June 5th, 2008
I came across an amazing link at Digg.com and was going to post it up but there were two problems. 1) The site was already down (Error 500, what?), and 2) There was a comment posted part way down the page that takes the cake when it comes to fixing PCs:
No, I will not […]
By Jesse -- 6 comments
February 17th, 2008
That Damn PC! is proud to announce our first contest of the year sponsored by E-Soft Interactive [http://www.esoftinteractive.com/]. Get a chance to win a fully licensed version of their pocket PC Games such as Traffic Jam 2. How to enter? Its simple:
Send in your PC help tips (software, hardware, network etc) to kiven at b5media.com. […]
By Kiven -- 0 comments
December 28th, 2006
In the blog game of tag, I’ve been tagged by Vivek, of nixCraft, a Linux sys admin journal: Linux tips and tricks, hacks, news and more: So, here goes: here are five things you didn’t know about me:
1. I love Linux. My first router was a Linux computer I set up to guard my windows […]
By Mary Ford -- 3 comments
December 27th, 2006
Wow, one of my favorite software programs, Arovax Shield, a free and powerful anti-spy shield, has been updated! and it’s still free! Don’t let its small size fool you; I use Arovax every day and wouldn’t think of web surfing without it.
“Arovax Shield protects your PC with bulletproof security from both known and unknown threats […]
By Mary Ford -- 1 comment
December 21st, 2006
Prediction: 2007 will find us getting more frustrated as tech support continues to disappoint one and all. All our gadgets will not save us from ourselves, from our tech support, from terrible manuals, from software which messes up hardware, from new-fangled operating systems which promise everything and deliver little or nothing or something we never […]
By Mary Ford -- 19 comments
December 6th, 2006
Now I know why my email box is filled with new friends who write to me about drugs I’ll never take: Spam doubles, finds new ways to deliver itself [New York Times] (create your funny images with Hetemeel’s dynamic image generators.)
Is spam flooding your email box too? B*tch whine Tell us about it here. […]
By Mary Ford -- 0 comments
July 6th, 2006
Just to let you know that the archives of this blog are about to get much deeper. Fellow b5media blogger Carl Vancil is retiring from Secure That Computer for health reasons and it made the most sense to consume that blog into this one since they are very similar.
To that extent, I will probably do […]
By Aaron -- 0 comments
June 3rd, 2006
We’re running an experiment here at That Damn PC that will allow you to get all the useful tricks and information you’d get here in your email instead. I realize that many folks still rely on email for everything and sometimes you might not want to be bothered to go browse to this site. […]
By Aaron -- 0 comments
March 17th, 2006
Computers suck. It’s always been that way yet we seem to be gluttons for punishment and keep coming back for more. I’m thrilled to be taking over this blog and helping people understand some of the things that will make living with computers easier to deal with.
A little bit about myself: I am […]
By Aaron -- 2 comments