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Q: Several months ago, probably after a Windows update, I started getting an ‘extra’ little picture/icon in my bottom tray, inside the search box. It changes daily, and maybe applies to something significant to that day. Today it is flowers and a present. I suspect that it is using bandwidth/memory/or something that I don’t want […]

Q: I recently upgraded my home office PC to a Windows 11 machine (Dell XPS 8950). However, when attempting to update printer drivers (my printer is an aging but still going strong HP Officejet Pro 8710), I found the HP Smart app that HP now requires for the update will not download/install from the Microsoft […]

Q: I am rather tech-ignorant. How can I download pictures from my very old iPhone 6s to my HP Envy computer (about 5-6 years old).  I do email them to myself then download to my pictures, but that seems like there should be an easier way. – Barbara V.Lone Rock, Wisconsin A: That you would […]

Q: My desk top computer has made up a name for the wireless network to which it is connected. It says it is connected to Network 5.  The real network names are Colton4g and Colton5g.  I am not sure when this happened. Recently I had the computer in the shop to connect a Bit Locker […]