Most Windows users understand the importance of backing up their personal data files - images, documents, spreadsheets, and so forth - on a regular basis. Assuming that you store all of your personal files within your My Documents folder hierarchy, this is a relatively simply affair - burn your entire My Documents folder to a […]

Outlook Express will check your mail server for new messages immediately when you open the program, but only once every 30 minutes thereafter by default. This setting is a holdover from the “old days” when most users connected to the Internet by slow techniques like dial-up. If you’re connected to the Internet via a network […]

If you use Outlook Express to browse Usenet or other newsgroups, you’re probably familiar with the “There are new newsgroups” notification message box that appears when you open the program and attempt to connect to the newsgroup server. While this serves as a handy reminder if you’re interested in knowing as new groups come online, […]