS security software spam tools twitter Ubuntu USB Vista website websites wifi windows Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP Wireless Word wordpress Xbox
6b6ca26cd9cf3be56a0ae6652814febe-332
Copyright © 2026 Ask Owen. All Rights Reserved.
Clean Box by Catch Themes
Scroll Up
  • Home
  • Ask a question
  • Pending Questions
  • Archives
  • Friends
  • Policies
  • About