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Q: Microsoft continually wants me to sign in when I’m accessing certain websites–for example, job boards, United Healthcare, even Canon Community, a help site for users of Canon cameras. The thing is, MS is asking for a password linked to a work account at a job I no longer have. If I try to sign […]

Q:  I am 78 and tech challenged. When I worked, we had an IT person backing up our work, so I never learned how to back up files. Now that I am on a home computer, I don’t know how to do a back-up. I have a thumb drive but don’t know if it needs […]

Q: Recently, my PC has been taking a few hours to completely boot up from sleep mode. Even then, it runs very slow. The most recent logon finally prompted me to look further. I eventually got Task Manager to open and after monitoring the performance tab discovered the CPU runs from 6%-33% but the Memory […]

Q: I am an avid reader of your column in the Northwest Florida Daily News. I am old and not very tech savvy, so I appreciate your solutions. I use Cox for my email. Cox is switching to Yahoo as their server for cox.net email users. In attempting to switch to Yahoo, but continue to […]