Hello Everyone, 

Here’s an article, by Neil J. Rubenking, that provides the solution to the problem of not being  able to copy files to a USB Thumb Drive that has plenty of free space available.

Enjoy,

Mark  Read the rest of this entry »

SCENARIO:

Best selling Novelist, poet, playwright, mountain climber, deep sea diver, big game hunter, curator, sherpa, business tycoon, singer, songwriter, seamstress, wordsmith, philanthropist, bacon connoisseur, master magician, snack-time technology taste-tester, award winning chocolatier, baker, professional card-counter, theologian, exorcist, cellist, the Fifth Beatle, and Nobel laureate Mark Marcus sits in the window of his favorite Dairy Queen restaurant enjoying a large watermelon-flavored Arctic Rush slurpee. 

His Smartphone, with Caller ID, alerts him that he has an incoming call from the attorney of his soon-to-be ninth ex-wife, Sasha, a world-renowned supermodel.  Read the rest of this entry »

Hello Fellow Candle Shore Comrades,

The following announcement does not apply to any Candle Shore email subscribers but only to those who use RSS or podcast aggregators to receive updates from Candle Shore.

If you subscribe to the Candle Shore BLOG or the Candle Shore Podcasts via RSS feed or via iTunes or any podcast aggregator, such as the Juice Podcast Receiver, you must update Candle Shore’s feed address, in your applications, to reflect Feedburner’s migration into Google. 

The new feed addresses are listed below:

For the Candle Shore general BLOG, including both articles and podcasts:
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/candleshore

For the Candle Shore Podcasts, only:
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/candleshorepodcasts

Thank you,

Mark

TOP 10 TWITTER TIPS FOR BEGINNERS
by Sean Ludwig

Ready to jump into Twitter, but don’t know how to get started? Follow these 10 tips and you’ll fit right in:  Read the rest of this entry »

Hello Fellow Windows 7 Wanderers,

You know, one of the niftiest things about Microsoft Windows XP and Vista was/is (depending on when you read this) the ability to open the All Users Icon view by simply Right-Mouse Clicking the Start Menu.  Read the rest of this entry »

Hello Everyone,

Do you share your PC with others, some of whom may be messy users with a habit of littering files and changing settings?  Perhaps you are a privacy nut who doesn’t want to leave any trace of your World Wide Web wanderings behind for others to see.

Welcome to Windows 7 PC Safeguard.  Read the rest of this entry »

Hello Everyone,

Now that I am beginning to use Windows 7 more and more, albeit the Beta version, the next logical step is to begin synchronizing my Samsung Epix SGH-i907 Smartphone, or any other Windows Mobile wireless device for that matter, in the new Microsoft environment.

Sound simple?  (Smile)

Of course, if the process were too strait-forward, too simple, then it would not have the time-tested and never-wavering stamp of Microsoft.  (Even Bigger Smile)  Read the rest of this entry »

Hello, My Fellow Windows 7 Early Adopters, 

While I am thoroughly enjoying using the new Windows 7 on my Netbook and providing feedback to Microsoft about my Windows 7 experience, I do not enjoy, especially as a JAWS screen-reader user, seeing/hearing the Feedback Edit Tool at the top of every Dialog Box. 

If, like me, you want to stop being fed Microsoft Feedback prompts in Windows 7, by disabling the Feedback Tool, do the following:  Read the rest of this entry »

Hello Everyone,

As some of you may know, not only am I an AT&T Wireless customer, but, because of my mobile needs, I am also a Verizon Wireless subscriber.  When traveling, I use Verizon’s EVDO Air Card to stay securely connected to the Internet. 

Upon purchasing my Aspire One Netbook and subsequently installing Windows 7, I discovered that, as of this date, Verizon’s proprietary software necessary to access the EVDO broadband network, VZ Access, is not yet supported in Windows 7.  Read the rest of this entry »

Hello Fellow Windows 7 Early Adopters,

While I love using my new Acer Aspire One Netbook, wirelessly, on my home WiFi network, one thing I do not enjoy is the number of steps it takes to disable or enable the Netbook’s wireless adapter. 

Yes, yes, I know; the Aspire One has a hardware switch to power on and off the wireless radio but, and I am not sure why, it is not as snappy as using the Windows 7 interface.  Read the rest of this entry »