Fix “There was a problem sending a command to the program” Error Can happen when opening email links or attachments Windows is full of strange error messages that I’ve written many posts on previously, so in this post I will cover another odd one. I recently ran into this message: I ran into this error while trying to open web links from my email program. When I would click on the link, it would pop up with this error message and then proceed to open Internet Explorer with a blank page!...

Retrieve Your Wireless Network Security Key in Windows This is for Windows 7 users only Have you experienced a situation where you have to add a computer to your wireless network and you can’t find the network security key? Windows 7, like previous versions of Windows, remembers (with your permission) the network security key when you first connect to a secured wireless (Wi-Fi) network protected by WEP, WPA, or WPA2. This allows Windows to automatically sign in to the Wi-Fi network when it starts up....

Show the Classic Navigation Tree in Windows 7 Explorer Why did they have to change it? Windows Explorer in Windows 7 has undergone some major changes, one of which is the new Navigation pane. The classic tree view of folders and directories from Windows Vista and XP has been replaced by a list of groups like Favorites, Libraries, Homegroup, Computer, and Network. The Computer group does not display unused drives like the floppy drive or CD, DVD, or Blu-ray drives until you insert one of these types of media....

Terminal Tricks: Use the Terminal as an alarm clock Wake up to your favorite music If you keep your computer on all the time, and are looking for a nice way to wake up in the morning, it’s simple. All you need is your regular music player and the ‘sleep’ command. The ‘sleep’ command is a built-in tool (at least in Ubuntu), that allows you to set a timer for any amount of time (seconds, minutes, hours, and days)....

How to Add a Program to Startup in Windows XP We’ll show you 2 ways to do it Want a specific program to run every time Windows starts? Maybe you created your own program or downloaded something off the Internet. Either way, it’s relatively simple to add a program to the startup in Windows XP. There are mainly two ways to go about doing this. One is to add a shortcut to the EXE file in theStartupfolder in Windows and the other is to useScheduled Tasks....