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Q: I have been trying to get my Microsoft Lifecam vx3000 to work on Skype.  When I plugged in the camera, a window popped up saying I need to install Windows messenger.  When I first installed the device a few months ago, it worked perfectly.  I haven’t used it for a while, now I get […]

Welcome, to the It’s Geek to Me 100th issue spectacular!  Hello?  Is anyone out there?  I can’t hear you over the sound of the crickets chirping!  Okay, so apparently getting 100 issues of a weekly newspaper column under my belt is a far bigger deal to me than it is to most of you, my […]

Q: When my husband boots up his computer, something runs in the background for about 10 minutes, making it impossible to open up anything, particularly his browser.  If he opens up the Task Manager, it indicates there’s nothing on.  It’s not the virus checker because there’s no icon at the bottom indicating it’s running and […]

he e-mail servers at Geek Central were churning away this week, as fellow-Geeks from throughout the community responded to my query for ways to get rid of aging computer hardware.  Most of these ideas have been mentioned in previous columns, but the info is certainly worth repeating to have it all in one place for […]