RCP: Ever need a simple, straightforward way to capture something on your screen (Windows only)

Screen Capture programs, as they are called, can be really complicated. I often avoid using them — especially on Windows. I can’t even remember offhand what the Windows keyboard shortcut is to grab an image of the screen. (This is much easier to do on a Mac.) Best of all, I don’t have to remember. [...]

Major Adobe Reader PDF Flaw Announced. All platforms/operating systems effected

On November 4, 2008, Adobe released this Security Bulletin announcing a “Security Update available for Adobe Reader 8 and Acrobat 8″. I learned about it a few weeks later because I am a regular listener of the Security Now Podcast with Steve Gibson (who I refer to as my security guru). If Mr. Gibson tells [...]

Top Tech Tip (TTT): Pick up the phone and call technical support or customer service! They are there to help you!

(“Top Tech. Tip” or TTT, a new category here at the Mark Shar Consulting, Inc. Blog.) My maternal grandfather taught me a lot. But one thing stands out more than anything: He would always tell me — and never fail to demonstrate — “You don’t know until and unless you ask.” Of course, the Bible [...]