Tips to Improve Performance on Desktop or Laptop computers
If running Windows operating system, you can
schedule Automatic
Updates to be performed on the computer. Please
click here for more
details.
To remove any of these programs, click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs, then highlight the program and click the "Change/Remove" button.)
Hotbar
Removal
If you are using a program called "Hotbar" which allows you to add color and animation to your email messages and toolbars, you will want to remove it from your computer.
While it does give you a more colorful Internet browser
and nice-looking emails and toolbars, it is actually a form of software
known as "spyware." This means that it tracks all web sites you go
to, and collects the information you type in while searching a web site,
along with your email address and name.
This information is then sold to companies who produce
pop-up ads on your computer and send you spam, promotions, etc. It also
slows down your computer and causes other kinds of problems.
If you have it, Remove it - here's how:
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel >
Add/Remove Programs. Then highlight Hotbar, and click on OK or
Change/Remove (depending on your Windows version). Go ahead and remove it.
By the way, if you had read the license
agreement for Hotbar (I know, I know - nobody reads those things) you would
have seen the following:
HOTBAR COLLECTS AND STORES INFORMATION ABOUT THE WEB PAGES YOU VIEW AND THE DATA YOU ENTER IN SEARCH ENGINE SEARCH FIELDS WHILE USING THE SOFTWARE. HOTBAR USES THIS INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHICH ADS AND BUTTONS TO DISPLAY ON YOUR HOTBAR TOOLBARS AND WHICH ADS TO SHOW YOUR BROWSER.
SOME INFORMATION COLLECTED BY THE HOTBAR
SOFTWARE IS PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE, SUCH AS NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS.
Licensee shall receive, and desires to
so receive, various product/service promotions, marketing ads, and campaigns
of third parties through the appearance of links, menus, pop-ups, and other
methods on and/or in connection with the Service and the Software
Correcting A Corrupted Document
There are several techniques you can use to try to correct a corrupted document. Which method you use depends on the nature and severity of the corruption and the nature of the behavior exhibited. Although many of these methods succeed regularly, not every corrupted document can be recovered. Keeping a backup copy of a document is the best way to ensure its recovery.
Convert the File to Another Format
Convert the file to another format, and then convert it back to its native format. This is the easiest and most complete document recovery method; always try it first.
Save the file in Rich Text Format (RTF) file format; this format preserves the formatting in your Microsoft Word for the Macintosh document. After you save the file in RTF format, reopen the document in Word, and convert it from RTF. If this method succeeds, the file corruption is removed during conversion.
To save the file as RTF, follow these
steps:
1. On the File menu, click Save As.
2. In the Save File as Type list, select Rich Text Format
If the corruption persists after you save the file in RTF file format, try saving the file in the following file formats: Other word processing formats, Text Only
NOTE: Saving a file in Text Only format frequently corrects the document corruption problem; however, all document formatting is lost including graphics and field codes in Word 98 Macintosh Edition. This method requires more reformatting; therefore, use it only after other file formats fail to correct the problem.
Copy Everything Except the Last Paragraph Mark to a New Document
Word associates a wide variety of formatting with the last paragraph mark, especially section and style formatting. If you copy everything except the last paragraph mark to a new document, the corruption may be left behind in the original document. In the new document, reapply the section or style formatting. NOTE: You can select everything except the last paragraph mark by pressing COMMAND+END, and then COMMAND+SHIFT+HOME.
Save a copy of the corrupted document in Text-Only format
1.Open the Text-Only file.
2. Copy the text from this file and paste it into the file that contains the
uncorrupted portion of your document.
3. Reformat the sections of the document you pasted in step 2, and then save
the recovered document.