Jeremy Sutherland wants advise on keeping his laptop healthy

Simplify your computing life with free tools: Windows Double Explorer, Multirow Bookmarks Toolbar and TouchFreeze

After working reliably for over a year, my Richard Solo Model 1200 backup battery for the iPhone unexpectedly caused some major grief.

The Multirow Bookmarks Toolbar extension does what its name implies: adds extra rows to Firefox’s Bookmarks Toolbars

The new OS may saddle you with generic drivers, especially after a clean install. Here’s how to get your graphics up to date.

If you’re encountering weird cursor behavior it’s probably the result of accidental touchpad touches. A free utility may help

Download & convert Flash video using RealPlayer

Want an at-a-glance way to spot kids’ shows? Sports? Movies? Windows Media Center lets you color-code TV listings

Windows Live Mail–part of Microsoft’s Windows Live series of free downloads–is the logical successor to Vista’s Windows Mail and XP’s Outlook Express (Windows 7 doesn’t come with a mail client).

Learn how to quickly print multiple copies of specific pages, strip out hyperlinks, add filler text to Word docs–and more.