Do you have an old PC that you don’t know what to do with?

Well, in an article by cnet.com, they suggest the following:

1. Use it to protect your home network
2. Turn it into a Linux learning lab [Linux is an alternative Operating System to Windows)
3. Donate or recycle it

The article even includes a video tutorial which will show you how to do Suggestion #1.

I’d like to add an option:

Rebuild It

Many times, rebuilding a computer can be much less expensive than buying a new PC. And you don’t have to do it all at once, either. You can do it piece by piece like many of my clients have done. And just so you know, you can continue to use it in between the upgrades.

Source of article: Thanks, Georgia

If you are having problems viewing your faxes in Microsoft Fax Console, then all you have to do is download a patch and install it.

This is a known issue with Microsoft Fax Console and is caused by installing a third party application that conflicts with it.

Here is the article on this issue.

And you can download the patch that will fix this problem here.

Just click on “Download” on the right-hand side of the page. Once you have downloaded it, double-click it to install.

If you are looking for a free alternative to Microsoft Office, check out OpenOffice. It has every application that MS Office has except an equivalent to MS Outlook.

Go here for a flash tour of OpenOffice (it’s for an older version, but you’ll get the gist of it). Or view a PDF presentation (you need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it) here.

Download OpenOffice here.