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November, 2009
Issue #123: November 29, 2009
Greetings fellow Geeks! With Thanksgiving now behind us, I’m sure many of you are turning your thoughts toward Christmas, and Christmas decorating. Here are a few tips from the Geek for you to think about before you launch your holiday decorating. My tips are going to tend towards the electrical, gadgetry, and technology aspect of […]
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Issue #122: November 22, 2009
Q: For many of us older timers, DOS was great albeit with its obvious limitations compared to the current MS Office applications. However one attribute I sorely miss from back-when is the ability to print hard copies of my directories. It is now a constant aggravation to manage my files with all the various paths […]
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Issue #121: November 15, 2009
Q: Is there a way that my daughter (who has a brand new Apple laptop) can continue to open the PPS, Word, W Media player things we used to share before her Windows laptop expired? – Claudette M. Fort Walton Beach, Fla A: Sure, Claudette. There is a version of MS Office available that runs […]
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Issue #120: November 8, 2009
Q: I have recently developed a problem with the small info box that comes up when you put the cursor over a picture or headline. The first one that comes up follows me from page to page and comes up regardless of were I stop the cursor. I’m not sure what the official name for […]
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Issue #119: November 1, 2009
Q: On my laptop I have two operating systems. Vista Home Premium 64bit came with the computer and Windows XP was then installed, with the help of VMware Server. This was necessary to support an application which I use that currently does not operate on 64bit. My question is this – When a Restore Point […]
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