What's the best way to keep my summer income separate from my savings? [more inside]
posted by Precision on Jun 25, 2009 - 7 answers

I'm going to be away from a computer for a couple years and am tangled in every corner of the internet. What should I do to insure it's all here when I get back? [more inside]
posted by bradly on May 20, 2009 - 13 answers

Emergency Research Materials Needed: Due to not being an adult about things I now have to write a quick story set during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. And I have to finish it by Sunday. Yes, I've already read Wikipedia. [more inside]
posted by The Whelk on Apr 28, 2009 - 12 answers

OK, so my new Mac will arrive next week. Can power users fill me in on best practices for setting it up? [more inside]
posted by Admiral Haddock on Apr 17, 2009 - 16 answers

I'm opening a new sole proprietorship in Canada that will be dealing with Americans and American companies. Should I open a USD bank account, or a Canadian one? [more inside]
posted by Imperfect on Apr 7, 2009 - 8 answers

I would like to write & sell erotica online. What do I need to know about maintaining my privacy? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 13, 2009 - 8 answers

I bought an app under one mac account, but have sense changed mac accounts (because of .mac / me.com login issues). I would like to migrate this application and others to the new account, and not pay for them again. How might I accomplish this? [more inside]
posted by kingfisher, his musclebound cat on Dec 29, 2008 - 4 answers

Why do an increasing number of e-commerce sites force me to set up an account, including an e-mail address and a password, as part of the checkout process. [more inside]
posted by alms on Dec 27, 2008 - 20 answers

A lot of people in my facebook friends have Skype. Is there a simple way to just do a search for those friends who have it in their profile? [more inside]
posted by rileyray3000 on Dec 16, 2008 - 2 answers

MacFilter: How can I set up a user account that has access to my music on iTunes but nothing else? [more inside]
posted by sjuhawk31 on Nov 27, 2008 - 5 answers

Should my savings be in a tax-free ISA or in a normal savings account with higher balance and higher interest? (I'm terrible at accounting maths.) [more inside]
posted by snarfois on Oct 22, 2008 - 10 answers

Question about changing my terminal prompt (and other matters) in an OS X Bash shell. [more inside]
posted by grumblebee on Oct 15, 2008 - 3 answers

What's the best account for saving money in Germany? [more inside]
posted by cmonkey on Oct 10, 2008 - 6 answers

How can I, as a UK citizen, get to see what a US charity is spending its money on? Do US Charities have to make their accounts public? [more inside]
posted by twine42 on Oct 3, 2008 - 6 answers

A few Mac questions : (1) Why does Mail.app randomly fail to mark some messages as read? (2) Can one block some websites from Safari from one admin account without blocking them from other accounts? [more inside]
posted by jeffburdges on Sep 21, 2008 - 3 answers

My Windows XP randomly asks for a password for the User Accounts when there is no password, but will accept a blank password field. How do I fix this? [more inside]
posted by Deflagro on Jun 22, 2008 - 4 answers

All users on this Terminal Server seem to be Administrators. How do I downgrade them? [more inside]
posted by bartleby on Jan 3, 2008 - 5 answers

I've been struggling to find accounting software, online or PC/Mac based (either will do) that is suitable for a computer consulting practice. I need to be able to handle the typical basic things done by QuickBooks, like invoicing and estimates, simple A/R and A/P reports, etc. But that isn't enough. I need to manage multiple bill rates on a per consultant/per customer/per job or work order basis. QuickBooks doesn't do that, and I've tried hard to find out how to make that work. Any advice, hive mind?
posted by Merdryn on Oct 3, 2007 - 3 answers

"Drive by downloads": Looking for a program or technique to prevent them, other than creating a limited user account in Windows XP. [more inside]
posted by bbranden1 on Aug 8, 2007 - 7 answers

Is there an easy way to open multiple online savings accounts with HSBC Direct? [more inside]
posted by icebourg on Jun 2, 2007 - 4 answers

Ok, so my college grades weren't the best. Is there any way to disable access to my online grades? [more inside]
posted by Betty_effn_White on Jan 4, 2007 - 21 answers

What is the most striaghtforward solution for setting up user accounts with quotas for printing on a small closed office network, mixed Mac OSX 10.4 (mostly, PPC and one Intel) and Windows XP (one machine), printing to a HP 3390 laser all-in-one? [more inside]
posted by spitbull on Dec 26, 2006 - 3 answers

I've got a web server that we've just put into our DMZ. I need to be able to grant the web developers the ability to manage user accounts, but I don't want them to be administrators (in other words: regular users who can manage other user accounts: change passwords, create new ones, delete old ones, etc). [more inside]
posted by Spoonman on Jul 24, 2006 - 2 answers

I want to open a savings account here in the UK for my god-daughter who lives in Australia. What hidden taxes and other nasty surprises can I expect when I transfer it to her when she's 18... if its even possible.
posted by monkeyJuice on Jul 1, 2006 - 4 answers

How do I transfer all my email from one Gmail account to another Gmail acocunt? [more inside]
posted by thefinned1 on Mar 1, 2006 - 7 answers

How do I create a stripped-down work environment free of distractions in Windows XP? [more inside]
posted by electric_counterpoint on Aug 5, 2005 - 9 answers

On my Mac OS X 10.3.5 machine, I have two user accounts. Is it possible to set up the Garageband music software so that one of the user accounts contains only the original installation of Garageband loops and effects... and the other user account contains the original installation, plus all other loops and effects I've installed from subsequent Jam Packs?
posted by skylar on Jan 2, 2005 - 3 answers

So say one's high-school age brother is playing way too many video games and completely neglecting school work. Is there a way to limit his Windows XP accounts to log-ons between certain times? What would you say would be the best way to mechanically limit acccess to his account, or offending games/programs? [more inside]
posted by The Michael The on Nov 24, 2004 - 15 answers

What is the best thing to do with a small amount of money, around $5,000? Savings interest is almost a joke, CDs look attractive or maybe even mutual funds. Preferably the safer the better, as in investing it all in a high-risk mutual fund and losing it would make me cry. I've checked out "Investment FAQ" and it seems as if CDs are the best. I know little about investing but making money doing nothing intrigues me. What would be an expected return on such an investment? Is it even worth locking the money up for something like $10 a month? [more inside]
posted by geoff. on Mar 3, 2004 - 19 answers